ISBN: 9787802343412

    Publisher: China Development Press

    Issued: April 2009

This is an authoritative and comprehensive report made by the Rural Economics Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council.

The survey took 10 years to complete. It covers more than 200 counties and cities, 3,300 villages and 9,000 peasant households. It concerns new rural construction, grain security, peasant burdens, county and township finance, migrant worker employment and entrepreneurship, the land system and landless peasants, rural organizations, rural finance, rural education, rural medical and health services, food security, rural resources management and rural government.

The book contains a large amount of firsthand data, which reflect the economic and social development of rural China, as well as questionnaires from major surveys. It is an important reference for people from all circles and governments at all levels, especially those studying agriculture, the countryside and farmers.