中国农业绿箱补贴政策的实践与展望-InternationalCentreforTrade.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 11 A Chinese perspective on the green box XIE Jianmin China is a large agricultural developing country, and its agricultural policy aims at ensuring food security, increasing farmers’ income, and promoting the harmonious and sustainable development of agriculture, economy and society in rural areas. For a long period of time, instead of being subsidized and supported, the agricultural sector has been “exploited” by agriculture taxes and the difference between the prices of industrial and agricultural products. It has nonetheless made considerable contributions to industrialization and urbanization in the country. Ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, significant achievements have been made in the agricultural sector, attracting attention from around the world. These achievements can mainly be attributed to policy and institutional factors, such as land ownership reform, and the household contract responsibility system The system contains two features. First, farmland is still owned by the public. Second, production and management are entrusted to individual farming households through long-term contracts. During the contract period, the farmers pay taxes to the State and collective reserves to local governments, and keep all the other produce for themselves.. Scientific and technical innovation and the improvement of farmers’ skills and abilities have also played an important role. After the reform and opening-up, the government has been gradually increasing support for the agricultural sector with the growth of financial capacity and the aging of agricultural infrastructure. Support for agricultural production, however, is still very limited, The system contains two features. First, farmland is still owned by the public. Second, production and management are entrusted to individual farming households through long-term contracts. During the contract period, the farmers pay taxes to the State and collective reserves to local govern