12-1 BASIC CONDITIONS OF RURAL GRASSROOTS UNITS AND AGRICULTURE

Item

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

Number of Township and Town Governments

48075

47136

45484

44689

45462

Number of Town Governments

16433

17282

17998

18402

19060

Number of Villagers' Committees

802052

740150

740128

739447

739980

Number of Rural Households (10 000 units)

23165.2

23281.5

23437.6

23406.2

23692.7

Number of Rural Laborers (10 000 persons)

44654.1

45041.8

45288

45961.7

46432.2

Male

23854.1

24037.4

24154.9

24500.6

24733.1

Female

20800.1

21004.4

21133.1

21462.1

21699.2

Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10 000 persons)

44654.1

45041.8

45288

45961.7

46432.2

Farming,Forestry,Animal Husbandry & Fishery

32690.3

32334.5

32260.4

32434.9

32626.4

Industry

3849.5

3970.7

4018.5

4031.3

3928.6

Construction

2057.3

2203.6

2304.3

2372.7

2393.5

Transportation

908.3

983

1027.6

1057.8

1087.9

Wholesale, Retail Sale and Catering Trades

1084.3

1170.4

1261.5

1381.5

1461.9

Other Non-agricultural Trades

4064.5

4379.7

4415.7

4683.9

4933.9

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

94906.7

94970.9

 

 

 

Paddy Fields

24762.9

24850.5

 

 

 

Dry Fields

70143.8

70120.4

 

 

 

Decrease in Cultivated Area by Cause (1 000 hectares)

708.7

621.1

 

 

 

Capital Construction of the Government

132.6

111.9

 

 

 

Village Collective Construction

80.2

84.9

 

 

 

Peasant Housing Construction

33

31.6

 

 

 

Total Agricultural Machinery Power(10 000kw)

33802.5

36118.1

38546.9

42015.6

45208

Number of large and Medium Agricultural Tractors (unit)

693154

671846

670848

689051

725215

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

2463.5

2404

2415.1

2486.5

2587.9

Number of Mini-tractors (10 000 unit)

823.7

864.6

918.9

1048.5

1122.1

Capacity of Mini-tractors (10 000 kw)

7399.7

7848

8385.2

9337.2

10031.5

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

98

99.1

105

115.7

120.4

Mini-Tractor Towing Farm Machinery(10 000 unit)

866.2

958

1091.2

1253

1448.6

Number of Diesel Engines (10 000 unit)

471.2

491.2

509.3

546.1

581.6

Capacity of Diesel Engines (10000 kw)

3731

3839

3984.9

4292.4

4498.6

Number of Trucks for Agricultural Use (unit)

747981

793520

836899

875571

901105

Capacity of Trucks for Agricultural Use(10000 kw)

5719.4

6090.9

6422.7

6575

6781.3

Number of Motorized Fishing Boats (unit)

351327

376813

358869

400010

411133

Loading Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats (10 000 tons)

446.8

512.5

469.5

586.5

653

Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats(10 000 kw)

831

965.6

864

1084

1174.3

Irrigated Area (1 000 hectares)

48759

49281

50381

51239

52296

Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers(10 000tons)

3317.9

3593.7

3827.9

3980.7

4085.6

Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas

48722

40699

37743

36117

33211

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

503.7

519.5

533.7

562.4

634.8

Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas (100 million kwh)

1473.9

1655.7

1812.7

1980.1

2042.1

Total Sown Area (1 000 hectares)

148241

149879

152381

153969

155706

Grain Crops

109544

110060

112548

112912

113787

Cereal

87537

89310

92208

91964

92117

Rice

30171

30744

31407

31765

31214

Wheat

28981

28860

29611

30057

29774

Corn

21152

22776

24498

23775

25239

Beans

12736

11232

10543

11164

11671

Tubers

9270

9519

9798

9785

10000

Oil-bearing Crops

12081

13101

12555

12381

12919

Cotton

5528

5422

4722

4491

4459

Fiber Crops

372

376

350

327

224

Sugar Crops

1755

1820

1846

1923

1984

Tobacco

1490

1470

1853

2353

1361

Vegetables

8921

9515

10491

11288

12293

Area of Tea Plantations (1 000 hectares)

1134.8

1115.3

1103

1076

1057

Area of Orchards (1 000 hectares)

7264

8098

8553

8648

8535