In recent years, relevant policies and instructions have continuously promoted the realization of the goal of “Beautiful China”, which requires that the development concepts of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and sharing must be adhered to in the process of promoting the formation of green lifestyles and development modes, and that as China’s population aging accelerates, the problem of aging in rural areas is becoming increasingly prominent, which presents new challenges and opportunities for the sustainable development of rural ecological environment. This paper takes Shunhua Town, Minle County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, as the research object, combines the local ecological environment status quo, and puts forward corresponding countermeasures to promote the improvement of the ecological environment in order to enhance the endogenous power of rural revitalization in the light of the problem of aging in rural areas.
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Pan, C., Shang, M. (2025) A Strategic Study on Rural Ecological Environment Enhancement for Agricultural Economic Development – Taking Shunhua Township of Minle County, Zhangye City as an Example. Hong Kong Financial Bulletin, 1(5), 15-20.