... of four" in 1976, 'decollectivisation' began to take place (A.Saith, 1987). Those not in favour of the previous system believed it hindered agricultural growth and failed to increase living standards so urgently needed. Thus since the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in December 1978, Zhao Ziyang announced the adoption of important rural policies to bring forward the backward areas (Genghang et al 1984). These reforms were extremely radical, the most radical since 1958 and they were later seen to profoundly effect 800 million rural dwellers. Following on from his statement the new rural economic policies were set out, the most important of which being (Marsh Marshall, 1985):- * Job Contracts and Responsibility Systems in operation. * The existence of the private sector within the commune. * Rural village markets guaranteed. As a continuation of the first statement, a second report was subsequently published announcing that ...

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