Reform and Development of Agriculture in China
In: Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path
Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 History of Chinese Agriculture Before Reform and Opening -- 1.1 Three Thousand Years of Agriculture in China -- 1.1.1 The Origins of Agriculture -- 1.1.2 The Development of Agriculture -- 1.1.2.1 Farmland Improvements -- 1.1.2.2 Improvements to Farming Techniques -- 1.1.2.3 Farming Implement Improvements -- 1.1.2.4 Compliance with Farming Seasons -- 1.1.3 Agricultural Achievements -- 1.1.4 Characteristics of Agriculture -- 1.2 The Last 300 Years of Agriculture in China -- 1.2.1 A Stage of Continued Slow Growth in Agriculture -- 1.2.2 Why Agriculture Did Not Cause Economic Decline in China -- 1.2.2.1 China Still Possessed Comparative Advantages in Agriculture During This Period -- 1.2.2.2 Limited Disparities in Chinese Agricultural Technology During This Period -- 1.2.2.3 Positive Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on Agriculture Still Highly Limited During This Period -- 1.2.3 Reasons for China's Economic Decline -- 1.2.3.1 Limitations on Division of Labor and Industries of Over-Small Scales of Operation -- 1.2.3.2 Limitations on Industry Upgrading of Expansion of Arable Land -- 1.2.3.3 Limitations of "Celestial Empire Thinking" on Changing the Status Quo -- 1.3 Agriculture in China for the 30 Years Prior to Reform and Opening -- 2 Agricultural Reforms -- 2.1 Reforms to Markets for Agricultural Products -- 2.1.1 Gradually Shrinking the Scope of the Agricultural State Monopoly -- 2.1.2 Gradually Reducing the Quantity of State Monopoly Purchases -- 2.1.3 Gradually Developing a Market for Agricultural Products -- 2.1.4 Expanding Channels for Circulation of Agricultural Products -- 2.2 Agricultural Factor Market Reforms -- 2.2.1 Reforms to Agricultural Input Markets -- 2.2.2 Reforms to Agricultural Labor Markets -- 2.2.2.1 Policies Restricting Rural Laborers to the Countryside