Given the operating situation and development trends of the national economy in the first half of 2004, the macro economic situation in 2004 as a whole and demand for services will continue to improve.

Family-based operations in the agricultural industry has led to a new mechanism of grain supply and demand in the country, i.e. the “safety mechanism for family-based operations in the small-scale peasant economy”.

At present, China already has a huge number of various financial holding groups, which take various forms many of which attempt to avoid supervision.

In the mid- and late-1990s, the shortage economy generally ended and a buyer’s market started to emerge in areas where the government did not impose entry bans.

Since China started reform and opening-up, the country has witnessed a rapid development in urbanization. The number of cities has risen from 193 in 1978 to 664 in 2001.

Since 1983 when the National Key Technologies R & D Programme was started, “to support research on common technologies” has become one of the aims of policies on science and technology and industry.

China has a top-ranking biotechnology research force and Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Changchun and Shenzhen, etc. are important areas rich in relevant human resources.

The findings show a constant rise of the grassroots financial input in educational fund for most years since 1990s.