Agricultural of China

Basic China中国背景知识(1)
Agricultural of China中国的农业

China has a large population but little arable land. With only seven percent of the world's cultivated land, China has to feed one fifth of the world's population. China's agriculture, therefore, is an important issue that attracts worldwide attention. Some foreigners once raised the question: "Who will feed China?" "We Chinese will feed ourselves!" replied China's leaders and agriculture experts.
Chinese agriculture has developed rapidly since reform in rural areas began in 1978. The major reforms were: the household responsibility system with remuneration linked to output, which restored to farmers the right to use land, arrange farm work, and dispose of their output; canceling the state monopoly on purchase and marketing of agricultural products, and price restrictions on most agricultural and ancillary products; abolishing many restrictive policies, allowing farmers to develop a diversified economy in rural areas and run township enterprises so as to fire their enthusiasm for production. The reforms emancipated and developed rural productive forces, promoted the rapid growth of agriculture, particularly in grain production, and the continuous optimization of agricultural structure. The achievements have been remarkable. China now leads the world in output of grain, cotton, oil-bearing crops, fruit, meat, eggs, aquatic products and vegetables.

With the continuous growth, agricultural products have shown a clear increase in output per capita. In 2005, grain output per capita was 371 kilograms, and per capita figures for meat (pork, beef and mutton), milk, and aquatic products were above world averages, reaching 47.2 kg, 21.1 kg and 39.2 kg, respectively.
In 2004, the Chinese government put into effect the policy of reducing or exempting agriculture taxes. At the end of 2005, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided to abolish agriculture taxes statutes that have been in effect of some 50 years. The objective of this measure is to reduce farmers' burdens, enhance basic agriculture and shrink the gap between urban and rural areas.

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Plan for Hanyujiao 090505——五月五日汉语角的筹划

1)Introducing yourself.自我介绍
2)Game——of couse, it is an interesting,and you can learn Chinese from it.But，the detail
of the game is a secret ;-)
游戏——当然，这是一个很有趣的游戏，而且你会从中学习汉语。但是，游戏的详情是个秘密;-)
3)Movie——If time permit,we will play a moive.
电影——如果时间允许，我们会放一部电影。
Come to Hanyujiao and enjoy yourself!
来汉语角尽享美好时光吧！

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China urges swine flu prevention education in schools

The Chinese government Wednesday called for schools nationwide to teach students about the swine flu and its prevention.
The campaigns should be launched as soon as possible, in all schools, to raise awareness of prevention and avoid causing unnecessary panic among teachers and students, according to a circular jointly issued by the ministries of education and health.
Schools should emphasize teaching students to develop good hygiene habits, such as avoiding contact with people with flu symptoms and crowded places, frequently washing hands with soap and fresh water, and covering the mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.
"Students in rural areas should avoid contact with pigs or pig farms," it said.
The circular asked educational administrative departments and all schools to increase efforts to keep campuses clean and well-ventilated .
"Schools, those in rural areas in particular, must strengthen management if any pigs are raised within campuses," it said.
The circular stressed that all school cafeterias should make sure pork is cooked thoroughly.
Hygiene administrative departments and disease control and prevention centers should promptly report suspected cases of the disease, it said.
China has no reported swine flu cases, but the possibility should not be ruled out as the swine flu is already spreading in some countries.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.

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