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   Policies and Guidelines China issues "land for land" policy to guarantee arable land area (09-10-2008) Legislature deliberates reports on protection of workers' rights, development of rural areas (12-27-2007) China to increase subsidies for rural medical scheme (01-07-2008) Senior official urges grassroots CPC committees to improve work standards (02-05-2007) New five-year program for western development approved (12-09-2006) Measures to improve quality of Universal Rural Retailing Network Project (11-10-2006) Favorable tax policies to support central regions (09-27-2006) Govt invests to clean up rural water (09-12-2006) Agricultural IT technology transfer and application witness accomplishments (09-06-2006) Officials urged to prepare for agriculture survey (08-31-2006) Aims set to raise grain output, farm income (08-03-2006) Inspectors to stem loss of farmland (07-25-2006) Investment in farming increased to $37 bln (06-27-2006) Huge investment in rural road construction (06-07-2006) China to reform agricultural tech program (06-07-2006) Tibetan farmers promised higher income (05-08-2006) All miners, construction workers to be insured (04-30-2006) China to lift 23.65m people out of poverty in 5 years (04-18-2006) China to spend 14% more in building "new countryside" (03-05-2006) China raises 5 objectives for new countryside development (02-22-2006) Central work meeting sets major tasks for rural development (12-30-2005) Goals set for building new socialist countryside (12-30-2005) NPC abolishes agricultural tax (12-29-2005) State Council announces poverty-easing tasks (10-27-2005) 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