Abstract
China’s role in the world market has experienced profound changes over recent decades. In the 1950s, China was a net exporter of grain, especially of rice. This position, however, changed drastically from the early 1960s when China became a net grain importer. In the 1980s, average net imports were more than 9million tonnes per year, making China a major player in the world food system, and its grain trade policy has inevitably become a topic of considerable academic and political interest.
The author is grateful for valuable comments and editorial assistance by Shujie Yao, Juzhong Zhuang and Sarah Cook but takes full responsibility for any errors or omissions.
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Lu, F. (2000). China’s Grain Economy and Trade Policy. In: Cook, S., Yao, S., Zhuang, J. (eds) The Chinese Economy under Transition. Studies on the Chinese Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230288164_10
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