Food Sector in the Dual-Track System Under the Dengist Reforms

Jane Du

Chapter Chapter 2 in Farmland, Farming and Food in the National Economy of China, 1947 – 2020, 2024, pp 33-61 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter explores the link between food issues and socio-economic conditions, such as domestic food affordability, food access and inflation driven by consumption prices. Before the liberalisation of the food sector between 2003 and 2008, China’s food sector operated with two primary objectives. First, it aimed to ensure the provision of sufficient staple food for the Chinese population. Secondly, it endeavoured to transfer rural surplus to the urban sector, thereby supporting low-cost industrialisation. These objectives remained central to China’s food policies until the 2000s, when improvements in residential incomes enabled the country to tackle long-standing food-related concerns amidst ongoing industrialisation. However, as rising income levels addressed issues of grain supply and consumption inadequacies, a new challenge emerged. The scarcity of arable land led to the demand for fodder grain significantly outstripping the food sector’s maximum supply capacity in China.

Keywords: De-collectivisation; Economic opening; Dengist (agricultural) reforms; Total factor productivity; Food output; Food accessibility; Food availability; Food affordability; The Grain Bureau; Inflation; Marketisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-70027-9_2

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