ISBN: 9787802349599

Publisher: China Development Press

Issued: June 2013

The authors offer policy suggestions - based on various studies - to explore how to improve the basic operating system in rural areas and to make innovations concerning the agricultural production and operation system.

First, they suggest continuing to improve the system of rural land contractual management rights to promote land circulation and moderate scale management. Their second suggestion concerns the establishment of a training program and criteria regarding necessary qualifications for operators in the agricultural sector, to boost the development of family farms. The third suggestion involves strengthening and standardizing the agricultural cooperation system and also the establishment of professional cooperatives. The fourth suggestion of the authors concerns improving the agricultural support policies with a focus on family farms.