G/AG/N/CHN/28
6 May 2015
(15-2422)  Page: 1/18
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 5 May 2015, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of China . The notification concerns domestic support ( Table DS:1  and the relevant 
Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 2009 and 2010 . 
   
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- 2 - Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in 
question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedu le)  (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attach ed Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
NIL1 
 
1. China's AMS commitment is nil in the Schedule made in its accession. All domestic support are provided through measures that  are exempt from reduct ion according to the 
Agreement on Agriculture.  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan) Data sources1 
1 2 3 4 
  2009 2010  
a) General services Government  payments for various servic es to promote agricultural 
development. 2,322.79 2,500.76 Outlay Documents of the 
Ministry of Finance (MOF) 
i) Research Budget allocations for research  programs and research activities at 
agricultural institutes. 178.10 206.55 Outlay Documents of MOF 
ii) Pest and disease control Expenditures on the early-warning, quarantine, prevention and cure of 
plant and animal pe st and disease. 120.88 125.48 Outlay Documents of MOF 
iii) Training Expenditures on the training of technical and administrative personnel in 
the field of agriculture. 34.70 42.43 Outlay Documents of MOF 
iv) Extension and advisory 
services Expenditures on the extension of new technologies and breeds and 
related advisory services. 337.46 442.99 Outlay Documents of MOF 
v) Inspection services Outlays on inspection an d quarantine of agricult ural products, animal 
feed, veterinary medicines and farm machinery, etc. 36.64 42.52 Outlay Documents of MOF 
vi) Marketing and promotion 
services Expenditures on market information,  advice and promotion relating to 
particular products. 29.55 33.59 Outlay Documents of MOF 
vii) Infrastructural servic es Outlays on agricultural infrastructur e services, including the Agricultural 
Comprehensive Development Programm es, flood control engineering, 
drainage and irrigation facilities, rura l roads, rural electricity reticulation, 
small scale watering facilities on fa rmland, as well as soil and water 
conservation. 961.62 1,133.66 Outlay Documents of MOF  
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan) Data sources1 
1 2 3 4 
  2009 2010  
viii) Other general services Outlay  on governmental services not in cluded above, such as operating 
expenditures related to buildings, fa cilities, salaries and expenses of 
agricultural administrative and servic e agencies as well as pensions to 
retired employees of thes e government agencies. 623.85 473.54 Outlay Documents of MOF 
b) Public stockholding for food 
security purposes Outlays on public stockholding of wh eat, corn, rice, vegetable oils and 
sugar for food security purposes. 695.38 770.45 Outlay Documents of MOF 
c) Domestic food aid Financial assistance to lo w-income urban and rural citizens in order to 
help them obtain staple food. 0.59 0.14 Outlay Documents of MOF 
d) Decoupled income support Dire ct payments to farmers. 170.17 163.49 Outlay Documents of MOF 
e) Income insurance and income 
safety-net programmes No expenditures. 0.00 0.00 Outlay Documents of MOF 
f) Payments for relief from natural 
disasters Outlays for compensating farmers' losses  of agricultural production due to 
natural disasters, and restoring farm land damaged by natural disasters, 
rebuilding damaged agricultur al facilities, as well as  financial assistance to 
their post-disaster livings. 298.60 583.84 Outlay Documents of MOF 
g) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through producer retirement scheme No expenditures. 0.00 0.00 Outlay Documents of MOF 
h) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through resource 
retirement programmes No expenditures. 0.00 0.00 Outlay Documents of MOF 
i) Structural adjustment assistance 
provided through investment aids No expenditures. 0.00 0.00 Outlay Documents of MOF 
j) Environmental programmes Outl ays on agricultural environment program, including forestations, 
reforestation, natural forestry protec tion, desert control and prevention. 912.28 904.15 Outlay Documents of MOF 
k) Regional assistance programmes Outlays on aid and assistance in disadvantaged regi ons. 374.80 423.49 Outlay Documents of MOF  
Total  4,774.60 5,346.32  
 
1. The outlay data in the table are from the Outlay Documents of the Ministry of Finance. The data include both the outlays of the national and sub-na tional governments.  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and differential treatment – "Development Programmes" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria 
in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL1 
 
1.  According to the Schedule, China can provide support thro ugh measures of the types described in Article 6.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture . But the amount of such support 
will be included in China's calculation of its AMS.  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria 
in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including the  
non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
  
(hundred million RMB yuan) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan)Value of production 
202009
1 
   
