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This book examines China's rural sector problems including poverty, income inequality, barriers of rural-urban migration, discrimination against rural workers, poor rural governance and the impact of WTO membership. It also tackles the important subjects of inadequate infrastructure and discriminatory credit services. Strategies to modernize China's rural economy are proposed and the relevant experiences and lessons of other countries are analysed.
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CHINA’S RURAL ECONOMY AFTER WTO The Chinese Economy Series This series examines the immense importance of China within the global economy. Books in the series view the Chinese economy in many ways, such as: a transition economy; a bridge between the developing and developed nations; a vital member of the WTO; and even as a potential rival to the US. Providing readers with high quality monographs and edited volumes by authors from East and West, this series is a truly global forum on one of the world’s key economies. Series Editors Aimin Chen, Indiana State University, USA Shunfeng Song, University of Nevada-Reno, USA Recent Titles in the Series Chinese Youth in Transition Edited by Jieying Xi, Yunxiao Sun and Jing Jian Xiao ISBN 0 7546 4369 7 Grains in China Edited by Zhang-Yue Zhou and Wei-Ming Tian ISBN 0 7546 4280 1 Critical Issues in China’s Growth and Development Edited by Yum K. Kwan and Eden S.H. Yu ISBN 0 7546 4270 4 Urban Transformation in China Edited by Aimin Chen, Gordon G. Liu and Kevin H. Zhang ISBN 0 7546 3312 8 Urbanization and Social Welfare in China Edited by Aimin Chen, Gordon G. Lui and Kevin H. Zhang ISBN 0 7546 3313 6 China’s Rural Economy after WTO Problems and Strategies Edited by SHUNFENG SONG University of Nevada, USA AIMIN CHEN Sichuan University, People’s Republic of China © Shunfeng Song and Aimin Chen 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Shunfen Song and Aimin Chen have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 101 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401-4405 USA Ashgate website: http://www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data China's rural economy after WTO : problems and strategies. - (The Chinese economy series) 1.Agriculture and state - China -Congresses 2.Rural development - China - Congresses 3.Rural-urban migration China - Congresses 4.Rural women - China - Economic conditions - Congresses 5.China - Rural conditions Congresses I.Song, Shunfeng II.Chen, Aimin 330.9'51'0091734 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data China's rural economy after WTO : problems and strategies / edited by Aimin Chen and Shunfeng Song. p. cm. -- (The Chinese economy series) Selections from papers presented at the international symposium on ''China's Rural Economy: Problems and Strategies,'' organized by the Chinese Economists Society in Hangzhou, China on June 25-27, 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7546-4695-5 1. China--Rural conditions--Congresses. 2. Agriculture and state--China-Congresses. 3. Rural development--China--Congresses. 4. Rural-urban migration-China--Congresses. 5. Rural women--China--Economic conditions--Congresses. I. Chen, Aimin. II. Song, Shunfeng. III. Series. HD2097.C4628 2006 330.951009173'4--dc22 2006003898 ISBN 0 7546 4695 5 Printed in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Ltd., Gateshead, Tyne & Wear Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors vii viii xii Introdu