Supply and Marketing Cooperatives · Full chronicle and history

An RFA journalist interviewed Hu Liren about the reactivation of the Supply and Marketing Cooperatives, in which Hu Liren expressed concern, viewing it as a signal of a regression to the planned economy.

On August 1, 2026, the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives released its 15th Five-Year development plan, announcing that by 2030 it would build 1,000 county-level distribution centers and more than 100 strategic agricultural input reserve warehouses in major grain-producing counties, sparking concerns about a return to a planned economy.