(hundred million  
RMB yuan) Current AMS as a 
percentage of 
value of 
production 
 
(per cent) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
   
(hundred million  
RMB yuan) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Wheat 44.50  2,224.60 2.00% 0.00   de minimis 
Rice 14.40  3,915.60 0.37% 0.00   de minimis 
Corn 59.89  2,584.20 2.32% 0.00   de minimis 
Soybean 9.84  573.10 1.72% 0.00   de minimis  
Cotton 50.07  1,082.30 4.63% 0.00   de minimis 
Rapeseed 7.40  510.80 1.45% 0.00   de minimis 
Potato 2.31  592.00 0.39% 0.00   de minimis 
Pig 6.30  9,177.60 0.07% 0.00   de minimis 
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS  
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 891.23  54,734.60 1.63% 0.00   de minimis 
Total AMS   54,734.60  0.00   de minimis  
 
1. Since the categorization of agricultural products of China is different from that of  the WTO, China clai ms that the total ag ricultural production values here are only for reference 
in this notification and shall not be referred to in the DDA negotiations.  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including the non-product-
specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
  
(hundred million RMB yuan) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
 
(hundred million RMB yuan)Value of production 
2010
1 
 
  
(hundred million RMB 
yuan) Current AMS as a 
percentage of 
value of 
production 
 
(per cent) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
  
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Wheat 57.92  2,353.30 2.46% 0.00   de minimis  
Rice 75.57  4,468.30 1.69% 0.00   de minimis  
Corn 59.94  3,030.10 1.98% 0.00   de minimis  
Soybean 9.84  614.90 1.60% 0.00   de minimis  
Cotton 29.77  1,604.20 1.86% 0.00   de minimis  
Rapeseed 10.23  721.20 1.42% 0.00   de minimis  
Potato 3.65  710.40 0.51% 0.00   de minimis  
Highland barley  0.38  88.40 0.43% 0.00   de minimis  
Peanut 4.08  886.10 0.46% 0.00   de minimis  
Pig 2.13  9,202.40 0.02% 0.00   de minimis  
Total Non-Product-Specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 976.64  62,897.40 1.55% 0.00   de minimis  
Total AMS   62,897.40  0.00   de minimis  
 
1. Since the categorization of agricultural products of China is different from that of  the WTO, China clai ms that the total ag ricultural production values here are only for reference 
in this notification and shall not be referred to in the DDA negotiations.  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Market Price Support 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2009 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price1 
 
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) External 
reference 
price2 
 
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) Eligible 
production 
 
 
(10,000 
tonnes) Associated  
fees / levies 
 
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Total market 
price support 
 
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Wheat  Minimum Procurement 
Price Scheme 1,700 1,698 3,985.5 0 0.80 State Administration 
of Grain 
Rice  Minimum Procurement 
Price Scheme 1,847 2,659 846.9 0 -68.77 State Administration 
of Grain 
 1. The applied administered price data come from the State Admini stration of Grain. The applied ad ministered price of rice is w eighted average of the prices of Japonica and Indica 
rice with the ratio of 1:2. 
2. The external reference prices for wheat and rice were determined by the prices on the basis of China's Customs statistics in  the base period (1996-1998). The external 
reference price for rice is the weighted average of the pric es of Japonica and Indica rice with the ratio of 1:2.  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Market Price Support 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2010 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price1 
 
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) External 
reference 
price2 
 
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) Eligible 
production 
 
 
(10,000 
tonnes) Associated fees / 
levies 
 
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Total market 
price support 
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Wheat  Minimum Procurement 
Price Scheme 1,760 1,698 2,311.3 0 14.33 State Administration 
of Grain 
Rice  Minimum Procurement 
Price Scheme 1,967 2,659 0 0 0.00 State Administration 
of Grain 
 1. The applied administered price data come from the State Admini stration of Grain. The applied ad ministered price of rice is w eighted average of the prices of Japonica and Indica 
rice with the ratio of 1:2. 
2. The external reference prices for wheat and rice were determined by the prices on the basis of China's Customs statistics in  the base period (1996-1998). The external 
reference price for rice is the weighted average of the pric es of Japonica and Indica rice with the ratio of 1:2.  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
   
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) External 
reference 
price 
   
(RMB 
yuan/tonne)Eligible 
production 
    
(10,000 
tonnes) Total 
price-
related 
direct 
payments 
 
(hundred 
million 
RMB 
yuan) Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
  
