12-1 Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroots Units and Agriculture

 

Item

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Township and Town Governments

48179

48075

47136

45484

44689

# Number of Town Governments

15223

16433

17282

17998

18402

Number of Villagers’ Committees

802352

802052

740150

740128

739447

Number of Rural Households (10 000 units)

22983.8

23165.2

23281.5

23437.6

23406.2

Number of Rural Laborers (10 000 persons)

44255.7

44654.1

45041.8

45288.0

45961.7

Male

23653.1

23854.1

24037.4

24154.9

24500.6

Female

20602.6

20800.1

21004.4

21133.1

21462.1

Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10 000 persons)

44255.7

44654.1

45041.8

45288.0

45961.7

Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery Industry

33258.2

32690.3

32334.5

32260.4

32434.9

Industry

3659.0

3849.5

3970.7

4018.5

4031.3

Construction

1886.8

2057.3

2203.6

2304.3

2372.7

Transportation

799.9

908.3

983.0

1027.6

1057.8

Wholesale, Retail Sale and Catering Trade

948.8

1084.3

1170.4

1261.5

1381.5

Other Non-agricultural Trades

3703.1

4064.5

4379.7

4415.7

4683.9

Cultivated Areas (year-end) (1 000 hectares)

95101.4

94906.7

94970.9

 

 

Paddy Fields

25028.0

24762.9

24850.5

 

 

Dry Fields

70073.4

70143.8

70120.4

 

 

Decrease in Cultivated Area by Cause (1 000 hectares)

732.3

708.7

621.1

 

 

# Capital Construction of the Government

161.0

132.6

111.9

 

 

Village Collective Construction

86.0

80.2

84.9

 

 

Peasant Housing Construction

24.0

33.0

31.6

 

 

Total Agricultural Machinery Power (10 000 kw)

31816.6

33802.5

36118.1

38546.9

42015.6

Number of Large and Medium Agricultural Tractors (unit)

721216

693154

671846

670848

689051

Capacity of Large and Medium Agricultural Tractors (10 000 kw)

2532.5

2463.5

2404.0

2415.1

2486.5

Number of Mini-tractors (10 000 units)

788.3

823.7

864.6

918.9

1048.5

Capacity of Mini-tractors (10 000 kw)

7042.7

7399.7

7848.0

8385.2

9337.2

Number of Large and Medium Tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10 000 units)

100.1

98.0

99.1

105.0

115.7

Mini Tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10 000 unit)

865.7

866.2

958.0

1091.2

1253.0

Number of Diesel Engines (10 000 units)

455.4

471.2

491.2

509.3

546.1

Capacity of Diesel Engines (10 000 kw)

3613.1

3731.0

3839.0

3984.9

4292.4

Number of Trucks for Agricultural Use (unit)

690469

747981

793520

836899

875571

Capacity of Trucks for Agricultural Use (10 000 kw)

5245.8

5719.4

6090.9

6422.7

6575.0

Number of Motorized Fishing Boats (unit)

334656

351327

376813

358869

398788

Loading Capacity of Motoring Fishing Boats (10 000 tn)

413.4

446.8

512.5

469.5

584.5

Capacity of Motoring Fishing Boats (10 000 kw)

804.4

831.0

965.6

864.0

1080.5

Irrigated Area (1 000 hectares)

48728

48759

49281

50381

51239

Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers (10 000 tons)

3151.9

3317.9

3593.7

3827.9

3980.7

Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (unit)

45153

48722

40699

37743

36117

Generating Capacity of Hydropower Station in Rural Areas (10 000 kw)

481.7

503.7

519.5

533.7

562.4

Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas (100 million kwh)

1244.8

1473.9

1655.7

1812.7

1980.1

Total Sown Area (1 000 hectares)

147741

148241

149879

152381

153969

Grain Crops

110509

109544

110060

112548

112912

Cereal

88912

87537

89310

92208

91964

# Rice

30355

30171

30744

31407

31765

Wheat

30235

28981

28860

29611

30057

Corn

20694

21152

22776

24498

23775

Beans

12377

12736

11232

10543

11164

Tubers

9220

9270

9519

9798

9785

Oil-bearing Crops

11142

12081

13101

12555

12381

Cotton

4985

5528

5422

4722

4491

Fiber Crops

420

372

376

350

327

Sugar Crops

1687

1755

1820

1846

1923

Tobacco

2089

1490

1470

1853

2353

Vegetables

8084

8921

9515

10491

11288

Area of Tea Plantations (1 000 hectares)

1170.7

1134.8

1115.3

1103

1076

Area of Orchards (1 000 hectares)

6432

7264

8098

8553

8648