Models of Agro-industrialisation in China: the Case of the Cattle and Beef Industry
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The term translated literally as ‘agro-industrialisation’ is used both frequently and
loosely by Chinese officials and academics to refer to a range of targets including agricultural
integration and commercialisation. Support for the agro-industrialisation process has shifted
agricultural policy to the extent that it now heralds the third wave of reform of the Chinese rural
economy since 1978. This paper draws on a literature review of Chinese material and on
extensive fieldwork material to discuss: a) what is meant by agro-industrialisation; b) how agroindustrialisation
measures are organised and implemented; c) how this reflects the characteristics
of Chinese agricultural and political-economy systems, and; d) the role of and implications for
various actors (government, enterprises, rural households and co-operatives in particular).
Discussion places particular emphasis on the Chinese cattle and beef industry.