Rural electric network is an important part of the state grid,and it is the new objective and task to construct intelligent rural network in the new era.Building strong and smart rural network is significant to intelligent state grid construction.At fist,the characteristics of the rural network and the meaning of intelligent rural network are introduced in this paper.Then five main contents of intelligent rural network construction are described,including supply mode,intelligent equipment,automation and optimal operation,intelligent communication,management and informationization.Finally some suggestions are put forward for the construction of intelligent rural network.