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China Development Report 2013/14 project team |
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Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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1 The epic task of "building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way" in rural parts of China |
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The atypical dichotomy between urban and rural areas and how this pattern developed in China |
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Rural development strategy in China from a historical perspective |
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10 | (4) |
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Key tasks and challenges as we seek to establish all-round moderate prosperity in rural areas |
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The basic pathway toward building an all-round moderately prosperous society in rural areas |
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2 Changes in the geographic distribution of China's rural population and in the allocation of its labor resources |
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Number, geographic distribution, and structure of China's rural population in the year 2020 |
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23 | (7) |
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China's rural labor force in the year 2020 |
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Three pathways for dealing with changes in the rural population and labor force |
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40 | (4) |
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3 Furthering reform of China's land system and granting greater property rights to rural residents |
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The evolution of China's land system, its primary characteristics, and its main problems |
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45 | (6) |
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Pushing forward on the reform of the property-rights [ ownership] system that governs rural land in China by undertaking the critical step of confirming and certifying ownership rights |
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51 | (4) |
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Actively promoting the transferability of contractual operating rights to farmland |
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55 | (5) |
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Reforming the management system that governs rural homestead sites [ "residential-use land"] |
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60 | (7) |
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Models that explore putting collectively owned construction-use land on the market |
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67 | (4) |
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Deepening reform of the system that governs land requisitions [ expropriations] |
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71 | (4) |
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Being proactive in exploring how to reform the system that governs collectively owned property rights |
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75 | (9) |
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4 Achieving a balance in the supply and demand for grain in China and ensuring food safety in terms of the quality of food |
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The resource constraints that limit China's grain production |
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85 | (3) |
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The supply and demand for grain and trend lines |
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88 | (3) |
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Changes in global supply and demand for grain and its impact on China |
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91 | (4) |
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The situation with respect to food safety and establishing a regulatory system that addresses the situation |
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Implementing the new national food security strategy |
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5 Changing the operating systems that apply to Chinese agriculture and speeding up agricultural modernization |
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Overall framework of the "new-style agricultural operating system" |
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The necessity and the urgency of setting up a new-style agricultural operating system |
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The current status of new-style agricultural operating systems and problems |
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119 | (10) |
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The overall rationale for developing a new-style agricultural operating system and basic requirements |
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129 | (4) |
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Key tasks and policy measures in developing the new-style agricultural operating system |
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133 | (10) |
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6 Increasing the income of farmers and ensuring fair distribution of income |
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The current situation of farmers' income with respect to the objective of setting up a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way |
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On promoting a further shift of the rural population toward cities and speeding up the growth of wage-type income among farmers |
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Improving agricultural productivity and laying a firm foundation for increases in operating income from agriculture |
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149 | (3) |
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Increasing the strength of preferential policies for farmers and increasing transfer-type income for farmers |
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152 | (5) |
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Increasing the forcefulness of poverty-alleviation policies and eliminating absolute poverty |
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157 | (7) |
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7 Improving China's social security system and its systems for providing public services |
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164 | (34) |
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Optimize the allocation of educational resources, and improve the quality of education in rural areas |
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165 | (5) |
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Improve the rural old-age security system, and speed up the building of systems that provide services to the elderly in rural areas |
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170 | (5) |
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Improve the rural healthcare system, and raise levels of health among rural residents |
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175 | (11) |
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Improve the housing conditions of rural residents and ensure that vulnerable populations have a place to live |
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186 | (5) |
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Push forward the building of public service facilities in rural areas, and improve the living conditions of people in rural areas |
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191 | (7) |
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8 Promoting innovative ways to involve rural communities in self-governance |
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The current pattern of governance in rural communities |
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Rural communities and their changing dynamics in the current era |
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217 | (4) |
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Problems in rural governance at the present time |
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221 | (6) |
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Policy recommendations for creative ways to enable governance by rural communities |
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9 Strengthening controls over resources and environmental protection, building an "ecological civilization" in the countryside |
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Main problems facing the building of an "ecological civilization" in the countryside |
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235 | (8) |
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The serious impacts of environmental degradation in rural areas |
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243 | (5) |
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Countermeasures aimed at strengthening management controls over agricultural resources and at rural governance as it relates to the environment |
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248 | (21) |
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10 Clarifying the responsibilities and accountabilities of governments and increasing support from public finance |
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269 | (38) |
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The evolution of the relationship between the State and farmers since the founding of the PRC |
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270 | (14) |
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Overall situation with regard to public-finance spending at the current time |
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284 | (7) |
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Main problems with public spending at the present time |
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291 | (9) |
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Policy recommendations with respect to increasing public-finance spending |
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300 | (7) |
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11 Accelerate reform of the household registration system and promoting the unification of urban and rural development |
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307 | (29) |
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Accelerate reform of the system that manages household registrations |
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309 | (8) |
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Push forward the process of providing basic public services to all long-term residents of cities |
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317 | (14) |
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Push forward mechanisms that enable the transitioning agricultural population to become "urbanized" |
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331 | (5) |
Concluding remarks |
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336 | (2) |
Background reports that were incorporated in this volume |
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338 | (1) |
References |
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Index |
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