Development of Chinese Agriculture since WTO Accession

被引:5
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作者
Carter, Colin A. [1 ,2 ]
Zhong, Funing [3 ]
Zhu, Jing [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Agr & Resource Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Giannini Fdn Agr Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Nanjing Agr Univ, Econ, Nanjing, Peoples R China
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D O I
10.1111/j.1746-692X.2009.00126.x
中图分类号
F3 [农业经济];
学科分类号
0202 ; 020205 ; 1203 ;
摘要
This article discusses the main agricultural impacts of China's WTO accession and the associated challenges. We elaborate on four issues - agricultural production and trade, food security and self-sufficiency, farmers' incomes, and rural land reform. After more than seven years of WTO accession, the value of China's agricultural production and trade has increased and China has turned into a net importer of agricultural products. Globally, China now ranks as the fifth largest agricultural exporter and fourth largest agricultural importer. Although considerable resource shifts have taken place from land-intensive towards labour-intensive agricultural products in both production and trade, this transfer remains well below the potential due to trade barriers facing China's exports of labour-intensive agricultural products. Farmers' incomes increased after WTO entry, with a growing off-farm portion linked closely with world economic cycles. Rural land reform to improve economies of scale will require complementary policy aimed at a fully integrated labour and housing market, as well as a unified education and social welfare system for all of China's society. We argue that WTO accession has impacted China's agriculture in a positive fashion and has improved the efficiency of the sector, but accession has also given rise to new agricultural policy challenges.
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页码:10 / 16
页数:7
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