LETTERS

正It was fascinating for me to read"China’s New Industrial Revolution"by John Ross and"China,Leader of the Third Industrial Revolution?"by Hu Jiangyun.With reference to the textbook Elementary Economic Theory by K.K.Dewett and J.D.Varma,economic development,as opposed to under-development,implies that a country has a highly economic system.It means highly efficient organization both of agriculture and of industry,a highly developed banking and credit system and adequate development of transport and communications.     

Nuclear perceptions from radioactive blue to sustainable green: The EU taxonomy as reflection of a divided public

Following the Fukushima disaster, several European countries revisited their policies and decided to phase out nuclear energy production. More recently, however, the EU taxonomy proposed a classification system of environmentally sustainable economic activities and consequently reopened the debate regarding nuclear energy. This study analyses public comments about the inclusion or exclusion of nuclear energy as a response to climate change, in the conceptual frameworks of ecological modernization, sustainability and technological neutrality. The study highlights the challenge of shaping energy policies amid dynamic circumstances and diverse viewpoints. Proponents of nuclear energy emphasised its low-carbon emissions and climate change mitigation potential, while opponents focused on issues of radioactive waste and environmental risks. The study reveals that sustainability emerges as a potential reconciling framework to match arguments to influence the EU's decision-making, while it reflects the political primacy of this process. Finally, this research recommends improving feedback visibility and enhancing clear communication, and suggests further research directions to understand future EU nuclear energy policies.     

Books received

Since the early 2000s, the governments in ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) countries have developed ‘good agricultural practices’ (GAP) as public approaches to field-level quality assurance. Besides the primary goals of consumer food safety and quality assurance, these public GAP programs aim to support small-scale farmer inclusion in mainstream markets. This goal represents the antithesis of the prevailing trend that private GAP approaches have tightened integration with resourceful, large-scale producers in global value chains. This paper examines the compatibility of the goals of safety assurance and social justice in a public GAP approach through comparative analysis of Thailand's Q-GAP between two local contexts of fruit production and marketing. The research findings suggest that while the public GAP scheme could draw the participation of a broad cohort of local small-scale producers and serve to certify their production, its impact on changing producers' on-field practices and catalyzing their access to the global market through food safety assurance is limited. The binding factors include the lack of producers' understanding of the principles of the programme, limited additional economic merits for them, and the influence of extra-local market forces that stress economies of size and food quality rather than food safety.     

观光农业开发研究

观光农业是国内新兴旅游形式.云南作为山原农业省区,有独特的景观赋存条件,丰富的自然生态和厚重的民族文化内涵.云南农业为特色旅游发展提供了资源和空间,云南建设绿色经济强省和培育旅游支柱产业为观光农业发展创造了环境条件,应该在旅游产品开发和农业产业结构调整中注重规划和发展.     

“十二五”桂林加快转变农业发展方式探析

桂林作为农业大市,加快推进农业发展方式转变具有重大的战略影响和深刻的现实意义。＂十二五＂期间,桂林必须立足本地实际,尊重经济、社会发展规律,按照农业现代化的要求,努力探索一条符合桂林市实际的现代农业发展道路,实现由农业大市向农业强市转变。     

现代农业进程中农民专业合作社发展研究

自合作社法颁布实施以来,农民专业合作社逐步朝着规范化方向发展,在农业生产技术升级、新型农民培育等方面发挥了特殊功能,是实现农业现代化不可或缺的重要载体。在全面建成小康社会的发展新阶段,政府当从法律和政策层面加大合作社扶持力度,帮助合作组织拓展产业链条,在规范整合中提升市场主体地位。     

WTO农业协议与我国农业保护立法对策

文章拟从WTO农业协议的主要内容入手,着重从完善配套法规立法,健全农业发展战略性立法、健全农业经济结构调整立法三大方面阐述了WTO框架下我国农业立法的调整与改进,提出了我国农业保护的立法对策。     

干旱区绿洲农业可持续发展的制约因素与对策——以对张掖绿洲的分析为例

在分析张掖绿洲农业生态环境特点的基础上,探讨了张掖绿洲农业可持续发展的主要制约因素,提出核定生态环境承载力,严格控制人口数量;建立节水型农业,增加生态用水比例;推进农业产业化经营,提高农业经济效益;发展生态农业模式,实现生态和经济效益耦合等绿洲农业可持续发展的措施。     

完善民主评议政风行风制度的对策思考

政风行风是政府和行业的生命,政风行风的好坏直接关系当地政府的形象。民主评议政风行风对于纠正部门和行业不正之风,促进依法行政,推进党风廉政建设,优化政务环境,构建社会主义和谐社会具有重要意义。完善民主评议政风行风制度,应从确立多方参与机制,增强评议的代表性和权威性、建立统一规范的评议制度,形成评议体系、完善客观公正的评议方法,优化评议过程、开展严格细致的评议考核,巩固评议效果、构筑立体监督机制,推行阳光评议等方面进行。