Major reforms of China's agriculture in past 60 years

60 years ago, China was one of the poorest countries in the world, with 60 percent of the population living in poverty. Looking at the country today, its achievements have to be considered no less than an economic miracle. Let's take a look at what major reforms China's agriculture has experienced in the past 6 decades.

1. In 1951, China started land reforms, eliminating the landlord-gentry class. Farmers became masters of their own land.

2. Since 1979, the household contract responsibility system was implemented nationwide, greatly boosting farm productivity.

3. In 2006, China abolished the centuries-old agricultural land tax for the country's 800 million farmers.

4. In 2009, China allowed farmers to lease, sub-contract, exchange, and swap their land-use rights.