Village commune by the Lingdingyang: The commune system and its changes in Yakou Village: The commune system and its changes in Yakou Village

Author: Cao Zhenghan
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book tells the story of a coastal village in the Pearl River Delta integrating into the market economy from 1981 to 2002. The main theme of the story is how villagers choose cooperative methods in the market environment, how they cope with market risks, and the roles played by the village administrative body and village leaders. The market risks faced by the villagers in the story are also common challenges for hundreds of millions of Chinese farmers during the marketization process. That is to say, the issues in the story are universal. By describing how the villagers solve these problems, it provides material for understanding the path of marketization in rural China.