Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Friday, October 03, 2008

Check back in awhile on this

Well, the big shots in the Party Central Committee are meeting in a couple weeks about the issues facing rural people in China, but lets tune in in mid-October to see if anything is done.

Senior CPC members to discuss rural reform in mid-Oct

"Senior members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will meet from Oct. 9 to 12 in Beijing to discuss major issues about promoting reform and development in the rural areas...

"The political bureau members decided that the country must unswervingly push forward rural reform and development for the sake of social harmony. In this process, efforts must be made to consolidate and strengthen agriculture as the foundation of the economy...

"The participants also reached consensus that China should continue sticking to the policy of relying mainly on domestic production to achieve grain self-sufficiency on the whole.

"According to the meeting, the state will beef up support to and protection of agriculture, accelerate agricultural modernization, protect farmers' rights and interests, and promote innovation in rural development.

"Economic and social development in urban and rural areas must be coordinated and efforts should be made to ensure farmers benefit from China's economic development, according to the meeting."

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