Second, we should improve productivity in the countryside by building water conservancy projects and promoting wider applications of agriculture-related science and technology.

第二，加强以农田水利设施和农业科技推广为主要内容的农村生产力建设。

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The productivity of the land—and remember that two-thirds of China’s 1.3 billion people still live in the countryside—has almost reached its natural limits, given China’s severe shortage of water.

因为中国的水资源严重短缺，土地的生产力（记住中国13亿人口的三分之二仍居住在农村）几乎已经达到其自然极限。

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The productivity of the land—and remember that two-thirds of China’s 1.3 billion people still live in the countryside—has almost reached its natural limits, given China’s severe shortage of water.

因为中国的水资源严重短缺，土地的生产力（记住中国13亿人口的三分之二仍居住在农村）几乎已经达到其自然极限。

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