ISBN: 9787802348400

Publisher: China Development Press

Issued: October 2012

Since China is in the stage of accelerating its industrialization and urbanization, maintaining the primary balance of grain supply and demand and a stable grain price is not only important for national food security and price stability, but also necessary for the steady and healthy development of the economy as well as the harmony and stability of society.

The dilemma that cheap rice prices hurt farmers and rising rice prices hurt the public will continue to exist. The government faces the dilemma in carrying out macroeconomic control.

The book makes a preliminary assessment of the effects and problems of China's macroeconomic food regulation and control at present based on in-depth research. It also explores basic characteristics as well as medium and long-term trends of China's food problems amidst industrialisation.

In addition, the book also studies the institutional framework, operating mechanism and policy system of China's macroeconomic food regulation and control to make it more pertinent, flexible, scientific and effective.