Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 History of Chinese Agriculture Before Reform and Opening; 1.1 Three Thousand Years of Agriculture in China; 1.1.1 The Origins of Agriculture; 1.1.2 The Development of Agriculture; 1.1.2.1 Farmland Improvements; 1.1.2.2 Improvements to Farming Techniques; 1.1.2.3 Farming Implement Improvements; 1.1.2.4 Compliance with Farming Seasons; 1.1.3 Agricultural Achievements; 1.1.4 Characteristics of Agriculture; 1.2 The Last 300 Years of Agriculture in China; 1.2.1 A Stage of Continued Slow Growth in Agriculture

1.2.2 Why Agriculture Did Not Cause Economic Decline in China1.2.2.1 China Still Possessed Comparative Advantages in Agriculture During This Period; 1.2.2.2 Limited Disparities in Chinese Agricultural Technology During This Period; 1.2.2.3 Positive Impacts of the Industrial Revolution on Agriculture Still Highly Limited During This Period; 1.2.3 Reasons for China's Economic Decline; 1.2.3.1 Limitations on Division of Labor and Industries of Over-Small Scales of Operation; 1.2.3.2 Limitations on Industry Upgrading of Expansion of Arable Land

1.2.3.3 Limitations of "Celestial Empire Thinking" on Changing the Status Quo1.3 Agriculture in China for the 30 Years Prior to Reform and Opening; 2 Agricultural Reforms; 2.1 Reforms to Markets for Agricultural Products; 2.1.1 Gradually Shrinking the Scope of the Agricultural State Monopoly; 2.1.2 Gradually Reducing the Quantity of State Monopoly Purchases; 2.1.3 Gradually Developing a Market for Agricultural Products; 2.1.4 Expanding Channels for Circulation of Agricultural Products; 2.2 Agricultural Factor Market Reforms; 2.2.1 Reforms to Agricultural Input Markets

2.2.2 Reforms to Agricultural Labor Markets2.2.2.1 Policies Restricting Rural Laborers to the Countryside; 2.2.2.2 Policies Allowing Rural Laborers to Leave the Countryside; 2.2.2.3 The Policy Allowing Migration of Whole Families; 2.2.3 Reforms to Rural Capital Markets; 2.2.3.1 Progress of Reforms; 2.2.3.2 Standardizing Private Loans and Developing Non-profit Financing; 2.2.3.3 Rural Financial Policies Directed at Marketization; 2.2.3.4 Reforms to Formal Rural Financial Institutions; 2.2.3.5 Informal Financing in Rural China; 2.2.3.6 Scale of China's Rural Finance Market

2.2.3.7 Overall Assessment of Reforms to China's Rural Finance System and Development Thereof2.3 Reforms to the Agricultural Land System; 2.3.1 Progress of Reforms to the Agricultural Land System; 2.3.1.1 Promoting Reforms to Allow Farmers the Right to Operate Contracted Land; 2.3.1.2 Issuing Policies to Uphold the Rights of Farmers to Contract and Operate Land; 2.3.1.3 Improving Laws to Safeguard Rural Citizens' Rights to Operate Contracted Land; 2.3.2 Developing a Rural Land Market; 2.3.3 Scale and Pricing of the Land Market