China to lift price control on tobacco leaves (2)

File photo taken on July 30, 2014 shows a man checking the dried tabacco leaves in Xuan'en County, central China's Hubei Province. China will lift controls on prices of 24 commodities and services from 2015, said the National Development and Reform Commission on Jan. 4, 2015. Market will decide the price of tobacco leaves, the last agricultural product to be freed from government price control, but a minimum price will be set to protect farmers, said a statement on the commission website. (Xinhua/Song Wen)