From People’s Daily Online:
China will exempt agricultural tax for its farmers across the country in 2006, two years ahead of schedule, Premier Wen Jiabao announced Saturday in his annual government work report to the country’s top legislature.
“The agricultural tax will be exempted throughout the country next year, which means what had been targeted for five years will be achieved in just three years,” Wen told the annual full session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) that opened Saturday.
Thanks to Liu Yong for providing this link.
