●Foreword
Chapter 1 China's Time-honored Agi：icultural Civilization
Section 1 The Origin and Creation of Chinese Agriculture
Section 2 The Oriental Mindset and Four Millennia of Agriculture
Section 3 The Main Agricultural Systems in Ancient ChIna
Chapter 2 PainfuIExploration of Agriculturaland Rural Development
Section 1 New China： Dirt Poor and All to Be Done
Section 2 Rural Land Reform： Striking Where It Hurt
Section 3 Formation of the State Monopoly on Purchasing and Marketing System
Section 4 The Cooperation Movement and the People's Commune System
Section 5 Why China Chose the Development Path of Rural Collective Land Ownership
Chapter 3 Huge RuralChanges： From Reformand Opening Up to the Turn of the New Millennium/iis
Section 1 Agricultural Production Returned to Farming Households
Section 2 Gradual Revival of the Market Mechanism for Farm Produce
Section 3 Boom in Rural Economy Under Multiple Ownership Systems
Section 4 From Rural Labor to Human Capital
Chapter 4 Establishment of the Policy System to Boost Agriculture， Benefit Farmers， and Increase Their Incomes in the New Millennium
Section 1 Establishment of "Top Priority ldeology
Section 2 New Campaign to Develop Modern Agriculture
Section 3 Great Efforts to Increase Farmers'Incomes
Section 4 Building a New Soist Countryside
Section 5 Resolutely Fighting for Victory in the Battle Against Poverty
Section 6 Better Protection of Farmers' Land-Centered Property Rights
Section 7 Establishing Institutions for Integrated Urban and Rural Development
Section 8 Improving the Rural Governance Mechanism
Section 9 Outlook for the Future Development of China's Agriculture and Rural Areas
Bibhography