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China's rural economy faces many serious problems. The revenue available to local rural governments has not been sufficient to provide adequate public services for villagers.1 The rural banking system has not been able to reform itself and is hampering the rural sector.2 The government's programs to help develop impoverished villages have not effectively reached much of the poor who reside in remote, resource-poor and ethnic-minority areas.3 If the rural sector is to grow and become a more equal partner in China's economic development, it is imperative that fundamental changes are made to these and other institutions that affect the lives and livelihoods of China's rural …