The Market Information System Of Agricultural Products In China

It is highly important to make a perfect market information system of agricultural products and to provide and promote the market information service of agricultural products. (1) It is an important security for agricultural products' operators to make wise decisions and to forecast reasonable costs, risks and expected returns. (2) It is groundwork for the effective operation of market economy system in rural areas & agriculture. (3) It provides a reliable information-supporting system of decision-making for realizing governmental macro-adjustments to develop agriculture & rural areas, and for implementing all kinds of steps to advance the competence of Chinese agricultural products in domestic and foreign marketsGuided by Systematic Theory and Informational Economics, integrating the methodology of Systematic & Antinomic Theories, normal & positive analyses, qualitative & quantitative analyses, This dissertation systematically studies the construction of Chinese market information system of agricultural products. It is a pioneer work in exploring how to construct a market information system of agricultural products.This paper is organized along this idea: general outline-subsystem analysis- discussion of the leading constructor. Based on various investigations and theoretical discussions on status of the construction of market information system of agricultural products, this paper keeps an eye to the functions of market information system of agricultural products, which are demanded by the development of modern rural areas. The general structure and functions of market information system of agricultural products of China have been conceived in this study. There are full and deep discussions on the subsystems of market information resource, information diffusing and information consumers. It sets forth that governmental and non-governmental organizations take different roles in constructing market information system of agricultural products, and academic discussions are also given.There are following new explorations in the study:1. On the basis of the full analyses of environmental conditions and users' demands, this paper puts forward that the systematic structure of market information system of agricultural products in China should be a net "connected vertically, communicated horizontally and operated harmoniously and efficiently". The basic functions of this system are (1) to provide efficient supports of agricultural products' information for operators' decision-makings; (2) to provide information supports for The Government to increase the capability of macro decision-makings, and to improve the quality of its supervisions and services.2. The three subsystems of market information system of agricultural products have been discussed. (1) Designed a catalog of market information indicators of agricultural products, which is more suitable to meet the demand of market economy; (2) Analyzed the conditions of sharing market information resource of agricultural products, and analyzed the security system of integration service of market information. (3) Analyzed how to realize the information efficient transmission by effectively organizing information resource and by constructing information distribution channels that are mutually supported; (4) Analyzed the impact factors and characteristics of information demands and behaviors of market information users.3. Stated the roles of governmental and non-governmental organizations in constructing market information system of agricultural products. The following discussions are exploratory: (1) Explain the gist that The Government will take leading roles, is it essential and feasible? (2) The...