In 2001, with the impact of tax reforms, the education system was reformed to address the lack of funding for basic education. The three major aspects of the reforms were: 1. Transformation of the administration of the schools' staff and their salaries from local administration to city municipals; 2. Amalgamation of schools and down sizing of staff; 3. Unification and implementation of a standard tuition fee.
This study analyses several issues regarding the reforms in education system. A case study was conducted for M Elementary School in northern Jiangsu Province. As a result of the reforms of the payment system, great improvement has been noticed in delayed payments to the staff. Moreover, the closure and amalgamation of schools made it possible to have an efficient arrangement for improvement of the education system.
However, the study indicates the existence of the issue of delayed payments in the poorer areas and the problems for local children to go to long distance schools. In addition, the transfer of financial management to the county caused a few problems including the weakening of the schools' power to manage finance, and the lack of training and teaching guidance for teachers.
The study reveals the following important issues that must be considered in the future. There is a need to improve the lack of funding for basic education, including benefits and funding of temporary teachers, to improve the quality of basic education and achieve the upgrading of rural education levels.

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Recently the hog movement has been expanding rapidly in North America, with Canada specializing in breeding feeder-pigs for shipment to the United States, resulting in many feeder-pigs being imported from Canada to the United States. Right now Canada is one of the main suppliers of feeder-pigs and it is also the largest supplier of feeder-pigs to Iowa, which is the largest hog producing state in the United States and is also the largest state for import of feeder-pigs. Therefore Canada plays a very important role for the hog movement in the United States and Iowa.
Behind the international division of labor of the hog industry, in which Canada specializes in breeding while the United States imports feeder-pigs from Canada which are supplied to US hog producers specializing in feeding with very cheap feed, we found one key factor promoting the division of labor with depreciation of Canadian dollar against US dollar and the high efficiency of breeding in Canada.
That factor is a contract presented by US brokers who are involved in pig procurement. The contract contains a floor price that can make ensure profitability of feeder-pig production and has promoted its expansion in Canada.

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