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China has protected agriculture for agricultural development and modernization based upon Chinese ｢Agricultural Law｣ section 3 “Nation situated agriculture on the head position of national economic development”. China has been providing agricultural subsidies as a reason of food security and has been also increasing direct subsidies to accelerate farm reformation and to eradicate poverty of farmers. The paper analyzes current legislation of agricultural subsidies in China under the WTO framework. China’s policies of agricultural subsidies has improved, but some of them are still invalidate WTO rules and its legislation is disordered. This is because China’s policies of agricultural subsidies are formed under the socialist market economy. The paper, first of all, describes rules of agricultural subsidies under the WTO framework. Then it analyzes China’s legislation of agricultural subsidies and the situation of disputes in the area of agricultural subsidies. And then it ends by suggesting characteristics and problems of China’s policies and legislation of agricultural subsidies.