Rural Development in China : Insights from the Beef Industry.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (298 pages)
- Routledge Revivals Series .
- Routledge Revivals Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 The Challenge of Industry and Rural Development -- PART A INDUSTRY DYNAMICS -- 2 Market, Household, Enterprise and Administrative Reforms -- 3 Industry Organisational Structures and Participants -- 4 Industry Growth and Segmentation -- 5 Emerging Market Structures and Industry Integration -- PART Β INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS -- 6 Types of Institutions -- 7 Horizontal Government Structure -- 8 Vertical Hierarchy -- PART C POLICY DYNAMICS -- 9 Production Support: Critique of a Specific Industry Policy -- 10 Value Adding and Vertical Integration -- 11 Market Support Systems -- 12 Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Policies -- 13 Food Safety and Inspection -- CONCLUSION -- 14 Forging Industry and Rural Development in China -- Bibliography -- Index.
This title was first published in 2003. The greatest challenge facing China today is to curb the growing economic divide between urban and rural people. Achieving this requires that the rural economy in general, and rural industries in particular, transform rapid growth into sustained development. However, policy makers are struggling to modernise rural industries, such as the cattle and beef industry, especially in a way that contributes to rural incomes.