CHINA-ECONOMY: AGRICULTURE/NPC

 Chen Xiwen, Vice Director of the Leadership Group on Rural Work, said at a meeting on rural affairs sponsored by Farmers Daily on February 27, 2016, that soon after the 'Big Two' (CPPCC and NPC) meetings in March there would be a reform of the corn pricing mechanism soon. He added that the reform should be announced ahead of spring planting. Departing from the past Party line, Chen Xiwen called for reform of wheat and rice prices as well, although he said he doesn't know whether this will occur. Chen Xiwen did not specify whether the reform would be a lowering of the "temporary reserve" price for the 2016 crop or an elimination of the program altogether. 

 






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