Xinhua Insight: China's new leadership to surface(3)

Huang has big hopes for the new state leaders.

He said he was happy to see Xi Jinping's visit to poor rural areas broadcast on television. "I hope future state leaders will help to further boost farmers' incomes," he said.

In 2004, the central government spent 262.6 billion yuan on rural and agricultural development. In 2011, the figure was more than 1 trillion yuan, registering an average annual growth rate of 21 percent.

China has also made continuous progress in social security and health care.

Over the past decade, China has surpassed Britain, France, Germany and Japan to become the world's second-largest economy after the United States.

Some difficulties still remain for Huang, though.

As the farming season approaches, he is now in urgent need of money to acquire more land.

"I hope the government will roll out new financial policies for rural areas and beef up support for people like me who are adept at and keen about farming," he said.

The new leaders of China will face a variety of challenges from both home and abroad.

According to an ongoing survey conducted by Xinhuanet, an online news portal operated by the Xinhua News Agency, Chinese netizens expect top leaders to ensure sustained economic development, fight corruption, protect the environment, narrow the income gap, curb housing price rises and push forward housing registration reform.