| 12-1 Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroots Units and Agriculture | |||||
| Item | |||||
| 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | ||
| Number of Township and Town Governments | 45462 | 44741 | 43735 | 40161 | |
| Number of Town Governments | 19060 | 19184 | 19692 | 19555 | |
| Number of Villagers' Committees | 739980 | 737429 | 734715 | 709257 | |
| Number of Rural Households (10 000 units) | 23678.0 | 23810.5 | 24148.7 | 24432.2 | |
| Number of Rural Laborers (10 000 persons) | 46432.3 | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 48228.9 | |
| Male | 24733.1 | 24995.7 | 25517.8 | 25685.4 | |
| Female | 21699.2 | 21900.8 | 22444.3 | 22543.5 | |
| Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10 000 persons) | 46432.3 | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 48228.9 | |
| Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery | 32626.4 | 32911.8 | 32797.5 | 32451.0 | |
| Industry | 3928.6 | 3953.0 | 4108.6 | 4296.0 | |
| Construction | 2453.5 | 2531.9 | 2691.7 | 2797.4 | |
| Transport, Storage, Post and | 1087.9 | 1115.8 | 1170.6 | 1205.4 | |
| Telecommunication Services | |||||
| Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services | 1461.9 | 1584.6 | 1751.8 | 1864.5 | |
| Other Non-agricultural Trades | 4874.0 | 4799.3 | 5441.9 | 5614.6 | |
| Cultivated Areas(Year-end) (1 000 hectares) | |||||
| Total Agricultural Machinery Power (10 000kw) | 45207.7 | 48996.1 | 52573.6 | 55172.1 | |
| Number of Large and Medium Agricultural | 725215 | 784216 | 974547 | 1098325 | |
| Tractors (unit) | |||||
| Capacity of Large and Medium Agricultural | 2587.9 | 2772.8 | 3161.1 | 3409.9 | |
| Tractors (10 000 kw) | |||||
| Number of Mini-tractors (10 000 unit) | 1122.1 | 1200.3 | 1264.4 | 1305.1 | |
| Capacity of Mini-tractors (10 000 kw) | 10031.5 | 11008.9 | 11663.9 | 12257.9 | |
| Number of Large and Medium Tractor Towing | 120.4 | 132.0 | 140.0 | 146.9 | |
| Farm Machinery (10 000 unit) | |||||
| Mini-Tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10000unit) | 1437.8 | 1621.0 | 1788.8 | 1882.2 | |
| Number of Diesel Engines (10 000 unit) | 581.6 | 645.0 | 688.1 | 728.6 | |
| Capacity of Diesel Engines (10000 kw) | 4499.0 | 4934.6 | 5232.6 | 5580.0 | |
| Number of Motorized Fishing Boats (unit) | 411322 | 417379 | 459888 | 480125 | |
| Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats (10 000 kw) | 1174.4 | 1253.1 | 1338.7 | 1379.7 | |
| Irrigated Area (1 000 hectares) | 52296 | 53158 | 53820 | 54249 | |
| Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers (10 000tons) | 4083.7 | 4124.3 | 4146.4 | 4253.8 | |
| Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas | 33185 | 31678 | 29962 | 29183 | |
| Generating Capacity of Hydropower Station | 634.8 | 664.1 | 698.5 | 896.6 | |
| in Rural Areas (10 000 kw) | |||||
| Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas(100 million kwh) | 2042.1 | 2173.4 | 2421.3 | 2610.8 | |
| Total Sown Area (1 000 hectares) | 155706 | 156373 | 156300 | 155708 | |
| Grain Crops | 113787 | 113161 | 108463 | 106080 | |
| Cereal | 92117 | 91617 | 85264 | 82596 | |
| Rice | 31214 | 31284 | 29962 | 28812 | |
| Wheat | 29774 | 28855 | 26653 | 24664 | |
| Corn | 25239 | 25904 | 23056 | 24282 | |
| Beans | 11671 | 11190 | 12660 | 13268 | |
| Tubers | 10000 | 10355 | 10538 | 10217 | |
| Oil-bearing Crops | 12919 | 13906 | 15400 | 14631 | |
| Cotton | 4459 | 3726 | 4041 | 4810 | |
| Fiber Crops | 224 | 205 | 262 | 323 | |
| Sugar Crops | 1984 | 1644 | 1514 | 1654 | |
| Tobacco | 1361 | 1374 | 1437 | 1340 | |
| Vegetables | 12293 | 13347 | 15237 | 16403 | |
| Area of Tea Plantations (1 000 hectares) | 1057 | 1130 | 1089 | 1141 | |
| Area of Orchards (1 000 hectares) | 8535 | 8667 | 8932 | 9043 | |