@article{Wan:172064,
      recid = {172064},
      author = {Wan, Guang H. and Zhou, Zhang Y. and Dillon, John L.},
      title = {On the Reform of Rural Supply and Marketing Cooperatives  in China},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1988-06},
      number = {968-2016-75814},
      pages = {16},
      year = {1988},
      abstract = {As a bridge between city and countryside, industry and  agriculture, producer and consumer,
Rural Supply and  Marketing Cooperatives (RSMCs) play a key role in  distributing commodities
and purchasing rural products for  some 800 million people in China. While overall national  economic
reform started in 1978, the reform of RSMCs began  4 years later in 1982 with greater
emphasis on recovery  rather than reform. This paper reviews the development of  RSMCs, describes
their operation and appraises the reform  underway since 1982. It concludes with some
policy  suggestions relative to further reform of the RSMC system.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/172064},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.172064},
}