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Professional titles (职称) are often given to college-educated personnel or well-trained workers in professions such as doctors and reporters. But now they're also given to farmers in China.
Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province asked local farmers to apply for junior and senior professional titles in October, 2022. So far, the city's Luquan District has taken the lead in recognizing (认可) seventeen farmers with junior technical positions. The positions include livestock technicians and farming engineers.
Other provinces such as Shandong, Yunnan and Hunan have similar policies. Anning in Yunnan, for example, has awarded more than 2,000 farmers such titles.
Applying for professional titles for farmers doesn't require education or academic papers. It mainly looks at the size of their farming practices and their businesses' effect, Su Jia, an official in Shijiazhuang, told Beijing News. Recognized farmers will enjoy subsidies (补助) and other support from the government.
Many people think working in the field is not a proper job and does not need third-party recognition. Giving farmers professional titles has shaken the fixed idea, China Daily noted.
Yu Jiang is one of the first seventeen farmers who received junior technical positions in Shijiazhuang. "I feel that China is paying more attention to farmers' issues (问题), which strengthens my confidence to lead my cooperative members for common prosperity (富裕)," Yu told China News Service.
Recognizing farmers in this way is part of a larger move to push agriculture. The 2021 national census data (人口普查数据) showed China has more than 500 million people living in rural areas. The number was 808 million in 2000, however. China has been losing farmers due to urbanization (城市化).
41. How many provinces are mentioned in the passage to give professional titles to farmers?

42. What is considered when applying for professional titles for farmers in Shijiazhuang?