Series on Developing China: Translated Research from China emphasizes the importance of countryside, agriculture and the role …Containing ten quality chapters on China's rural reforms and agricultural development, this first volume from the … of peasants in China's economy.While the Chinese revolution has traveled a path of “encircling the cities from the rural …

than 200 villages from 8 provinces in China, we examine the main occupations that have characterised China's labour markets … of occupations proceeds from traditional and fairly simple forms of subsistence agriculture to modern, more complex … manufacturing and service firms. Our findings suggest that rural development in China is being built by a process that can be …