Reform of Chinese agriculture: Basic issues and start of transition (1978-1984)

Abstract

The economy in China was firmly dependent on her agriculture during the last 45 years. The rate and speed of the whole reconstruction in economy directly have been determined by the agriculture. A central position and clear priority during the first phase of reforming the economic life in China was given to the reform of her agriculture, with emphasis on its strategic importance. Providing legal and practical protection to collective ownership, as well as entitling production units with decision making rights, these were the first two steps in reforming the Chinese countryside reality. The same rights were given to all kinds of contractual production systems, and concurrently incentives were offered for developing market production.

Primenom novih reforskih mera koje su osiguravale prava vlasništva i prava donošenja odluka kolektivnih ekonomskih jedinica, dovele do razvoja račličitih oblika ugovornih sistema u proizvodnji, kao i stimulisanja razvoja slobodnog tržišta i sistema dodatne proizvodnje na okućnicama postignuti su izvanredni rezultati u prvim godinama primene reformske koncepcije na selu i stvoren prostor za njen nastavak.