Impact of the Small Town Construction on Original Inhabitants in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area——A Case Study in Lishu Village, Changling Town, Chongqing Municipality, China

Based on the five-year long dynamic tracking and investigation of the peasant households of the Lishu village, the influences by small town construction on the economy and employment of the original peasant households are discussed. On the one hand, small town construction plays a positive role in adjustment of the industrial structure of the original peasant households and in the transfer of their employment towards non-agricultural industries. On the other hand the economic growth of the original peasant households is not so well sustainable, and is so fluctuating. Moreover, the unbalance of income distribution of the said households has been furthered, and small town construction has made the existing labor surplus of the original peasant households more serious, particularly the women labor surplus.

Advantages of Animal Husbandry Industry in China's Fight against Poverty

Poverty alleviation needs developing the industries related to the economic income.Only when the industry develops,can the income of the poverty-stricken people be increased fundamentally,accordingly help eradicate the poverty from the root cause.Compared with other industries,the animal husbandry industry has unique advantages for poverty alleviation and assistance in poverty alleviation.The animal husbandry breeding industry is characterized by short breeding time,relatively high economic income,and farmers do not need a high educational level,so the breeding threshold is low.For poverty-stricken farmers,this is a feasible way to help them get rid of poverty.Combined with the experience of poverty alleviation through developing the animal husbandry industry,this paper discussed the development advantages of the animal husbandry industry in poverty alleviation,analyzed the main ways of exerting and applying the advantages.It is intended to provide a certain reference for the targeted poverty alleviation through developing the animal husbandry industry.

Analysis on Regional Income Gap and Spatial Convergence in China’s Rural Collective Economy

This paper empirically demonstrates a significant correlation between rural collective economic development,farmers’income and urban-rural relative income gap.With 2009-2018 descriptive statistics on growth characteristics and regional development of rural collective economy in China,the regional disparity,source structure and development profile of collective economic income are measured,and an analysis on the spatial convergence of rural collective economy is conducted from multiple dimensions.It finds that:Firstly,while China witnesses rural collective economic income rapidly grows,regional disparities have been failing to be moderated.Secondly,rural collective economic income gap in China has not significantly narrowed over a decade.It is mainly due to the inter-group differences in geographical locations.The income gap is further widening in the eastern region and shrinking in the central and western regions.Thirdly,capital accumulation prominently contributes to the convergence of collective economy in the eastern region,while technical indicators such as information computerization play signifi cant role to the convergence of other regions.From rate and period of convergence,it takes about 22-30 years for backward provinces to catch up with leading provinces.After variables,such as capital accumulation and information computerization,are controlled,the period of convergence shortens to 20-24 years.Fourthly,rural collective economic income in China has already showed a spatial club convergence of low-level equilibrium trap.