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730m farmers to pay no agricultural taxes

www.chinanews.cn 2005-02-28 09:07:36

(Source: Xinhuanet)

Jinan, Feb.27 - About 730 million Chinese farmers are expected to benefit
from the agricultural tax exemption this year,as 26 of its 31 provinces,
municipalities and autonomous regions have announced a termination of all
agricultural taxes, said an official with the Ministry of Agriculture.
Fan Xiaojian, vice agriculture minister of China, made the remarks at a
working conference held Friday and Saturday in east China's Shandong
Province. He said that the exemption will release about 730 million
farmers from taxes totaling more than 20 billion yuan (about 2.41 billion
US dollars).
Only four provinces -- Hebei, Shandong, Yunnan and Gansu, and Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region -- continue to charge agricultural taxes. These
regions will reduce taxes by two percentage this year.
Fan Xiaojian said that China has increased the target of abolishing
farming taxes within five years. The 26 provinces, municipalities and
autonomous regions will meet the target ahead of the schedule.

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