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Tue 10 Oct 2008Reform milestone as China permits trade of farmland
CHINA'S COMMUNIST leadership has marked a milestone in the country's reform programme with the introduction of a controversial land reform plan that will allow farmers to buy and sell their farmland for the first time.
The plan is part of the government's aim of doubling rural incomes by 2020 and goes some way to clarifying the messy issue of land ownership in China - some 80 per cent of new land projects are illegal, according to government data.
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