外文翻译--增加农民收入，调整经济结构-新时期中国农村劳动力流动问题精选.doc

外文原文 Increasing farmers income,Adjusting Economic Structure New Era Chinas rural labor flow problems A long-standing concern of the Chinese Government, becomes a harder nut to crack under the present new circumstances — Chinas WTO entry. Chinas agriculture is facing new challenges. Chinese farm produce, low in scientific content, lacks competitive advantages on the international market in terms of price. The entry of the high-quality foreign agriculture products will make it more difficult to raise the price of the domestic products. This will affect the production of the related farm products, which will in return exert an impact on the employment of rural laborers. If those surplus labors are unable to find jobs, farmers will have greater difficulties increasing their income. Over the past few years, China has made active efforts to explore effective means for structural adjustments in accordance with the requirements of agricultural development in the new era, and achieved results. The Minister of Agriculture Du Qinglin said that in the coming years, the adjustment of the Chinese agricultural structure would give priority to the following four aspects: Adjusting the mix of the agricultural production and giving full play to regional comparative advantages; Developing high-quality, special-purpose and pollution-free farm produce and improving the quality of farm produce in an all-round way; Developing the farm produce processing industry and increasing the added value of farm produce; Promoting adjustment of rural employment structure and accelerating transfer of rural surplus laborers. Reducing the Number of Farmers: While Chinese cities are facing increasing unemployment, rural areas have also witnessed a swelling population of surplus farmers. Statistics show that China now has about 150 million surplus rural laborers, a number which will increase by another 6 million annually in the coming years, due to a further reduction in farmlands and improvement of agri