Over that time, expenditure on the sector from the central budget jumped from 214 billion yuan in 2003 to 1.2 trillion yuan, with an annual increase of more than 21 percent, according to the ministry.
The financial support facilitated the implementation of policies and measures that contributed to a system to improve farmers' livelihoods and incomes as well as the country's agricultural output, the ministry said.
Updated: 2012-10-30 14:04
By Zhou Siyu ( chinadaily.com.cn)