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Scholars weigh in on the governments decisionto undertake further rural reform.

Chinas vast countryside will bearwitness to a new round of de-velopment after three decades ofopening up and development.

The Third Plenary Session of the 17thCentral Committee of the Communist Partyof China (CPC), held on October 9-12 inBeijing, approved a decision on major issuesconcerting rural reform and development,and nailed down guidelines, goals and majorprinciples at the close of the four-day ple-num. The decision will serve as a guidancedocument for the reform and development inChinas rural areas now and in the comingyears.