ABSTRACT
The main reason for the increase in farmers’ incomes is that the number of rural enterprises continues to grow at a high rate. Various factors affect farmers’ incomes. In terms of absolute quantities, farmers’ incomes are mainly derived from family businesses such as crop planting, animal husbandry, cultured fisheries, as well as basic wage remuneration. The growth of government investment is also a very important factor in the growth of farmers’ incomes. Farmers’ livelihoods have improved noticeably, meaning most are on the threshold of being not only well-fed but comfortably well-off as well. The level of farmers’ savings and their ability to accumulate capital resources for agricultural enhancement are both inadequate to turn farmers into a competitive mainstay of the market economy. Domestic and international observers were very much concerned about China’s, and indeed Asia’s, agricultural prospects and their social stability.
