Against the grain

Article Abstract:

The Chinese government is placing strong emphasis on boosting rural incomes, recognizing that this is vital to preventing widespread unrest in the countryside. It is becoming clear that offering high, guaranteed prices for grain is not the ideal solution, however. The government is now to prevent private traders from purchasing grain from farmers, with the state therefore gaining a monopoly. The state will purchase all the grain the farmers wish to sell, while grain offices will be reorganized. Despite this, it is not at all certain that farmers' incomes will rise.

Economic policy

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The money and the muck: China

Article Abstract:

China can no longer ignore its rural enterprises, which now employ half of China's 400 million non-farm rural citizens, but also badly pollute the air, water and soil. New regulations were passed, but shutting down rural factories could increase the already troublesome rural-urban migration.

Pollution

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Down off the farm

Article Abstract:

Deng Xiaoping's reforms have produced an industrial revolution in China's rural areas. Light industry has replaced farming as the most productive segment of the economy, with the township and village enterprises (TVEs) accounting for much of the growth.

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