China's annual central conference on rural work, which will map out policies for next year's agricultural and rural development, opens on Tuesday.
As the prices of certain farm produce remained volatile, and with a stable increase in both grain output and farmers' income being uncertain, the meeting is expected to deliberate on and specify policies such as boosting grain production, raising the minimum state purchasing prices of grain and increasing subsidies to grain growers in 2012, analysts said.
These policies were made earlier this month by policy makers at the Central Economic Work Conference, one of the country's most important economic events.
Policy makers also prioritized work concerning farmers, agriculture and the rural sector and increasing supplies of farm produce next year.
Despite natural disasters that frequently hit the country this year, China's grain output reported an eighth consecutive year of growth. Its national grain production totaled 571.21 million tonnes in 2011, up 4.5 percent from a year earlier.
Meanwhile, farmers' incomes also posted relatively fast expansion for eight straight years.
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