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Food Security and Economic Reform

The Challenges Facing China’s Grain Marketing System

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Christopher Findlay

    1. Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia

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  2. Andrew Watson

    1. Centre for Asian Studies, University of Adelaide, Australia

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Part of the book series: Studies on the Chinese Economy (STCE)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Christopher Findlay, Andrew Watson
    Pages 1-4

  3. Food and Profit: The Political Economy and Grain Market Reform in China

    • Andrew Watson, Christopher Findlay
    Pages 5-38

  4. Grain Purchases and Sales in China: The Evolution from Plan to Market

    • Tang Renjian
    Pages 39-53

  5. The Relationship between Grain Prices and Inflation

    • Guo Shutian
    Pages 54-61

  6. Grain Demand

    • Harry X Wu, Christopher Findlay
    Pages 62-79

  7. The Logic of Market Reform: The Development of Wholesale Grain Markets in China

    • Andrew Watson
    Pages 80-104

  8. Supply of Funds for Grain Purchases in China since the Middle 1980s

    • Cheng Enjiang
    Pages 105-127

  9. Self-Sufficiency and Regional Specialization

    • Yang Hong
    Pages 128-147

  10. Inflation and the Real Price of Grain in China

    • D Gale Johnson, Song Guoqing
    Pages 148-162

  11. The Impact of China’s Grain Reserve System on Import Demand

    • Frederick W Crook
    Pages 163-201

  12. Institutional Reform and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China

    • Colin Carter
    Pages 202-219

  13. The Implications of Grain Market Reform for China’s International Grain Trade: An Overview

    • Christopher Findlay, Andrew Watson, Cheng Enjiang, Harry X. Wu
    Pages 220-236

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 237-266
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The development of China's grain marketing system is a crucial part of economic reform. The focus of this book is on the development of the domestic marketing system. Issues examined include the pace and content of reform so far, the development of wholesale markets, and the growth of a complementary financial system. Of special interest is the impact of marketing reform on regional trade patterns in the domestic market and implications for China's international grain trade policy.

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'...cogently examines the considerable challenges facing China's grain marketing system.' - Agra Food Asia

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia

    Christopher Findlay

  • Centre for Asian Studies, University of Adelaide, Australia

    Andrew Watson

About the editors

COLIN CARTER Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California CHENG ENJIANG Researcher, Chinese Economies Research Centre, University of Adelaide FREDERICK W. CROOK Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture GUO SHUTIAN former Director, Policy, Reform and Law Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing D.GALE JOHNSON Eliakim Hastings Moore Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago SONG GUOQING Assistant Professor, China Centre for Economic Research, Peking University TANG RENJIAN Deputy Director, Policy, Reform and Law Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing HARRY X. WU Assistant Professor in Economics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University YANG HONG Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University

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