China in the Global Economy Agriculture in China and OECD Countries Past Policies and Future Challenges (OECD Proceedings)

The pace of growth in China's agricultural sector is remarkable. Over the past 20 years, food production has outpaced population growth, and enhanced the nutritional status of a billion people. But this success has given rise to a number of questions. Most importantly, will China be able to provide food for its population in a sustainable way, while absorbing the 15 million people added to its population each year? What policies should accompany China’s transition to a market-based economy in the agricultural sector which employs the vast majority of China’s working population? What are the implications of economic and agricultural growth for the environment, the rural communities and the social fabric? What are the implications for international agricultural markets and what could be at stake for other food importing countries? Determining how this demand for food will be met requires a complex analytical framework whose parameters are the subject of an intense discussion and debate. The proceedings of this workshop provide a rich repository of material that helps answer many of these questions. Executive Summary A Review of China's Agricultural Policy: Past and Present Developments by Francis C. Tuan and Bingsheng Ke China's Policies on Self-Sufficiency of Grain and Food Security by Ma Xiao An Analysis of China's Food Grain Security Policy by Frederick W. Crook Land Tenure Policy in Rural China: Developments and Prospects. A Re-Evaluation of the Institutional Reform of Rural Land Use by Zhang Hongyu Transfer of Rural Surplus Labour in China: Institutional Reform and Policy Evaluation by Wang Zhonghai Review and Comments on the Reform of China's Rural Policies and Future Trends by Tang Renjian Utilisation of Land and Water Resources in China: Resource Endowment, Institutional Arrangements by Liu Hianwen Past Developments: Stocktaking of Agricultural Policy Changes in OECD Countries: Review, Outlook, and Challenges by Wilfrid Legg Addressing Emerging Domestic Agricultural Policy Issues in OECD Countries in Light of the OECD Ministerial Meeting by Wilfrid Legg Addressing Emergin Trade Issues Affecting International Markets by Linda Fulponi China's Way Towards Greater International Trade Integration China's Agricultural Trade: Pattern and Policy by Guoqiang Cheng A Review of China's Meat Production Statistics. New Estimates and Implications for Trade by Hunter Colby, Funing Zhong and Mark Giordano Chinas' Agricultural Data and Statistics System and the 1997 Agricultural Census by Cao Qingho Projecting China's Grain Supply and Demand using a New Computer Simulation Model by Weishuang Qu and Gerald O. Barney A Comparison Framework of Seven China Agriculture Models by Weishuang Qu "China AG" an d Other Agriculture Sector Models of China: Review and Assessment by Kim C. Hjort Modelling China's Livestock Economy: Issues and Outlook by Dermot Hayes The AGLINK Model: Cooperation and Applications from the Pespective of a Partner Country: Canada-OECD Collaboration on the AGLINK Model by Pierre Charlebois