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   Countryside Rural environment protection plan released (11-22-2007) Survey of rural pollution to start next year (12-14-2007) China opens rural work conference, paints picture of rural development in 2008 (12-22-2007) Top priorities of China's rural development in 2008 (12-24-2007) Official: China won't privatize rural farmland (12-26-2007) More cinemas to be built in rural areas (02-22-2007) Senior leader stresses rural cultural construction (01-18-2007) China plans to expand rural road network (01-03-2007) Social security coverage extended to landless farmers (12-29-2006) Power grid to cover whole Xinjiang in 2007 (12-11-2006) China to have more large distributors of farming materials (11-15-2006) Rural technology "Spark Program" covers over 90% counties (10-15-2006) Official: 22 mln rural residents benefit from water conservation (10-11-2006) New medical system welcomed by farmers (09-27-2006) China to survey relic sites in countryside (09-25-2006) Govt invests to clean up rural water (09-12-2006) Software, hardware products for agricultural information (09-08-2006) Achievements scored in agricultural research (09-08-2006) Time to harvest Hami melon (09-07-2006) Agricultural IT technology transfer and application witness accomplishments (09-06-2006) China to bring clean, safe water to all rural residents by 2015 (09-04-2006) $2.5m more allocated to drought-hit SW China (09-01-2006) Efforts pay off at reviving pastureland ecosystem (08-29-2006) China spends 600m USD on free education for rural students (08-25-2006) Shanghai: urban teachers on mission to counties (08-25-2006) First special trains for cotton pickers set off (08-18-2006) Hotline to help poor students go to college (08-16-2006) Drought troubles 4.8 mln Chongqing people (08-11-2006) Broadband helps connect remote villages (08-01-2006) New roads transform lives in rural areas (08-01-2006) China kicks off program to build village libraries for 900m farmers (07-26-2006) China, U.S. cooperate to train rural teachers (07-26-2006) Inspectors to stem loss of farmland (07-25-2006) Top advisor stresses importance of building new countryside (07-08-2006) Central govt to invest 50 bln yuan on rural construction (07-04-2006) Rural roads plan aims to link remote villages (06-19-2006) 4.826 mln farmers in Zhejiang can drink clean water (06-14-2006) Xinjiang to pour 10b yuan in rural road construction (06-14-2006) China spends 9b yuan on rural boarding schools (06-12-2006) Program started in rural road upgrading (06-09-2006) China to reform agricultural tech promotion program (06-07-2006) China to spend 40 bln yuan to improve rural drinking water (06-05-2006) Anhui: field farm machine display (06-02-2006) Farmers harvesting wheat (06-02-2006) IFAD launches new strategy on rural poverty relief in China (06-01-2006) Beijing to abolish traditional plough farming in 3 years (05-29-2006) Top advisor encourages private entrepreneurs to help poverty reduction (05-25-2006) 470m Chinese vote in village elections (05-18-2006) China steps up efforts to bring Internet to outlying rural areas (05-17-2006) President Hu visits Yunnan Province (05-16-2006) 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