Chinese Agricultural Policies in Thirty Years and Analysis on the Effects

Policy Support and Agricultural Development Within China’s First 10 Years of Reform: Strategies and Achievements

“…On the other hand, agricultural product distribution system was another policy strategy used within the first 10 years of policy change in the framework of HRS. This policy strategy removed the initial restrictions on the flow of agricultural products while enabling rural fair-trading market where agricultural products other than cotton, grain and oil circulated freely in the rural and urban markets (Jiancheng et al, 2008). Moreover, the rural industrial structure change allowed the central government to Public Policy and Administration Research www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-5731(Paper) ISSN 2225-0972(Online) Vol.9, No.11, 2019 strategically reconstruct the rural industrial structure, making it more adaptive to market realities that gave rise to specialization, commercialization and socialization for agricultural productions (Jiancheng et al, 2008).…”

“…Farmers were encouraged to produce more economic crops than monoculture in grain crops. The use of agricultural lands for different agricultural activities was also encouraged ranging from poultry, forestry, animal husbandry to fishery (Jiancheng et al, 2008).…”

“…Great reform and policy change led to stability in the growth of Chinese agriculture (Zhou, 2013) and should be encouraged among developing nations as a tool that guarantees rural development and economic stability (Cheng, 2000;Ho, 2009;Jiancheng et al, 2008). The HRS is a bottom-up development approach which resulted in tremendous positive change in the Chinese rural and agricultural reform (Huang & Rozelle, 2001;Marden, 2015).…”

“…Prior to the great reform of over four decades ago, Chinese economy was backward, poor and stagnant (Morrison, 2018). Development in China over the past four decades has passed through various policy transformations which could be traced back to the change in land tenure system where the household responsibility system (contract responsibility system) was used to replace the collective land ownership system (Jiancheng, Jinbao, Shaoyong, & Qiang, 2008;Lin, 1992;Lopez, He, & De Falcis, 2017). This was first introduced at the countryside of Anhui Province and later adopted as a nationwide practice (Lau & Zheng, 2017;Zhao & Tang, 2018) which brought progressive change in the Chinese agricultural and rural economic sectors leading to sustained development (Jiancheng et al, 2008).…”

“…Development in China over the past four decades has passed through various policy transformations which could be traced back to the change in land tenure system where the household responsibility system (contract responsibility system) was used to replace the collective land ownership system (Jiancheng, Jinbao, Shaoyong, & Qiang, 2008;Lin, 1992;Lopez, He, & De Falcis, 2017). This was first introduced at the countryside of Anhui Province and later adopted as a nationwide practice (Lau & Zheng, 2017;Zhao & Tang, 2018) which brought progressive change in the Chinese agricultural and rural economic sectors leading to sustained development (Jiancheng et al, 2008). Zhao et al as sited above specified that gradual liberalization of prices, de-collectivization, land transfer, liberalization of agricultural products (grains), marketing, improving rural transportation, promoting rural financial development, and providing technical assistance for farmers, masterminded the smooth transformation of Chinese agricultural and rural sectors.…”