0398 - Chinese Peasants's Life After Bumper Harvest. China has got a fairly...Back

Chinese Peasants's Life After Bumper Harvest. China has got a fairly all-round development in its 1979's agriculture with an increase of 10 million tons of grain, and a growth of cash crops to varying extents. China has raised the prices for purchasing agricultural and side-line products last year with the result that the peasants have been benefited 900 million yuan. With the rise of income their living standard has been improved steadily. peasants of Fengyang County, Anbui Province, east China, shopping at a local market. Fengyang, which has long suffered from natural disasters and low output, has won a rich grain harvest in 1979, an increase of 20 percent over the peak level in history. Photo by Zhu Yunfeng