HOME Agriculture Countryside Farmers Policies & Guidelines China issues "land for land" policy to guarantee arable land area Legislature deliberates reports on protection of workers' rights, development of rural areas China to increase subsidies for rural medical scheme Senior official urges grassroots CPC committees to improve work standards New five-year program for western development approved Measures to improve quality of Universal Rural Retailing Network Project Favorable tax policies to support central regions Govt invests to clean up rural water Agricultural IT technology transfer and application witness accomplishments Officials urged to prepare for agriculture survey more Backgrounder Facts and figures: China's drive to build new socialist countryside Widening gap between urban, rural areas Agricultural industrialization Township enterprises Agriculture development Contribution of science and technology to agriculture The Development-oriented Poverty Reduction Program for Rural China (2001) Agriculture Law of the People's Republic of China (Order of the President No.81) Law of the People's Republic of China on Land Contract in Rural Areas (Order of the President No.73) Regulations on Administration of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms Safety more Archives Related Links National Development and Reform Commission Ministry of Science and Technology Ministry of Finance Ministry of Education NE China Revival   Agriculture Rural banks lend hope to country businesses (01-10-2008) China's rural credit cooperatives report huge cut in bad loan ratio (12-09-2007) Official calls for comprehensive, sustainable urban, rural development (12-26-2007) Sino-German research on rural development kicks off (01-04-2008) China to add, upgrade 270,000 km of rural highway (01-07-2008) China plans to build 10,000 resources-efficient villages in five years (11-23-2006) China to have more large distributors of farming materials (11-15-2006) China to have more large distributors of farming materials (11-15-2006) Measures to improve quality of Universal Rural Retailing Network Project (11-10-2006) China expects cotton harvest, imports down (10-24-2006) China sets target for "super wheat" breeding (10-05-2006) PICC to set up agriculture arm (10-05-2006) Peasants benefit from "golden week" holidays (10-02-2006) Gov't urges agriculture modernization (09-18-2006) Vice premier calls for better county-level economy to vitalize rural areas (09-17-2006) Comprehensive capacity for grain production upgrade notable (09-12-2006) China hosts first int'l forum on rural tourism (09-05-2006) Govt to slow farm produce export growth (08-24-2006) First special trains for cotton pickers set off (08-18-2006) China to accelerate rural financial reforms (07-29-2006) Overseas investors acquire stakes in rural bank (07-11-2006) Farmers encouraged to set up economic cooperatives (07-11-2006) More lending to support building of new socialist countryside (07-11-2006) Agricultural R&D group must reform: minister (07-08-2006) Meeting held on building new countryside (07-06-2006) Investment in farming increased to $37 bln (06-27-2006) China ready to grant farming cooperatives legal status (06-24-2006) Huge investment in rural road construction (06-07-2006) China to reform agricultural tech program (06-07-2006) Harvest season for wheat starts in Anhui (06-03-2006) Dragon Boat Festival marked in Wuhan (05-29-2006) Watermelons can be in various shapes (05-29-2006) Fujian: tea planting enriches farmers (05-08-2006) Farm producers to be punished for unqualified products (04-28-2006) China to lift 23.65m people out of poverty in 5 years (04-18-2006) Rural-urban income gap continues to widen (04-17-2006) ADB to offer more support to China's rural development: ADB president (03-20-2006) Thousands of retail shops to benefit Shaanxi villagers (03-16-2006) China to build more irrigation works eying rural development by 2010 (03-15-2006) Farmers pick non-polluted spring tea (03-12-2006) China allocates $587m in subsidies for spring farming (03-07-2006) Govt to promote agricultural products sales (03-02-2006) Sale of harmful farm products to be banned (02-26-2006) China's farm products trade grows in 2005 (02-26-2006) Agriculture firms get lift from govt policy (02-24-2006) Grain consumption to outpace output (02-24-2006) Agricultural technology promoted in Zhejiang (02-21-2006) China moves to step up avian flu prevention efforts (02-20-2006) Studies on important agronomic traits in rice make headway (02-18-2006) R&D of agricultural product deep processing technology fruitful (02-18-2006) Sino-German research on rural development kicks off Tibetan boarding school in Gansu Fujian: tea planting enriches farmers Peasants see good harvest of early rice in Hainan Pupils in Shanxi mountainous regions Intelligent greenhouse attracts tourists Farmers pick non-polluted spring tea Expecting a fruitful autumn harvest more