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What Is Supply-Side Structural Reform? Five Questions Explained at Once
As the Central Economic Work Conference drew to a close in Beijing on December 21, 2015, supply-side structural reform became the hottest term in China's current political and economic discourse. From the fading of the "three main drivers" of investment, consumption and exports to the proposal of supply-side structural reform, this
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How can drought-relief technical measures be put into practice? Agricultural experts explain
The 15th day of the seventh month determines drought or flood; the 15th day of the eighth month determines the harvest. However, since the beginning of summer, 12 provinces and regions including Henan, Shaanxi and Hebei have been repeatedly hit by drought. Recently, Mei Xurong, head of the disaster prevention and mitigation expert steering group of the Ministry of Agriculture and director of the Science and Technology Bureau of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said in an interview with reporters
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Why is it hard for stockpiling to improve the competitiveness of agricultural products? Dang Guoying explains
Setting intervention prices for agricultural products according to farmer income targets may weaken the pressure of market competition and bring marginal land with backward productivity into cultivation. According to media reports, a reporter learned from authoritative sources that the research for the 13th Five-Year Plan for agriculture is considering abolishing the temporary stockpiling policy,
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How the South-to-North Water Diversion Project Helps the Central Plains Granary Safeguard China's Food Security
In 2014, Henan, the granary of the Central Plains, once again celebrated a bumper summer grain harvest, achieving twelve consecutive years of increase. However, behind the consecutive years of bumper harvests, the hidden worries about agricultural water resources have become increasingly prominent, with North China, the Central Plains and other regions suffering severe droughts for many consecutive years. Professionals point out that the South-to-North
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What are the three red lines for rural land transfer in China? Zheng Fengtian explains
In recent years, rural land transfer in China has developed rapidly, but some problems have also emerged, including forced transfer and the one-sided pursuit of transfer scale and speed, which have infringed on farmers' lawful land rights and interests. Problems such as non-grain production and non-agricultural use caused by capital going to the countryside are also quite prominent
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How is grain production doing? National Bureau of Statistics explains
According to the national grain production data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, the total national grain output in 2014 was 607.10 million tons (121.42 billion jin), an increase of 5.16 million tons (10.3 billion jin) over 2013, up 0.9%. The main reasons for the grain increase in 2014 were: 1. Stable policies, measures
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How can rural cooperative economic organizations grow bigger and stronger? Chen Xiaohua explains
From December 13 to 14, the 6th (2014) China Cooperative Economy High-Level Forum, guided and supported by the Department of Rural Economic System and Management of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Cooperative Guidance Department of the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, and hosted by the China Cooperative Economy Society, was held at the Beijing Conference Center.
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Explaining the push to make potatoes a staple food: What impact will it have once potatoes become a staple grain?
On the 6th, Vice Minister of Agriculture Yu Xinrong said at the Potato Staple Food Strategy Seminar that in the future, by advancing the move to make potatoes a staple food, and striving through several years of unremitting effort, the potato planting area, per-unit yield level, total output and the share of staple-food potato products in total potato consumption should all increase significantly, so that potatoes gradually become China's fourth-largest staple grain crop after rice, wheat and corn.
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