Social Networks and Political Change in Contemporary Rural China

中国农村人口占世界人口的近六分之一。中国农村的改革引发了长期的经济增长，已成为世界经济的引擎和澳大利亚出口的主要目的地。农业领域的政治和经济发展以及中国农村地区的持续工业化对澳大利亚经济产生了直接影响，并将塑造澳大利亚与中国在21世纪的长期关系。澳大利亚在当代中国研究方面处于世界领先地位，该项目将有助于巩固这一地位。

Rural China is home to nearly one-sixth of the world's population. Reforms in the Chinese countryside triggered a prolonged period of economic growth that has become the engine of the world economy and the major destination for Australian exports. Political and economic developments in the agricultural sector and the continued industrialisation of China's rural regions have an immediate impact on the Australian economy and will shape Australia's relations with China long into the twenty-first century. Australia is a world leader in research on contemporary China and this project will help to consolidate that position.