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Associated 
fees/levies
    
(hundred 
million RMB 
yuan) Total direct 
payments 
    
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
  
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- 12 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2009 Measure 
type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Other product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Associated 
fees / levies
    
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Total AMS 
     
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Data 
sources
6 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)11 
Wheat1   43.71   43.71 0.80  44.50  
Rice2   83.17   83.17 -68.77  14.40  
Corn3   59.89   59.89   59.89  
Soybean3   9.84   9.84   9.84  
Cotton4   50.07   50.07   50.07  
Rapeseed3   7.40   7.40   7.40  
Potato3   2.31   2.31   2.31  
Highland 
barley   0.00   0.00   0.00  
Peanut   0.00   0.00   0.00  
Pig5   6.30   6.30   6.30  
 
1. Support to wheat includes minimum procurement price sc heme and subsidies for improv ed crop strains and seeds.  
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- 13 - 2. Support to rice includes minimum procur ement price scheme, subsidies for improved crop strains and seeds and cost subsidy fo r transporting Japonica Rice out of China 
Northeast. 
3. Support to corn, soybean, rapeseed and potato are subsidies for improved crop strains and seeds. 
4. Support to cotton includes subsidy for im proved crop strains and seeds, subsidy fo r reserve cost and cost subsidy for transp orting cotton out of Xinj iang Uygur Autonomous 
Region. 
5. Support to pig is subsidy for breeding productive sows. 
6. Subsidy data are from Ministry of Finance (MOF), and pric e support data are from State Administration of Grain.  
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- 14 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year 
2010 Measure 
type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
  
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Other product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Associated 
fees / levies
 
   
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(hundred 
million RMB 
yuan) Total AMS 
 
 
   
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Data 
sources
6 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat1   43.59   43.59 14.33  57.92  
Rice2   75.57   75.57   75.57  
Corn3   59.94   59.94   59.94  
Soybean3   9.84   9.84   9.84  
Cotton4   29.77   29.77   29.77  
Rapeseed3   10.23   10.23   10.23  
Potato3   3.65   3.65   3.65  
Highland 
barley3   0.38   0.38   0.38  
Peanut3   4.08   4.08   4.08  
Pig5   2.13   2.13   2.13  
 
1. Support to wheat includes minimum procurement price sc heme and subsidies for improv ed crop strains and seeds. 
2. Support to rice includes minimum procur ement price scheme, subsidies for improved crop strains and seeds and cost subsidy fo r transporting Japonica Rice out of China 
Northeast.  
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- 15 - 3. Support to corn, soybean, rapeseed, pota to, highland barley and peanut are subsid ies for improved crop strains and seeds. 
4. Support to cotton includes subsidy for im proved crop strains and seeds, subsidy fo r reserve cost and cost subsidy for transp orting cotton out of Xinj iang Uygur Autonomous 
Region. 
5. Support to pig is subsidy for breeding productive sows. 
6. Subsidy data are from Ministry of Fi nance (MOF), and price support data ar e from State Administration of Grain. 
  
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- 16 - Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2009-2010 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
    
(RMB 
yuan/tonne) Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price 
 
(10,000 
tonnes) Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
  
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
   
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Other 
product-
specific 
support 
   
(hundred 
million 
RMB yuan) Associated 
fees/levies
     
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment
  
(hundred 
million  
RMB yuan) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
NIL 
  
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- 17 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2009 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays  
 
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Other non-product-
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
(hundred million RMB 
yuan) Associated 
fees/levies  
  
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Total non-product-
specific support 
(hundred million RMB 
yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
1. Input subsidies1  870.86   870.86  
2. Interest subsidies2  20.37   20.37  
Total  891.23   891.23  
 
1. Input subsidies here are primarily price subsidies for means of production. 2. Interest subsidies here are primarily interest subsidies fo r investment loans in agricultur al comprehensive development.  
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- 18 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PEOPLE 'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 2010 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays  
  
(hundred million RMB 
yuan) Other non-product-
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
 
(hundred million  
RMB yuan) Associated 
fees/levies  
   
(hundred million 
RMB yuan) Total non-product-
specific support 
   
(hundred million RMB 
yuan) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
1. Input subsidies1  957.40   957.40  
2. Interest subsidies2  19.24   19.24  
Total  976.64   976.64  
 
1. Input subsidies here are primarily price subsidies for means of production. 2. Interest subsidies here are primarily interest subsidies fo r investment loans in agricultur al comprehensive development. 
 
 
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