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| Jiang Zemin on SOE, Rural Reforms |
| The reform of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China will remain the central task of the economic restructuring in a period of time to come, and the working class must be relied on in promoting SOE reform and development, President Jiang Zemin said Monday. |
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| China to Upgrade Agriculture Facing WTO Challenges |
| China is upgrading its agriculture to meet challenges brought about by its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), Vice-Minister of Agriculture Zhang Baowen, said Thursday. |
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| Chinese Lawmaker Proposes Ways to Improve Farmers' Income |
| A Chinese lawmaker Thursday called on the government to take practical measures to improve the competitiveness of the agriculture sector and the professional skills of farmers in a bid to increase their income. |
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| China to Accelerate Rural Development, Increase Farmers' Income |
| Agricultural and rural infrastructure development will be accelerated and everything possible will be done to create conditions for increasing rural incomes, a senior Chinese official said here Wednesday. |
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| Premier Zhu Highlights Rural Work |
| Premier Zhu Rongji highlighted the importance of "accelerating the development of agriculture and the rural economy and increasing the incomes of farmers," in the Report on the Work of the Government delivered at the opening of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Tuesday. |
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| China Strikes Fake and Inferior Farm Material Production & Sales |
| China will continue to strike on fake and inferior farm materials in upcoming spring ploughing season to protect the lawful rights and interests of Chinese farmers. |
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| China to Create More Jobs for Rural Workers |
| The Ministry of Agriculture has pledged to speed up the structural reform of rural employment to help solve the problem of China's surplus rural workforce of 100 million. |
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| China's Agriculture More Profitable Than Modern Sectors in Coming Years: Morgan Stanley |
| A recent study released Friday by Morgan Stanley showed that the total factor productivityof agricultural sector in China has been growing at about 4 percent per annum, about the same as that of the non-rural sector,indicating a new surge in rural development and investment in the coming years. |
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| Ministry of Agriculture Pledges Benefits for Farmers |
| The Ministry of Agriculture ofChina has pledged to undertake 13 projects this year for the benefits of farmers, the People's Daily reported Monday. |
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| China Takes Major Agricultural Measures to Cope with WTO Challenges |
| China will take five major measures in agriculture in order to cope with challenges brought about by China's WTO entry, said She Qinglin, minister of Agriculture at a press conference. |
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| Grain Output Slightly Down, Farmers' Income Up in 2001: Minister |
| Chinese farmers' per capita net income grew over four percent in 2001, reversing the downward trend of income growth for four years in succession, Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin said Monday. While, China's grain output in 2001 is predicted to drop by some 1.9 percent to 450 million tons. |
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| China to Give Fairer Medical Service to Millions of Farmers |
| Aiming to provide basic medical service to 900 million residents in vast rural areas, China has begun to build a health care network based on state-funded medical centers in towns and villages, which will also be composed of private hospitals and clinics with trained staff and standard services. |
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| 1 Million People in Xinjiang Shake off Poverty |
| More than 1.32 million farmers and herdsmen living below the poverty line in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have solved the problem of food and clothing thanks to the implementation of the national poverty alleviation program. |
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| China Adjusts Agriculture Policy for WTO Entry |
China has pledged to try every means the WTO allows to protect its overall agriculture productivity and develop farm produce with higher competitiveness.
Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin said at the national working conference on agriculture Thursday that his ministry regards the WTO entry as a major challenge this year. |
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| China Implementing New Rules on Genetically Modified Imports |
| China is putting the research, production and sale of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) under strict scrutiny with the establishment of a safety certification process, a Ministry of Agriculture official said Wednesday. |
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| Agricultural Technicians Popular in North China Province |
| An increasingly large number of farmers in north China's Hebei Province have come to employ agricultural technicians as their advisors for farming. |
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| Tibet's Farmers, Herdsmen Enjoy Higher Incomes |
| The income of farmers and herdsmen in southwest China's Tibet has improved markedly, with the per capita figure expected to reach 1,410 yuan in 2001, a rise of 5.9 percent over that of the previous year. |
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| Over 70% Rural Residents Satisfied with Current Living Conditions |
| A survey conducted by China Zero Survey Company shows that over 70 percent of rural inhabitants are satisfied with their overall living conditions. Some 25.6 percent and 3.5 percent of farmers feel unsatisfied and very unpleased. |
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| Government to Check Financial Load on Farmers |
| China's State Council has sent working teams with officials from five ministerial level departments to investigate the financial burden faced by farmers and how the decisions adopted by the recent national working conference on reducing farmers' financial loads have been implemented by local governments in Henan, Hubei and Shanxi provinces. |
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| China Exempts Disaster-hit Farmers from Agricultural Tax |
| China has decided to return 650 million yuan (79 million U.S. dollars) in agricultural tax to farmers hit by natural disasters this year in Anhui Province. |
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