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China has reduced the role of government intervention and centralized planning and simultaneously increased the role of market forces in agriculture over the last 20 years. As the incomes of China's 1.3 billion people continue to rise, China will be a key, though volatile, market for agricultural exports. ERS economists provide timely analysis, research, and data on China's agricultural supply, consumption, trade, and policies.

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China's Food and Agriculture: Issues for the 21st Century—A series of 13 articles addresses issues that will shape China's role in global agricultural markets, including its food consumption, agricultural policy and trade, marketing and distribution, biotechnology development, infrastructure, regional diversity, livestock sector, and land tenure system.

China Agricultural and Economic Data—This queriable database contains official Chinese statistics collected by ERS on agricultural production, food consumption, price indexes, macroeconomic data, and industrial output.

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