China’s Rural Development Road

Zhang Xiaoshan, one of the main authors, Member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Professor of Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Deputy to the 11th and 12th  National Peoples’ Congress of P.R.China and Member of Agricultural and Rural Committee under the 11th and 12th National Peoples’ Congress. He had acted as Director General of Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences from 1998 until 2010. And his special academic interest is on the issues of rural institutional change, organizational innovation, and rural social and economic development. He was conferred the title of Scholar with Outstanding Contribution by the Ministry of Personnel, P.R. China in 1996 and was elected as Member of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2006. He is now the Chairman of The Association of  Chinese Rural Cooperative  Economy, and Vice-Chairman of The Association of  Chinese Agricultural Economy.Li Zhou, one of the main authors, Research fellow of Rural Development Institute, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Professor and Doctoral supervisor of Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions experts awarded by the Chinese Academy of socialsciences in 1994, and enjoys the special subsidy of the State Council since 1994. Study on Agricultural economy and rural resources and environment economy.

• The development  of China’s countryside: Review and Thinking.- The  development of macro-agricultural management system and basic farming system.- The development of agricultural products’ and production materials’ circulation.- The development of township and village enterprises (TVE) and the change of TVE ownership structure.- The development and innovation of rural cooperatives.- The development of rural labor market.- The development of  rural land tenure system.- The development and reform of rural financial system.- The development of rural fiscal and taxation system.- The development of  agricultural science and technology system.- The construction and development of  rural townships and villages .- The review and outlook of rural governance structure.- The development of  rural social security system.- The development of  rural poverty alleviation.- The development of  rural natural resources management and environmental protection.- The outlook for the futuredevelopment of China’s countryside.