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According to the document, vigorous measures should be adopted to stabilize the development of agriculture and the supply of agricultural products, to increase the income of farmers, to promote the high-quality development and maintain the harmony and stability of society in rural area by promoting farmers' sense of gaining, sense of happiness, and sense of security. First of all, following the decision by the CPC Central Committee, a territorial and spatial planning system is established. In term of accelerating integrated urban-rural development, the highlights should be laid upon an industry promoting agriculture, urban areas supporting rural development, the mechanism and institution for integrated urbanrural development should be improved, and the bi-directional flowing of urban and rural production elements and the rational allocation of public resources should be stimulated. [...]effort should also be put into expediting the exploration and reform of national pilot areas for urban-rural integrated development, allowing the direct marketentering of rural collective-owned commercial construction land to a general extent, and facilitating the joint development of urban and rural public facilities. В NHC and MOHURD Release Guiding Rules for Contingency Facility Design Against Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (for Trial Implementation) On Feb. 8,2020, in order to actively respond to the serious situation of prevention and control of the epidemic of Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia and to effectively supervise the construction of contingency facilities in all areas, the National Health Commission (NHC) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) jointly formulated and released the Guiding Rules for Contingency Facility Design Against Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (for Frial Implementation) (shortened into the Guiding Rules in the following part). According to the Guiding Rules, the design of contingency facilities should follow the principles of controlling infectious sources, cutting off infectious chain, isolating the susceptible group, and fulfilling the medication demands by hospitals for infectious hospitals.