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.

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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

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Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Maps List of Tables Notes on the Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction; A.Watson & C.Findlay Food and Profit: The Political Economy and Grain Market Reform in China; A.Watson & C.Findlay Grain Purchases and Sales in China: The Evolution from Plan to Market; T.Renjian The Relationship between Grain Prices and Inflation; G.Shutian Grain Demand; H.X.Wu & C.Findlay The Logic of Market Reform: The Development of Wholesale Grain Markets in China; A.Watson Supply of Funds for Grain Purchases in China Since the Middle 1980s; C.Enjiang Self-Sufficiency and Regional Specialization; Y.Hong Inflation and the Real Price of Grain in China; G.Johnson & G.Song The Impact of China's Grain Reserve System on Import Demand; F.W.Crook Institutional Reform and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China; C.Carter The Implications of Grain Market Reform for China's International Grain Trade: An Overview; C.Findlay , A.Watson, C.Enjiang & H.X.Wu Bibliography Index