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Sichuan
Province cuts tax on farm produce from June 1 06/01/2003
Farmers in Southwest China's Sichuan Province need not pay tax on
local farm produce starting June 1, according to a notice issued
by the provincial government.
Uprooting
farmers' tax is nation's top concern 02/20/2003
The Chinese Government has been planning to gradually waive a special
agricultural product tax imposed on millions of farmers as a major
effort to alleviate their heavy financial burdens.
Minority
group crosses poverty line 01/20/2003
NANNING: China's most populous ethnic minority, the Zhuang people
mainly living in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
are shaking off poverty and becoming more affluent.
Farmers
target of help 01/09/2003
Top Chinese officials have set the guiding principle for the development
of agriculture in the coming year, by focusing on bringing more
benefits to farmers and narrowing the income gap between rural and
urban areas.
Rural
health care improvement vital 10/31/2002
Official statistics show that rising prices for rural medical services
have outpaced rural incomes for many years.
Vice
premier urges local governments to assist those affected by drought
09/27/2002
BEIJING - Vice-Premier Wen
Jiabao has urgedlocal governments to give priority to combating
the sustained droughts in different parts in the country and to
make concerted efforts to resolve problems affecting the basic needs
of residents.
Rural
health care critical 09/17/2002
To provide better health care for the rural population especially
those living under the poverty line, more public support should
be directed towards rural public health programs.
Chinese
farmers turning karst land into gold 08/05/2002
NANNING - Li Rongliang, a
farmer from Mashan county, in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region, still remembers the only drinking water for locals could
find a decade ago was from a geyser at the foot of a mountain near
his village.
Tibetan
business boom 07/24/2002
Like their Han counterparts, Tibetan farmers have long been used
to toiling in fields. Under the impact of the market economy however,
many have changed their thinking and turned to the cities for business.
Tibetan
farmers cash in on Qingke barley 07/05/2002
Thanks to modern technology, Tibetans are now making more money
than they used to from qingke - a kind of highland barley unique
to western China's Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province.
More
Tibetan farmers, herders have access to radio, TV 05/17/2002
More and more farmers and herdsmen in the Tibet Autonomous Region
in southwest China, have access to radio and television, thanks
to the local government's efforts in the construction radio and
TV stations.
Farmland
use should be regulated 04/06/2002
Transferring farmland use rights into non-farming entities and individuals
should be curbed, urged an article in the Hainan-based Transition
magazine.
Zhu
urges reshuffling of agriculture sector 04/04/2002
The
central government is working to increase farmers' income by speeding
up the agricultural restructuring process, Premier Zhu Rongji said.
Zhu:
farmers a primary concern 03/16/2002
Premier Zhu Rongji said yesterday
that his biggest concern is improving the livelihood of the country's
800 million farmers, which must be resolved through agricultural
restructuring.
Legislators
criticize farm fees burden 03/11/2002
Xu Yanlian, a legislator from East China's Jiangxi Province, said
at the weekend that about one-seventh of her annual income is spent
on various fees that she and other rural residents are charged.
Make
WTO entry farmers' gain 02/23/2002
China's agricultural industry must adopt essential countermeasures
to reduce the negative impact of its accession to the World Trade
Organization (WTO) and to seize opportunities, said an article in
the weekly Beijing Review.
Farming
sector needs attention 01/25/2002
How to increase the gains of farmers will top the government's agenda
in future as China's entry to the World Trade Organization has a
dramatic impact on the country's nearly 800 million farmers, said
an article in China Economic Times.
Agriculture
sector stressed 01/10/2002
The fundamental position of agriculture in the national economy
should be adhered to, and stronger measures are needed to raise
the income of farmers, said an editorial in the People's Daily.
Raising
of farmers' income urgent 12/11/2001
The
development of China's agriculture industry
has entered into a new phase as the era of undersupply
has gone.
Agriculture
tops gov't agenda 01/06/2001
The Chinese Government will put the development of agriculture and
increase of farmers' incomes at the top of its agenda this year,
according to the Central Conference on Rural Work, which concluded
yesterday in Beijing.
Western
China tries to surf tourism wave 01/03/2001
GUIYANG: Zhang Tingzhen, a Miao woman who lives in Southwest China's
Guizhou Province, has brought her family out of poverty by selling
embroidery to tourists both Chinese and foreign.
Farmers'
living conditions improved 09/28/2000
Living conditions for Chinese farmers improved significantly during
the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, although per capita net income
increases have been sluggish in recent years, according to the State
Development Planning Commission.
Changes
set to boost farming incomes 09/04/2000
China is launching a drive to halt the falling farming incomes which
have followed rural expansion.
Farming
trapped in dilemma 01/18/2000
In China, a country where two-thirds of the population live in rural
areas, farming is the least popular occupation.
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