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  • Xi urges Anhui province to actively deepen rural reforms

    Date:2014/03/10

    Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, joins a discussion with deputies to China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) from east ...

  • Heilongjiang Agricultural Machinery Trade Fair continues in Harbin

    Date:2014/03/10

        Farmers examine a combine harvester at the 2014 Heilongjiang Agricultural Machinery Trade Fair in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, March 8, 2014. The three-day trade fair was inaugurated Friday in Harbin, attr...

  • China plans teachers' rotation to help rural schools

    Date:2014/03/10

    Plan to rotate teachers is on the Ministry of Education's agenda and it will complete the process within five years.   The ministry is planning to encourage teachers and principals shift to villages to help rural schools improve the quality of e...

  • 2014 Hong Kong Flower Show exhibits over 350,000 flowers

    Date:2014/03/10

      People take photos of flowers at the 2014 Hong Kong Flower Show in Victoria Park in Hong Kong, south China, March 7, 2014. The flower show will be held from March 7 to 16, exhibiting over 350,000 flowers. (Xinhua/Wong Pun Keung)   Peop...

  • Minister Han Changfu gives Press Conference on rural reform

    Date:2014/03/07

    Minister Han Changfu gave a Press Conference for the second session of China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) on rural reform in Beijing on March 6, 2014.   During the Press Conference, Minister Han briefed newsmen about the latest agric...

  • Zero tolerance on food security issues: Minister

    Date:2014/03/07

    By He Yini (www.cnchemicals.com)   Though problems still remain, food security as a public service should be assured by the Chinese government, said Agriculture Minister Han Changfu Thursday at a news conference during the second session of t...

  • China's grain imports unlikely to surge: minister

    Date:2014/03/07

    BEIJING, March 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu said Thursday that the country will make "appropriate" use of the global grain market but its grain imports are unlikely to surge.   China will rely on domestic production ...

  • Rural land transfer shall not be forced: minister

    Date:2014/03/07

        Chinese Ariculture Minister Han Changfu (L) gives a press conference for the second session of China's 12th National People's Congress (NPC) on rural reform,  in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)  ...

  • The nine major tasks 2014

    Date:2014/03/06

    (China Daily) Updated: 2014-03-06 08:21    As the nation's legislators set the agenda for the coming year at the National People's Congress, China Daily takes a look at some of the Chinese government's key policy objectives for 2014. &nbs...

  • Villagers hold spring farming ceremony to mark Tibetan New Year in Lhasa

    Date:2014/03/06

      A farmer sows seeds during a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Daga Village, Quxu County, Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 5, 2014. The Tibetan village has the tradition to hold the spring farming ceremony ...

  • China pledges harsh measures on food safety

    Date:2014/03/06

    by Xinhua writers Li Baojie, Zhang Yao and Yu Li   BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Ding Na has lost confidence in the farm produce sold in neighborhood markets following a spate of food scares.   Frustrated at the potential negative health eff...

  • More rural Chinese, migrants to enjoy urban living under government plan

    Date:2014/03/06

    BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced a bold plan on Wednesday to turn more rural people into city dwellers and improve their quality of life.   Urbanization is the sure route to modernization and an important basis f...

  • China to expand credit for spring plowing

    Date:2014/03/06

    BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The People's Bank of China (PBoC) announced Wednesday it will add 20 billion yuan (3.26 billion U.S. dollars) to re-lending quotas for financial institutions to support spring plowing in the world's most populous country....

  • Staple foods not genetically modified

    Date:2014/03/05

    “China does not allow commercial production of any genetically modified staple foods, but China needs to stay on top of GM technology.” Vice Minister Niu Dun told the media on March 3rd, 2014 after the opening meeting of the Chinese People's Politica...

  • Fishing in the desert

    Date:2014/03/05

    By Sun Yuanqing ( China Daily)  Updated: 2014-03-04 10:00:30     He Yanzhong makes a research trip to the desert near his fishery in Dunhuang, Gansu province. Photos Provided to China Daily   The Chinese Dream | He Yanzhong ...

  • Not going against the grain

    Date:2014/03/05

    By Shi Xia (China Daily USA)   Food security is not only about having enough food to feed all the people in China but also about ensuring that the food is safe   Even in a year of excellent harvest, China faces a food shortage. Although cr...

  • China Focus: Farmland protection concerns Chinese lawmakers

    Date:2014/03/05

    BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Song Xinyuan is left frustrated while planting his rapeseed. As spring approaches, he is one of the many farmers across China planting crops.   "We used to have about seven mu (0.47 hectares) of farmland, but five mu...

  • China produces genetic map of Tibetan barley

    Date:2014/03/04

    Updated: 2014-03-03 15:39   LHASA -- Chinese scientists said on Monday that they have sequenced the entire genome of highland barley, an achievement that can help cultivate better breeds of Tibet's staple food and increase yield.   The gen...

  • Xinhua Insight: China rises to new rural challenges

    Date:2014/03/03

      By Xinhua writers Xu Feng, Chen Jun, Liu Baosen and Shen Yang   BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Baohua is no ordinary farmer. Not only is he toiling in the fields well into in his 60s, but he insists on growing traditional crops such a...

  • Family portraits of villagers in S China's Guangxi

    Date:2014/03/03

      Combined photo taken on June 17, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2014 shows 84-year-old villager Mo Shiming (L) with his second son (top) and Mo's family, in Tongban Village, Rong'an County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Tongban Village is...