EconomyCradle of China's farm reforms shines without spotlight
Jinyuzhen's free-market experiment fought starvation, but Beijing shifts credit
People plant rice seedlings at a village in Sichuan province, China. The country's agricultural reforms began in Sichuan four decades ago.
SHUNSHUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer
CHENGDU, China -- While Chinese President Xi Jinping credits the village of Xiaogang, in east China's Anhui Province, with being the of birthplace of the rural transformation that began 40 years ago, the root of the country's farm reforms lies elsewhere, and it continues to quietly produce innovation.