Food Security and Economic Reform: The Challenges Facing China's Grain Marketing System (Studies on the Chinese Economy)

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.

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