The public agricultural extension system in China

China’s government re-established its public agricultural extension system (PAES) at the end of the 1970s. By the end of the 1980s, the system employed an extension staff of more than one million. More than 70 percent of these staff members have graduated from technical high schools or colleges.

More than 90 percent of them work at PAES stations at the county and township levels, with most agents at the township level. By the mid-1980s, China has established stations in every rural county and township, even in remote regions, and this large and inclusive system provided high quality agricultural extension services. Read the full-text document here Duong, Xuan Lam