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Watch List
A first edition covering the most representative institutions, platforms and regional cases. Each entry explains why it is worth watching, and gives its themes, a representative case and an international comparative perspective.
National level
The starting point for understanding the whole systemThe authoritative starting point for understanding the whole system: policy, reform initiatives and the system-wide picture are all released here.
The flagship group among federation-owned enterprises, showing how the cooperatives run their core business through corporate entities.
The system's only national-level media outlet and a first-hand source on industry developments and reform cases; its titles include China Cooperative Economy and China Agri-input.
Industry platforms
How the core business runs on market termsGuided by four bodies — the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the former National Rural Revitalization Administration and ACFSMC — it channels government procurement of farm produce from formerly poverty-stricken counties; the flagship platform for farm-produce market access and consumption-based poverty alleviation.
The core main channel for agricultural-input supply security, and the key force behind the system's roughly 70% share of national fertiliser supply.
A listed case in pesticides and agrochemical services, offering a window onto the capitalisation and specialisation of federation-owned enterprises.
A public-type network of cold-chain logistics and wholesale markets for farm produce — the infrastructure that keeps goods flowing smoothly.
The leading national enterprise for recycling and reusing renewable resources, linking the circular economy with the integration of recycling and urban-rural sanitation networks.
Urban cases
Urban supply security and circulationA case of supply security and the “vegetable basket” programme in a megacity, showing how an urban-type cooperative federation positions itself.
A representative case of urban circulation and matching high-quality farm produce with metropolitan demand.
An early mover in the “cooperative–village partnership” pilot, exploring the combination of supply and marketing cooperatives with rural collective economic organisations.
A benchmark for the marketisation of federation-owned enterprises: Xinghe Group posted about RMB 185.7 billion in revenue in 2024, ranking among China's Top 500 Enterprises.
Major agricultural-region cases
Grain and socialised servicesAn agricultural-input distribution and service network for major grain-producing counties, on the front line of food security.
A local case in renewable resources and the circular economy (the Changchun Circular Economy Industrial Park is a designated major provincial project).
A representative case of domesticating farm machinery and emergency socialised services (Swan Cotton Machinery's high-end cotton pickers broke a foreign monopoly).
A large-scale case of building Services-for-Agriculture Centres (with RMB 30 million in annual provincial-fiscal support, 932 centres have been built).
A testing ground for “three-cooperative” collaboration among primary cooperatives, rural collective economic organisations and specialised farmer cooperatives.
Western / distinctive-agriculture cases
Branding and distinctive industriesThe “Guizhou Quality Supply” brand-assistance programme, a case of market access for distinctive farm produce from western China.
Brands such as “Yun Jun” (Yunnan mushrooms), a case of organising distinctive agricultural industries.
Drove the restoration of a provincial commercial fertiliser reserve that had lapsed for years — a case of agricultural-input reserve systems.
A key node in the cotton industry and its circulation (co-built with ACFSMC as the China Cotton & Yarn Exchange).
The “Sanhe” Liu Pao tea brand, a case of the tea industry raising farmer incomes.
Local / grassroots cases
Frontline innovation close to farmersA socialised agricultural-service system linking the provincial, prefectural and county tiers, with large-scale farmland trusteeship (about 7.29 million mu).
The “Coop Smart Farm” initiative, a case of digitalised socialised services (cutting costs and raising income by about RMB 400 per mu of rice).
The first in the country to secure legislative support from the provincial people's congress standing committee for socialised agricultural services — an institutional first mover.
Mobile supply-and-marketing services in remote mountainous areas, a case of last-mile circulation access (over 3,800 service points covering nearly 600 townships).
Note: this list does not aim to be comprehensive — it covers only the most representative organisations and platforms (about 25–30), keeping long-term tracking manageable. For more themes, see Thematic Watch.