Home>News Center>China
       
 

China offers 11.6b yuan grain subsidies
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-10-13 17:33

Chinese grain growers have been paid a total of 11.6 billion yuan (US$1.41 billionrs) in direct grain subsidies since early this year, Chinese Minister of Finance Jin Renqing said in Beijing Wednesday.

The minister said 138.92 million rural families in 13 major grain-producing provincial areas were paid 10.28 billion yuan (US$1.25 billion) encouraging them to grow grain.

Sixteen other provincial areas also allocated 1.3 billion yuan (US$158 million) in subsidies to their grain growers, said the minister.

"By September 30, a total of 11.2 billion yuan (US$1.34 billion), or 96 percent of the total grain subsidies, has been paid to grain growers," the minister said in a press release.

Nearly 600 million farmers of the country's 900 million rural residents benefited from the direct grain subsidy program, which was introduced by the Chinese government earlier this year to reverse four consecutive years of decreasing grain output.

That move translates into a net increase of income by 74 yuan (US$9) for an average Chinese family in the 13 provincial areas, said the minister.

The sum might look insignificant, but it represents a milestone in China. It is the first time the Chinese central and local governments offered direct subsidies to grain growers.

China used to offer billions of yuan in grain subsidies each year to state-owned grain trading firms so that they would purchase grain from farmers at state-set prices.

Wan Baorui, former deputy agricultural minister, said that farmers benefited little from such indirect grain subsidy practice as the grain firms turned out to be inefficient and lost money.

The minister said a survey of 1,809 grain growers in the 13 provincial areas indicated 1,677 of them, or 93 percent, were satisfied with the direct subsidy policy, and 85 of the farmers, or 5 percent, were "relatively satisfied."

According to the survey, which was conducted by the ministry in cooperation with other department, 1,782 of the farmers, or 99 percent, said the policy encouraged them to grow grain. Ninety- nine percent of those surveyed said they favored current policy over the indirect grain subsidy one.

The minister said the direct grain subsidies have boosted the enthusiasm of farmers in grain production while helping raise their income.

Zheng Xinli, deputy director of the Central Policy Research Institute, said during the first half of this year, the income of Chinese grain farmers was 1,371 yuan (US$165.2), a year-on-year increase of 13 percent, the highest rate since 1997.

China's summer grain and early rice harvests have reached 101 million tons and 33.5 million tons this year, up 4.8 percent and 14 percent respectively from last year.

China is also expecting a good autumn harvest this year.

Zheng predicted that China is likely to reach its goal of 455 million tons of grain output, compared with 431 million tons last year, a decrease of 5.8 percent from 2002.

Lifting farmers' income and improving the country's grain security has been listed as one of the priorities of the Chinese government.



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Chen's speech a grave provocation to peace

 

   
 

China to lobby for 4th round six-party talks

 

   
 

Kidnappers refuse to free Chinese hostages

 

   
 

Tax revenue growth slows down

 

   
 

China to amend Criminal Procedure Law

 

   
 

US urged to abide by one-China principle

 

   
  Kidnappers refuse to free Chinese hostages
   
  A quarter of Shanghai's kids contemplate suicide
   
  Nearly 200 million Chinese are overweight
   
  US urged to abide by one-China principle
   
  Spokesman hits Chen on provocative speech
   
  China to scrutinise blood sellers for AIDS
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
WTO OKs plan to end farm export subsidies
   
Beijing raises subsidy standard for urban poor
   
Subsidy to lift income of grain growers
   
Improving minimum living subsidy mechanism
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 成人夜色视频网站在线观看| 激情久久av一区av二区av三区| 国产精品亚洲欧美大片在线观看| xxxxx日韩| 日本japanese丰满奶水| 亚洲AV综合色区无码二区偷拍| 欧美精品一区二区久久| 免费一级黄色大片| 美国经典三级版在线播放| 国产区精品一区二区不卡中文 | 亚洲免费观看在线视频| 熟妇人妻va精品中文字幕| 再深点灬好舒服灬太大了添| 色妞色综合久久夜夜| 国产午夜无码片在线观看影院| 性满足久久久久久久久| 国产精品无圣光一区二区| 91高清免费国产自产| 天天做天天爱夜夜爽毛片毛片| 一级成人毛片免费观看| 成年美女黄网站18禁免费| 久久久久久久综合日本| 日本老熟妇xxxxx| 久久精品国产亚洲夜色AV网站| 极品丝袜乱系列全集阅读| 亚洲人成自拍网站在线观看| 欧美日韩色综合网站| 亚洲欧美精品伊人久久| 污污网站在线播放| 亚洲综合精品第一页| 狠狠色噜噜狠狠狠888米奇视频| 免费日韩三级电影| 精品久久久久久无码中文野结衣| 又爽又黄有又色的视频| 美女把尿口扒开让男人桶到出水| 国产ssss在线观看极品| 中文字幕第12页| 日韩aⅴ人妻无码一区二区| 久久综合九色综合97伊人麻豆| 校花哭着扒开屁股浣肠漫画| 亚洲免费在线视频播放|