Sun Oct 19, 2008
By Ben Blanchard
BEIJING (Reuters) - China promised on Sunday to boost agricultural production and farmers' incomes when it unveiled a broad policy document to revitalize its rural areas, which have lagged behind the rest of the nation's economic boom.
Central to the scheme will be allowing farmers to transfer their land-use rights, the official Xinhua news agency said in a lengthy report, detailing reforms already announced by Beijing. http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE49I18N20081019?sp=true