Research On The Evolution Of Modern Agricultural Products Wholesale Market In Japan As Reference For China

Nowadays upgrading China’s agricultural products wholesale market is imminent, for adapting to the rapid agricultural productivity in China and making the agricultural products has a good sale. Effective management mechanism of developed agricultural products wholesale market system in Japan is a significance reference for China to construct and develop the modern agricultural wholesale market. After studying on the management mechanism and the present situation of agricultural product wholesale markets in Japan, there are some conclusions as follows:(1) Constantly adapting to changes of the agricultural circulation surrounding, laws and regulations towards agricultural markets were made adjustments in Japan to ensure that the agricultural trade running fairly and transparently. The strict market entry mechanism make the practitioners inside remain, which is good for maintaining an effective wholesale transactions. The Japan agricultural association plays an important role for supporting the operation of the agricultural products wholesale market. Therefore, improving agricultural market system need to continue to improve relevant laws and regulations of agricultural market transactions, to regulate the market and its main trading behavior, develop the farmers’organizations to support the development of agricultural product wholesale markets.(2) Nowadays the agricultural products wholesale market in Japan is declining, the agricultural products are gathering to some large-scale wholesale markets. Which is caused by three main reasons. One is that the expansion of demand for processing agricultural products. The second is that consumers’tending to buy cheap products make cheaper imports of agricultural products grows. Third is that large-scaled agricultural association and supermarket chains required the throughput of agricultural products wholesale market stronger become greater and greater. Development of large-scale agricultural products wholesale market is a sign of modernization, but he number of agricultural products wholesale reducing also bring some problems as making supplying cost of small-scale farmers increase, and the regulation of small retail purchase becomes difficult. Therefore, the balance of the number of agricultural product wholesale markets of the region between origin and consumption is very important.(3) The Agents and the resellers play a very important role in the circulation of agricultural products in Japan. However, the shrinking of the Japan agricultural products wholesale distribution channels make most practitioners sluggish, which weakening not only their function of price formation but also the supply and demand regulation. It leads that being difficult to upgrade their capabilities and services. Therefore, it needs to work out a policy and guideline that adapt to environmental changes to support and guide the practitioners become mature and upgrade by themselve.(4) Contact the actual situation of China’s construction and development of the agricultural products wholesale market, drawing on the experience of Japan. China should strengthen the normative agricultural product wholesale markets, not only to improve the system, but also to rational planning its layout in various regions. In response to the future flow of the environment, we should focus on the development of agricultural production, as well as pay attention to the dynamic development of the power structure between the various sectors. As for agricultural products wholesale market itself, to upgrade the level of market management and service functions, training some excellent business entities.