The End of the Three Agricultural Issues (South Korean Experience and China's Three Agricultural Issues Discussion)

Author: Shi Lei
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Publish Date: 2005-06-10
Features: The book directly addresses the main content of how the government can alleviate China's current issues through systematic policy adjustments and institutional reforms, ultimately leading to the resolution of issues. In other words, this book falls within the category of policy issue research, with a focus on defining and analyzing policy issues, selecting policy solutions, evaluating the effectiveness of policy implementation, and expressing hopes for the prospects of solving policy issues. When analyzing issues, the author places particular emphasis on the experience of South Korea. When making judgments and drawing conclusions on related issues, the author constantly reminds himself of the following premises: 1. China's economy has overall entered the middle stage of industrialization, with some regions already reaching a high level of industrialization. Chinese agriculture has entered the modern agricultural development stage, but the agricultural economy still retains certain characteristics of traditional small-scale farming. Here, "small-scale farming" is not associated with "self-sufficiency" or "the backwardness of farmers," and thus carries no negative connotation. 2. The living conditions of Chinese farmers are at their best in history, but their relative position in society is not the best or relatively good. Instead, they constitute the largest disadvantaged group in the world. 3. Rural China has overall surpassed the subsistence level, but due to historical and institutional reasons, it cannot fully share the benefits of China's rapid economic growth. A significant portion of rural areas is in a state of relative decline, leading to the largest urban-rural income gap in the history of modernization.