Agricultural policies in China after WTO accession.
Contributors: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.; Workshop on Agricultural Policy Adjustments in China after WTO Accession (2002 : Beijing, China)
Series: Emerging economies transition; China in the global economy
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Agriculture and state -- China -- Congresses.; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- China -- Congresses.; China -- Foreign economic relations -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This book presents the proceedings of an OECD conference reflecting on how China can best manage its reform process under WTO integration. It is an invaluable analysis of farm and rural realities in today’s China and their ultimate implications for world trade. China’s World Trade Organisation membership has brought unprecedented opportunities and challenges, propelling its agricultural development into a new era. China’s policymakers continue to face the twin challenges of raising farm incomes and restructuring the rural economy. Do economy-wide policies in China support the agricultural sector? What is the true extent of the "peasant burden"? What policies will most effectively promote the development of rural areas? What is the role of education in improving rural livelihoods and redeploying rural labour? What is the degree of market integration and how well are prices transmitted throughout the country? These questions and issues were debated based on the papers reproduced in this publication. They offer the reader the fruits of timely analytical and strategic thinking by some of the world’s renowned experts on China’s agricultural policies and on methods of policy analysis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"... the Chinese authorities and the OECD held a joint Workshop on Agricultural Policy Adjustments in China after WTO Accession, in Beijing, on 30-31 May 2002."--Foreword.
Table of contents: title: Agricultural policy adjustment in China after WTO accession / Zhenwei Liu; title: The role of agricultural and other policies in raising rural incomes in China / Andrzej Kwiecinski and Xiande Li; title: China's WTO accession and its agricultural policy reform / Xiwen Chen; title: Trade distortions and transfer efficiency of agricultural support measures / Jesús Antón; title: Changes in China's price and marketing systems for primary agricultural commodities / Hongyuan Song; title: Agricultural protection and regional market integration in China : the impact of China's WTO membership on the agricultural sector / Jikun Huang and Scott Rozelle; title: Managing tariff quotas for grains in China : possible effects on imports and domestic prices / Harry de Gorter and Jianwen Liu; title: Increasing rural incomes in China : policy reforms in the spirit of the Household Responsibility System / Bryan Lohmar; title: On the policy of agricultural financial support in China / Ming Su; title: Peasant burden : taxes and levies imposed on Chinese farmers / Ying Du, Sushe Liu and Tianchao Qui; title: Agricultural credit policy in China : measurements, effects and adjustment / Guangwen He; title: How to measure the level of agricultural support : comparison of the methodologies applied by OECD and WTO / Dimitris Diakosavvas; title: The evolution of agricultural policies in OECD countries as reflected by the level and structure of agricultural support / Wilfrid Legg; title: The measurement of the level of support in selected non-OECD countries / Olga Melyukhina; title: Experience and issues in measuring the level of agricultural support in China / Wei-Ming Tian, Li-Qin Zhang and Zhang-Yue Zhou.