China Agricultural Economic Review: Volume 11 Issue 3

Guest editorial of the special section on new structural economics and its applications in agricultural development

Justin Yifu Lin, Yong Wang

Structural change and poverty elimination

Justin Yifu Lin

The United Nations adopted 17 goals for sustainable development, which has been known as the 17 SDGs. Knowing how to achieve these goals will be very important for many countries…

Forty years of rural reform in China: retrospect and future prospects

Xiwen Chen

Bottlenecked by rural underdevelopment, China’s overall development is bound to be inadequate and unbalanced. Through a brief retrospect of the reform directed against the…

The structure and changes of China’s land system

Liu Shouying

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the structure and changes of China’s land system. To achieve this aim, the paper is divided into four parts. The first part gives a brief…

The shadow price of nitrogen: A dynamic analysis of nitrogen-induced soil acidification in China

Ziyan Yang

The most recent and prestigious scientific research shows that nitrogen leaching caused by over-used nitrogen fertilizer rapidly acidifies all soil types in China, revolutionizing…

A model of industrialization and rural income distribution

Yong Wang

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the processes of (de)industrialization and rural income distribution interact with each other and their implications for economic…

Mechanization services, farm productivity and institutional innovation in China

Yi Qing, Moyu Chen, Yu Sheng, Jikun Huang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of mechanization services on farm productivity in Northern China from an empirical perspective, with the aim to identify the…

Targeted poverty reduction under new structure: A perspective from mental health of older adults in rural China

Yuxin Wang, Luxia Wang, Huaqing Wu, Yangguang Zhu, Xing Shi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of social capital on the mental health of older adults in rural China. The authors also examine potential heterogeneous…