农业是国民经济的基础，农民素质是基础的基础，农村成人教育是提高农民素质的主体工程。农民素质如何，科技水平如何，将是２１世纪我国农村经济发展的决定因素。跨世纪农村经济发展，需要跨世纪的农村成人教育，这是历史赋予的重任。但是农村教育特别是农村成人教育的现状还 Agriculture is the foundation of the national economy. The quality of peasants is the foundation of the foundation. Adult education in rural areas is the main project to improve the quality of peasants. How the quality of peasants and science and technology will be the determinants of the development of China’s rural economy in the 21st century. The cross-century rural economic development requires the cross-century rural adult education, which is given the heavy responsibility of history. However, the status quo of rural education, especially that of rural adult education, also remains