为了应对农村地区的经济、社会和环境衰退,欧洲通过制定各级发展规划、创新农村治理结构、建立沟通交流平台、发扬传统文化精神等方式,对农村社会进行再组织,极大地改善了农村的经济状况和自然环境。欧洲农村运动在各国的组织形式和活动方式,既有“自上而下”的农村议会模式,也有“自下而上”的层级模式,还有个别国家独特的结构创新模式。中国的农村治理也遇到了与当时欧洲类似的问题,欧洲农村运动既统一又灵活的农村治理方式,对解决当代中国农村治理问题具有重要的启示和借鉴价值。
Rural Movements originated in the Nordic in the 1970s. It has covered the EU countries, and has become an important part of the EU agricultural policy. In response to the decline of economy, society and environment in rural areas, the participants of the European Rural Movements by various means to reorganize of the rural community, such as formulating all levels of development planning, innovating and rural governance structure, establishing communication platform, carrying forward the spirit of traditional culture and so on. Organizational forms and activity patterns of European Rural Movements are very flexible, both "top-down" model and "bottom-up" model, besides the unique structure of innovative models. These have been integrated into the EU agricultural policy. Rural governance reform in China was also encountered with similar problems. European Rural Movements have an important enlightenment and reference value to solve those problems in China's rural areas.