Documentation of a multi-topic questionnaire-based survey on sustainable resource use in rural China

This Discussion Paper documents a survey conducted in rural China in 2005. A multi-topicsurvey funded by the Sino-German international Training Program "Sustainable Resource Usein North China", the project covers farm management, land property rights and rural creditaccess on the North China Plain.From a credit standpoint, this paper covers questionnaire design, sample, survey implementation,data entry, a brief assessment of the overall experience, as well as lessons drawn.