Abstract
Research Background
Since the 16th CPC National Congress, issues concerning agriculture,
countryside and farmers have become the focus of economic work. Food
production has become a priority to ensure food security. Top leaders of the
Party and State have paid great attention to wheat production and that is why
China' s wheat production has reaped good harvests for four years in a row. The
17th CPC National Congress once again highlighted three rural issues and food
security issues.
Nevertheless, the second half of 2007 saw the rapid dollar depreciation.
International agencies predicted strained supply of agricultural products,
leading to the global surge in the prices of agricultural products,
particularly the international price of wheat. The domestic price of wheat
also tumbled. Wheat and flour witnessed a sharp short-term rise in their
prices. Wheat processing industry experienced a tremendous impact, while
domestic economy witnessed structural inflation.
To prevent the overall inflation, on December 7th, 2007, the new central
leadership pointed out, at the central economic work conference, the need to
implement tight monetary policies to control macro-demands. We must focus our
efforts on agricultural production, and increase the availability of food. At
the same time, it was pointed out that we should vigorously develop modern
industrial system, accelerate the formation of new edges for competition on
the basis of scientific and technological progress and innovation, contain the
excessive growth of sectors with high energy consumption and high emissions,
eliminate backward production capacities, promote the orderly flow of factors
of production, guide the rational distribution of industry and improve
coordination of regional development.
Faced with the current macroeconomic situation, national policy guidance and
fierce competition in the wheat processing industry, where are China' s wheat
industry and wheat products heading for?
For two consecutive years, flour and wheat flour prices rose sharply. Does
China have adequate wheat supply? Is wheat supply sufficient in 2008? How will
wheat supply evolve for the next 5-10 years?
Given a series of national policies, what is the wheat processing industry
faced with? What is the trend for the next 5-10 years?
BOABC organized working groups of industrial experts to conduct a series of
investigations among enterprises at the grass-root level and obtained a series
of detailed first-hand data sets. Their forward-looking expositions of the
industry provide reliable reference for relevant enterprises, government
decision-making bodies and relevant research institutions.
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