Chunlai Chen

Ron Duncan

China‚Äôs accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has had profound consequences for the structure of its economy, and there will many more before the full benefits of an open trading regime will be realised. Agriculture and Food Security in China explains the background to China‚Äôs WTO accession and links accession to reforms beginning as far back as 1979. The book highlights China‚Äôs policymakers‚Äô decision to move away from protectionism and gain self-sufficiency, and illustrates how China‚Äôs step away from direct participation in the agricultural sector to indirect regulatory involvement and liberalisation could encourage further economic growth.    Yet not all economic growth is cost-free. Agriculture and Food Security in China explores the short-term impacts of WTO accession as well as the mid and long-term implications of greater market involvement at an economy-wide and regional level. Growing divides between coastal and inland regions‚Äîand differences in rural and urban growth‚Äîwill require a better understanding of the consequences of greater market dependency.    Agriculture and Food Security in China adds to the existing knowledge of China‚Äôs agricultural growth as well as the impacts and interrelationships between WTO accession and China‚Äôs participation in other regional free trade agreements.

Agriculture and Food Security in China

Chunlai Chen, Ron Duncan

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