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Table 4.5 Support to agriculture and forestry
Description: Fund for interest discount on loans for the purpose of agricultural water saving irrigation
Starting year: 1997
Form of subsidy: Financial appropriations
Legal background: MOF Circular Cai Nong No. 279 of 2005

Table A3. 4 Support programmes notified to the WTO
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Programme: Fund for interest discount on loans for the purpose of agricultural water-saving irrigation
Forms of subsidy: Financial appropriations
Period/Validitya: In effect

Table 4.5 Support to agriculture and forestry
Description: Preferential tax policies for:
(a) relief grain and disaster relief grain,
(b) compensation grain for returning cultivated land to forests and to grassland, (…)
Starting year: (a) 1999; (b) 2001
Form of subsidy: Preferential tax treatment
Legal background: MOF Circular Cai Shui Zi No. 198 of 1999; SAT Circular Guo Shui Fa No. 131 of 2001

Table A3. 4 Support programmes notified to the WTO
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Programme: Preferential tax policies for relief grain and disaster relief grain, compensation grain for returning cultivated land to forests and to grassland, and grain rations for migrants from the reservoir areas
Forms of subsidy: Preferential tax treatment
Period/Validitya: In effect

Table A3. 3 Tax preferences at the central level
Government tax preference policies
Other tax exemptions
5. The VAT on the products and services produced with "integrated" utilization of resources (e.g. electric power generated from urban waste and renewable water) is subject to such preferential taxation policies as exemption, refund upon collection or refund after collection.

Table A3. 4 Support programmes notified to the WTO
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Programme: Preferential tax policies for enterprises which utilise waste materials
Forms of subsidy: Preferential tax treatment
Period/Validitya: Valid until 1 January 2008

Table A3. 4 Support programmes notified to the WTO
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Programme: Special fund for the industrialization of wind power equipment
Forms of subsidy: Financial appropriations
Period/Validitya: Valid until end 2009

Table A3. 6 Support to fisheries
Programme: The National Fisheries Technical Extension Station was established in 1991 in order to promote the development of fisheries through the introduction of advanced technologies and scientific expertise. There are extension agencies throughout the whole economy: in 2004, there were 13,514 fisheries technical extension services, 10,000 more than in 1999.
Major fish stocks affected by the programme include: all fisheries.
Year established: 1991
Department responsible for the programme: ..

Type of Support: Fisheries management and conservation programmes
R&D - to develop new fisheries technologies

Beneficiary: Fishermen

Table A3. 6 Support to fisheries
Programme: Monitoring and evaluation of marine economy
Support for the monitoring and evaluation of fisheries industry operation and maintenance. Provincial level subsidies amount to a maximum of RMB 300,000. Municipal level subsidies amount to a maximum of RMB 100,000.
Major fish stocks affected by the programme include: Not specified.
Year established: 2013
Department responsible for the programme: ..

Type of Support: Fisheries management and conservation programmes

Source: Viewed at:
http://www.jsof.gov.cn/art/2013/3/26/art_70_116851.html

Beneficiary: Overall fisheries

Table A3. 6 Support to fisheries
Programme: Since 1999, in an effort to rehabilitate marine fisheries resources covering areas north of the 12th parallel, the Hainan provincial marine and fishing department has imposed a fishing moratorium. A total of 9,007 registered fishing vessels have been affected. As a result, the provincial bureau has allocated RMB 600,000 in subsidies for fishermen to make up for loss of income while the ban is still in place.
Major fish stocks affected by the programme include: not specified.
Year established: 2013
Department responsible for the programme: ..

Type of Support: Fisheries management and conservation programmes

Beneficiary: Fisheries enterprises