• Deepen readers' understanding of the nature of contemporary Chinese economic development

• Relaxes the hypothesis of the perfect market condition to discuss institutional and technological changes in Chinese post-reform agriculture under the complex market institution

• Highlights the decisive role of market institutions in determining the selection and transition of agricultural technologies

Autorentext

Jun Du is a visiting research fellow of the East Asian Institute of the National University of Singapore. She holds a PhD from University of London, UK, specialising in institutional and agricultural economics with an application to China and other East Asian countries. Her research interests include induced innovation in agriculture and Chinese agricultural economic history.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: A General Theory Review.- Chapter 2: Economic Thinking on Chinese Agriculture.- Chapter 3. State-Led Changes: Failures and Successes.- Chapter 4: Trend's in China's Grain Production.- Chapter 5: Agricultural Transition in Taiwan: Towards a Comparative Study with Mainland China.- Chapter 6: Agricultural Transition in Selected Asian Countries.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.