China to lift price control on tobacco leaves

File photo taken on June 13, 2014 shows a farmer drying tabacco leaves in Huangyao Town of Zhaoping County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 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/Liu Fei)