Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

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WCC-101 maintains a web site (www.china.wsu.edu) that provides access to current and past proceedings issues, provides a membership listing, and to announce meetings. The annual meeting and conference of the committee bring together China researchers and specialists from North America as well as China to present their research and discuss current and future issues affecting Chinese agriculture. The papers presented at the conference are assembled into edited proceedings that are published on the website as well as being available in hard copy on request. Proceedings of past meetings continue to be in demand. The conferences provide an opportunity for members to informally discuss their research to find common interests and projects. Committee members have also organized symposiums on China at national meetings of the American and Western Agricultural Economics Associations. These meetings have been very well attended and have provided a forum to further extend the research of the group. In 2004, a conference China's Agricultural Sector: Markets, Myths and Mavens was held April 19-20 at Michigan State University. The conference was attended by 23 academics from the US, Canada, and China; researchers from the Economic Research Service (ERS) of USDA; and several industry consultants. A number of the presentations were made by graduate students on their research. The proceedings of the conference are available on our website. Eight members of the committee organized a symposium Modeling and Forecasting Issues in Chinas Agricultural Economy at the annual AAEA meetings. A grant proposal to fund a committee meeting was submitted to NRI, but unfortunately was not funded.

Changes in China's Agricultural Sector: Trade, Market and Policy Reform. Proceedings of 2002 meeting, edited by Thomas Wahl, Bryan Lohmar and Brad Gilmour. Agribusiness and Food Marketing in China. Proceedings of 2003 meeting, edited by Thomas Wahl and Cathy Durham. China's Agricultural Sector: Markets, Myths and Mavens. Proceedings of 2003 meeting, edited by Thomas Wahl and Brenda Sternquist. Carter, C.A. "Research on Institutional Reform and Agricultural Productivity Growth in China," in A. Watson and C. Findlay (eds) Food Security and Economic Reform: The Challenges Facing China's Grain Marketing System. London: MacMillan, 1999. Carter C.A. and F. Zhong. "Rural Wheat Consumption in China" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 81, No. 3, August 1999. Carter, C.A. and A. J. Estrin. "Market Reforms Versus Structural Reforms in Rural China," Journal of Comparative Economics, 29, 3, September 2001. Carter, C.A. "China's trade Integration and Impacts on Factor Markets in China's Agriculture in the International Trading System," Paris: OECD, 2001. Carter, C.A., and S. Rozelle. "Will China Become a Major Force in World Food Markets?"Review of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 23. No.2, 2001. Carter, C.A., and X. Li. "Implications of WTO Accession for China's Agricultural Trade Patterns," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Vol. 46, No. 2, June 2002. Carter, C.A. and B. Lohmar. "Regional Specialization of China's Agricultural Production," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 84, No. 3, August 2002. Carter, C.A., J. Chen and B. Chu. "Agricultural productivity growth in China: farm level versus aggregate measurement," China Economic Review Volume 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-71. Chern, W.S., C.A. Carter, and S. Shei (editors). "Food Security in Asia: Economics and Policies," Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2000. Curtis, Kynda R., Jill J. McCluskey, and Thomas I. Wahl. "Is China the Market for GM Potato Products?" AgBioForum. 5(4)(2003):175-178. Felloni, Fabrizio, John Gilbert, Thomas Wahl, and Philip Wandschneider. "Trade Policy, Biotechnology, and Grain Self-Sufficiency in China." Agr. Econ. 28(2003):173-186. Fuller, Frank, John Beghin, Stéphane De Cara, Jacinto Fabiosa, Cheng Fang, and Holger Matthey. "China's Accession to the WTO: What Is at Stake for Agricultural Markets?" Review of Agricultural Economics, 25(Fall/Winter 2003):399-414. Fuller, Frank, Dermot Hayes, and Darnell Smith. "Reconciling Chinese Meat Production and Consumption Data." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 49(October 2000):23-43. Gilbert, John and Thomas Wahl. "Agricultural Liberalization Beyond Uruguay: US Options and Interests," in Global Agricultural Trade in the New Millenium, Edited by P. Lynn Kennedy and Won Koo, Food Products Press, 2002. Gilbert, John and Thomas Wahl. "Applied General Equilibrium Assessments of Trade Liberalization in China." The World Economy. 25(5):697-731 (2002). Han, Tong, Thomas I. Wahl, and Ron C. Mittelhammer. "The Effect of Self-Sufficiency on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption of China's Rural Households." Rev. Agric. Econ. 23 (2001):176-184. Hansen, J., F. Fuller, and H.-H. Hsu. "Sources of Discontinuity and Uncertainty in Chinese Agricultural Data." In the Papers and Proceedings of the 12th Federal Forecasters Conference 2002. Debra E. Gerald (ed.), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, 2003, pp. 335-343. Hansen, J., F. Fuller, F. Gale, F. Crook, E. Wailes, and M. Thomas. "China's Japonica Rice Market and Competitiveness in Asian Markets," In Rice Situation and Outlook Yearbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Economics Research Service, (November 2002):32-37. He, Xiurong and Thomas I. Wahl. "China's Agricultural Trade: 1980 to 2000," China's Rural Economy, (In Chinese) 6(2002):9-14. Hu, Dinghuan, Frank Fuller, and Thomas Reardon. "The Impact of the Rapid Development of Supermarkets on the Dairy Industry in China." (In Chinese) Chinese Rural Economy, 7(Serial No. 235), 2004:12-18. Li, Quan, Kynda R. Curtis, Jill J. McCluskey, and Thomas I. Wahl. "Consumer Attitudes Toward Genetically Modified Foods," in Beijing, China. AgBioForum. 5(4)(2003):141-152. Wahl, Thomas I. and Tong Han. "China's Rural Household Purchasing Decisions for High-Valued Food Products: Implications for the U.S. Food Industry," Published in Agricultural Trade and Policy in China: Issues, Analysis and Implications, Edited by Scott D. Rozelle and Daniel A. Sumner, Ashgate Press, 2003. Zhao, Fengqin, Thomas Wahl, and Holly Wang. "Trade Liberalization under China's WTO Accession: Implications for China's Market in the New Century," in WTO and the Challenges China Faces in the New Century. Edited by James Wen, The Peoples University Press, Beijing, China, August 2002. Proceedings: Wahl, Thomas I. and Dan Sumner. "Agricultural Trade with China in the New Economic and Policy Environment." Proceedings of the April 2001 meeting of WCC-101, IMPACT Center, Washington State University, Pullman, June 2001. Wahl, Thomas I. and Frank Fuller. "Chinese Agriculture and the WTO." Proceedings of the December 1999 meeting of WCC-101, IMPACT Center, Washington State University, Pullman, December 1999. Wahl, Thomas I. and Colin Carter. "China's Role in World Food Markets." Proceedings of the February 1999 meeting of WCC-101, IMPACT Center, Washington State University, Pullman, August 1999.