>>the zhong family in hongqi village says all this makes a big difference to their living standards ûother specific farming policies. >>zhong: the government helps to finance purchases of seeds and they also send experts here to advise us û especially those agricultural technologists. >>reporter: the policies are designed to boost rural net incomes û and so spur domestic demand enough to help cover the collapse in exports and meet the government's, ambitious, 8 percent growth target. >>in a bid to supercharge spending, right now, farmers can also qualify for vouchers that rebate up to 15 percent on home appliance purchases >> -- a scheme that could generate, this year, over 20 billion dollars in sales of warehoused washing machines, refrigerators and televisions. >>on the work front, other similar discount schemes cover motorbikes and vans û plus there's a popular 38 percent discount on farming equipment. >>he: it's a tremendous change. in the past, farmers didn't want to spend money. once the governmentoffered the preferential policies, they started spending money on farming machiner