Preface ..................................................................／001
Chapter 1　Situation of Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2008,
　　　　　　and Outlook and Some Forecasts for 2009 ......................／001
　　1. Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2008 .............................／001
　　2. Main Factors Affecting Agriculture and Rural Economy ..............／009
　　3. Forecasts for Agriculture and Rural Economy for 2009 ..............／015
Chapter 2　Comments on the Adjustments of Rural Policies .................／023
　　1. The 3rd Plenary Session of 17th CCP Central Committee
　　　　and Deepening Rural Reform .......................................／023
　　2. Forthcoming Important Changes on Land Management Policies .........／027
　　3. Discussions on Some Issues about Social and Economic
　　　　Integration between Urban and Rural ..............................／031
Chapter 3　Agriculture, Rural Economy and National Economy ...............／038
　　1. Rural Industries?Contribution to Gross Domestic Production ........／039
　　2. Rural Investment and Consumption ..................................／043
　　3. Livelihood Gap between Urban and Rural Residents ..................／048
　　4. Development of Rural Sectors and Transformation of China’s
　　　　Social and Economic Structure ....................................／050
　　5. Promoting Stable Development of Agriculture and Increasing
　　　　Farmers’Income ..................................................／053
Chapter 4　Agricultural Inputs and Outputs ...............................／055
　　1. Situation and Characteristics of Agricultural Outputs .............／055
　　2. Situation and Characteristics of Agricultural Inputs ..............／058
　　3. Productivity of Arable Land .......................................／061
Chapter 5　Rural Industrial Structure ....................................／062
　　1. Change and Main Characteristics of Rural Industrial Structure .....／062
　　2. The Deviation between Rural Industrial Structure and Rural
　　　　Employment Structure .............................................／067
　　3. Factors Influencing the Rural Industrial Structure and Its Trends .／068
Chapter 6　Supply-Demand Situation and Prices of Agricultural
　　　　　　Products Market ..............................................／070
　　1. General Situation .................................................／070
　　2. Grains ............................................................／072
　　3. Cash Crops ........................................................／077
　　4. Livestock Products ................................................／082
　　5. Aquatic Products ..................................................／084
　　6. Trends of Grains Price in 2009 ....................................／085
Chapter 7　International Trade and Competitiveness
　　　　　　of Agricultural Products .....................................／092
　　1. General Situation and Characteristics of Import and Export
　　　　of Agricultural Products .........................................／092
　　2. Main Factors Affecting the International Trade of
　　　　Agricultural Products ............................................／096
　　3. International Competitiveness of Agricultural Products ............／100
　　4. Review on Policies and Prospects ..................................／103
Chapter 8　Income and Livelihood of Rural Residents ......................／107
　　1. Rural Residents’Income ...........................................／107
　　2. Rural Residents’Livelihood .......................................／112
Chapter 9　Regional Economic Development in Rural Areas ..................／118
　　1. Situation and Characteristics of Regional Economic
　　　　Development in 2008 ..............................................／118
　　2. Characteristics and Changes of Regional Economic
　　　　Development in Recent 10 Years ...................................／120
Chapter 10　Progress in Building over Moderately Well-off Rural Society ..／126
　　1. Monitoring Results of Building Overall Moderately
　　　　Well-off Rural Society in 2007 ...................................／126
　　2. Difficulties and Emphases in Building Overall Moderately
　　　　Well-off Rural Society ...........................................／131
　　3. Suggestions on Accelerating the Process of Building
　　　　Overall Moderately Well-off Rural Society ........................／134
Chapter 11　Rural Eco-Environment and Sustainable Development ............／136
　　1. Situation of Rural Eco-Environment ................................／136
　　2. Progress in Construction of Rural Eco-Environment .................／140
　　3. Evaluation on Construction of Rural Eco-Environment ...............／146
　　4. Prospects of Construction of Rural Eco-Environment ................／149
Chapter 12　Rural Economic Crimes and Stability of Rural Society .........／154
　　1. The Situation and Characteristics of Current Rural Economic
　　　　Crimes ...........................................................／154
　　2. Forecasting the Situation of Rural Economic Crimes in 2009 ........／169
　　3. Suggestions on Prevention and Control Countermeasures
　　　　concerning Rural Economic Crimes .................................／172
Focus 1　Analysis and Assessments on the Newly-Issued Policy
　　　　　Approaches Aiming at Further Expanding Domestic Demand .........／177
　　1. Main Contents of the Newly-Issued Policy Approaches Aiming
　　　　at Further Expanding Domestic Demand .............................／177
　　2. Main Characteristics of the Newly-Issued Policy Approaches
　　　　Aiming at Further Expanding Domestic Demand ......................／180
　　3. Two Problems concerning Further Expanding Domestic Demand .........／187
　　4. Assessments on the Approaches Aiming at Expanding
　　　　Domestic Demand Directly-Linked with the Issues
　　　　of “Agriculture, Rural Areas and Farmers” ......................／191
Focus 2　Roles and Positions of Rural Areas in Expanding
　　　　　Domestic Demand ................................................／199
　　1. Agriculture, Rural Areas and the Growth of National Economy .......／199
　　2. The Gap between Agricultural and Rural Development
　　　　and National  Economy ............................................／201
　　3. The Contents of Expanding Domestic Demand in terms
　　　　of Agriculture and Rural Areas ...................................／203
　　4. The Missions of Agriculture and Rural Areas in Expanding
　　　　Domestic Demand ..................................................／208
Focus 3　Establishing Sustainable Mechanism to Promote
　　　　　Rural Residents’ Consumption ..................................／212
　　1. Great Potential for Enhancing  Rural Residents’ Consumption ......／212
　　2. Major Constraints Restricting Rural Residents’ Consumption .......／214
　　3. Establishing Sustainable Mechanism to Promote Rural
　　　　Residents?Consumption ............................................／217
Focus 4　Expanding Domestic Demand  and Improving Rural Livelihood .......／220
　　1. Important Progress already Achieved in Improving Rural Livelihood .／220
　　2. Arduous Tasks in Improving Rural Livelihood .......................／223
　　3. Improving Rural Livelihood as Necessary Condition
　　　　in Expanding Domestic Demand .....................................／225
　　4. Effectively Combining Expanding Domestic Demand
　　　　with Improving  Rural Livelihood .................................／228
Focus 5　Expanding Domestic Demand and Coordinated
　　　　　Development between Urban and Rural ............................／235
　　1. The New Situation in Expanding Domestic Demand and
　　　　Coordinated  Development between Urban and Rural .................／235
　　2. The Gap between Urban and Rural Development as Major
　　　　Barrier to Restrict China’s Expansion of Domestic Demand ........／237
　　3. The Major Approaches and Effects in Coordinating Urban
　　　　Development  with Rural and Expanding Domestic Demand ............／240
　　4. Stressing the Coordinated Development between Urban
　　　　and Rural and Expanding Domestic Demand ..........................／246