Land Transfer

Rural wealth creation stays strong in December

Strong land transfers, rising pig prices and plentiful credit to rural enterprises creates a robust picture, which looks set to continue.

Rural wealth recovers in November

Economic activity in the countryside picked up slightly in November helped by a rebound in pork prices.

First Tractor – climbing the technology ladder

Growing farm sizes and a need for increased crop yields is allowing First Tractor to reap the benefits of improved technology.

Rural wealth creation boom picks up in September

The China Confidential Rural Wealth Index picked up slightly in September helped by an increase in minivan sales and robust rural financing.

Rural wealth strengthens in August from July

Minivan sales growth, while still negative, recovered in August due to aggressive marketing and the recent harvest is expected to be relatively robust.

Rural wealth creation ebbs somewhat in July from June

Profitability of raising pigs declines to some extent, but rural credit growth is strong along with large tractor sales as farms gain scale.

Slowing land sales portend easing fixed-asset investment

Land sales are so central to local government finances that their current slowdown suggests an easing in fixed-asset investment.

Farmland sales – a quiet revolution

Sales of the usage rights on farmland are booming, underpinning wealth creation throughout a rural economy of 721m people.

Land deals set to transform rural China

Farmers, agricultural entrepreneurs and rural financial institutions are finding myriad ways to monetise one of China's last great untapped assets.

Land monetisation spreads

Agricultural land is the last great largely inert asset left over from the era of Communist economics. Now it is set to be monetised in earnest, with huge implications for the rural economy.

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