Bumper harvests lift farm incomes

Farmers' annual per-capita net income is expected to rise to 4,700 yuan ($687) this year, up 8 percent from a year ago.

The estimation was revealed at yesterday's annual central rural work conference, in which top leaders mapped out policies partly aimed at helping unemployed migrant workers returning to rural areas.

It will be the fifth consecutive year that Chinese farmers' annual income grew by more than 6 percent.