Acronyms

ABC

Agricultural Bank of China

ACWF

All-China Women’s Federation

ADBC

Agricultural Development of China

ADB

Asian Development Bank

AIS

Agricultural Innovation System

APO

Asian Productivity Organization

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASTI

Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators

ATSE

Advanced Technology Service Enterprises

BHC

Benzene Hexachloride

BOC

Bank of China

BRICS

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa

BRIICS

Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa

CAS

Chinese Academy of Science

CAAS

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science

CABI

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International

CCB

China Construction Bank

CCCPC

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

CFDA

Food and Drug Administration

CGIAR

Consultative group on international agricultural research

CIWRHR

China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research

CLGFE

Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs

CLGRW

Central Leading Group on Rural Work

CLPs

Children Living with their Parents

CO2

Carbon Dioxide

CPC

Communist Party of China

CPC

Central Party Committee

CPI

Consumer Price Index

CRDF

China Rural Development Foundation

CNY

Chinese Yuan Renminbi

CYLC

Communist Youth League of China

DDT

Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane

DTF

Distance to Frontier

DRC

Development Research Center of the State Council

EITL

Enterprise Income Tax Law

ESCAP

UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FIE

Foreign Invested Enterprise

FPC

Farmer Professional Cooperative

FTA

Free Trade Agreements

GERD

Gross expenditures in R&D

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

GMO

Genetically Modified Organisms

GSSE

General Service Support Estimate

GW

Gigawatts

HRS

Household Responsibility System

HTNE

High-New-Technology Enterprises

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

IATP

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

ICBC

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

ICT

Information and Communication Technologies

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFPRI

International Food Policy Research Institute

IFS

International Foundation for Science

IIED

International Institute for Environment and Development

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IPR

Intellectual Property Right

IRRI

International Rice Research Institute

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification

LBC

Left-Behind Child

LSC

Land Shareholding Co-operative

LTSC

Land Transfer Service Center

MCA

Ministry of Civil Affairs

MCC

Micro-credit Companies

MEP

Ministry of Environmental Protection

MFN

Most favoured Nation

MHURC

Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction

MHRSS

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

MIIT

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

MLR

Ministry of Land and Resources

MPP

Minimum Purchase Price

MOA

Ministry of Agriculture

MOC

Ministry of Communications

MOE

Ministry of Education

MOF

Ministry of Finance

MOFCOM

Ministry of Commerce

MOH

Ministry of Health

MOST

Ministry of Science and Technology

MOT

Ministry of Transport

MPS

Market price support

MRAs

Mutual Recognition Agreements

MWR

Ministry of Water Resources

NASTP

National Agricultural Science and Technology Park

NBSC

National Bureau of Statistics of China

NCSTE

National Centre for Science and Technology Evaluation

NCMS

New Cooperative Medical System

NDRC

National Development and Reform Commission

NIWA

Nanjing Institute for Water Resources and Hydrology

NPC

National People’s Congress

NPSP

Non-Point Source Pollution

NRCMS

New Rural Co-operative Medical Scheme

OECD

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

OLIS

OECD’s Committee Information Service

PAES

Public Agricultural Extension System

PBC

People’s Bank of China

PCT

Patent Co-operation Treaty

PIN

Production Index Number

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PMR

Product Market Regulation

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

PPIC

Plant Protection International Consortium

PSBC

Postal Savings Bank of China

PSE

Producer Support Estimate

RCA

Revealed Comparative Advantage

RCBs

Rural Commercial Banks

RCCs

Rural Credit Cooperatives

RCoB

Rural Cooperative Banks

R&D

Research and Development

RIES

Rural Household Income and Expenditure Survey

RLLS

Rural Land and Labour Survey

SCLGPAD

State Council Leading Group of Poverty Alleviation and Development

SCPPH

Specialized Custom Plowers, Planters and Harvesters

SCT

Single Commodity Transfers

SDR

Special Drawing Right

SME

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

SNWD

South to North Water Diversion

SOCB

State Owned Commercial Banks

SOE

State-Owned Enterprise

SPS

Sanitary and Phytosanitary

TFP

Total Factor Productivity

TPSP

Temporary Purchase and Storage Price

TRAINS

Trade Analysis Information System

TSE

Total Support Estimate

UN

United Nations

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

USD

United States Dollar

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

VAT

Value Added Tax

VTB

Village and Township Banks

WEF

World Economic Forum

WTO

World Trade Organisation

WWF

World Wildlife Fund