CONTENTS

Preface／001

1　Situation of Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2014 & Prospects and Forecasts for

　　Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2015／001

　　1. Situation of Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2014／001

　　2. Prospects and Forecasts for Agriculture and Rural Economy in 2015／014

　　3. Major Countermeasures for Solving “Rural, Agricultural and Farmer’s Problems”

       　under New Normal State／017

2　Agriculture, Rural Economy and National Economy／021

　　1. Rural Industries’ Contribution to Gross Domestic Production／022

　　2. Rural Investment and Consumption, and Their Contribution to the Growth of Gross

　　　Domestic Production／029

　　3. Livelihood Gap between Urban and Rural Residents／036

　　4. Agricultural and Rural Development, and Transformation of China’s Social and

　　　Economic Structure／040

3　Agricultural Input and Output／044

　　1. Situation and Characteristics of Agricultural Inputs／044

　　2.  Situation and Characteristics of Agricultural Outputs／049

4　Agricultural Production by Region／059

　　1. Gross Output Value of Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery by Region,

　　　and Change of Structure／059

　　2. Outputs of Farming by Region, and the Change of Structure／062

　　3. Outputs of Animal Husbandry by Region, and the Change of Structure／064

5　Income and Livelihood of Rural Households／071

　　1. Income of Rural Households／071

　　2. Consumption of Rural Households／075

6　International Trade of Agricultural Products／079

　　1. General Situation and Characteristics of Import and Export of Agricultural Products／079

　　2. Major Factors Affecting the International Trade of Agricultural Products／084

　　3. Characteristics of Major Agricultural Products in International Trade／088

　　4. Policy Review and Prospects／092

7　Rural Eco-environment and Sustainable Development／095

　　1. Situation of Rural Eco-environment／096

　　2. Progress in Protection and Management of Rural Eco-environment／104

　　3. Prospects for Rural Eco-environment and Sustainable Development／110

8　Situation of Family Farm and Prospects／113

　　1. Situation and Characteristics of Family Farm／113

　　2. Problems and Challenges Facing of Family Farm／120

　　3. Prospects of Family Farm／128

9　Situation of Farmer Cooperatives and Prospects／133

　　1. Characteristics of Farmer Cooperatives／133

　　2. Role of Farmer Cooperatives in the Construction of Modern Agriculture／142

　　3. Problems in the Development of Farmer Cooperatives／149

　　4. Prospects of Farmer Cooperatives／155

10　Situation, Function of Leading Enterprises and Policy Orientation／161

　　1. Situation and Trend Characteristics of Leading Enterprises ／161

　　2. Major Problems and New Development Opportunity of Agricultural Industrialization

　　　Leading Enterprises／172

　　3. Development Thought in the Future Development of Leading Enterprises and Policy

　　　Orientation／182

11　Situation of Rural Land Transfer and Prospects／187

　　1. Situation and Characteristics of Rural Land Transfer in 2014／188

　　2. Major Problems in the of Rural Land Transfer／195

　　3. Prospects of Rural Land Transfer in 2015／202

12　Situation of China Agricultural Mechanization and Prospects ／209

　　1. Progress and Characteristics of Agricultural Mechanization／210

　　2. Problems and Challenges Facing of Agricultural Mechanization／218

　　3. Prospects and Suggestions for China Agricultural Mechanization in 2015／232

13　Development of China Ecological Agriculture and Prospects／236

　　1. Development and Evolution of China Ecological Agriculture／237

　　2. Problems and Situation Facing in the Development of China Ecological Agriculture ／241

　　3. Prospects for China Ecological Agriculture／247

14　New Occupation Farmers Training “Huzhou Mode”／255

　　1. Introduction ／255

　　2. Creating Municipal Farmers Institute, Constructing Training Platform for New Occupation

　　　Farmer ／257

　　3. Trinity Cultivation for New Occupation Farmers in Huzhou／261

　　4. Characteristics and Innovativeness of New Occupation Farmer Training in Huzhou／267

　　5. Direction Optimizing for New Occupation Farmer Training by “uzhou Mode”／270