| 13-1 Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroots Units and Agriculture | |||||
| Item | 1999 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Number of Township and Town Governments (unit) | 44741 | 43735 | 38028 | 36952 | |
| Number of Town Governments | 19184 | 19692 | 19588 | 19171 | |
| Number of Villagers' Committees | (unit) | 737429 | 734715 | 678589 | 652718 |
| Number of Rural Households | (10 000 units) | 23810.5 | 24148.7 | 24793.1 | 24971.4 |
| Number of Rural Laborers | (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 48971.0 | 49695.3 |
| Male | 24995.7 | 25517.8 | 26121.0 | 26525.8 | |
| Female | 21900.8 | 22444.3 | 22850.0 | 23169.5 | |
| Number of Rural Laborers by Sector | (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 48971.0 | 49695.3 |
| Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery | 32911.8 | 32797.5 | 31259.6 | 30596.0 | |
| Industry | 3953.0 | 4108.6 | 4937.1 | 5438.9 | |
| Construction | 2531.9 | 2691.7 | 3201.1 | 3380.5 | |
| Transport, Storage, Post and | 1115.8 | 1170.6 | 1328.2 | 1475.9 | |
| Telecommunication Services | |||||
| Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services | 1584.6 | 1751.8 | 2059.2 | 2701.6 | |
| Other Non-agricultural Trades | 4799.4 | 5441.9 | 6185.9 | 6102.4 | |
| Total Agricultural Machinery Power | (10 000 kw) | 48996.1 | 52573.6 | 60386.5 | 64027.9 |
| Number of Large and Medium Agricultural | 784216 | 974547 | 980560 | 1118636 | |
| Tractors | (unit) | ||||
| Capacity of Large and Medium Agricultural | 2772.8 | 3161.1 | 3229.8 | 3713.1 | |
| Tractors | (10 000 kw) | ||||
| Number of Mini-tractors | (10 000 unit) | 1200.3 | 1264.4 | 1377.7 | 1454.9 |
| Capacity of Mini-tractors | (10 000 kw) | 11008.9 | 11663.9 | 13060.2 | 13855.4 |
| Number of Large and Medium Tractor Towing | 132.0 | 140.0 | 169.8 | 188.7 | |
| Farm Machinery | (10 000 unit) | ||||
| Mini-Tractor Towing Farm Machinery | (10 000 unit) | 1621.0 | 1788.8 | 2117.2 | 2309.7 |
| Number of Diesel Engines | (10 000 unit) | 645.0 | 688.1 | 749.6 | 777.5 |
| Capacity of Diesel Engines | (10 000 kw) | 4934.6 | 5232.6 | 5592.8 | 5804.2 |
| Number of Motorized Fishing Boats | (unit) | 417379 | 459888 | 478123 | 486878 |
| Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats | (10 000 kw) | 1253.1 | 1338.7 | 1425.9 | 1384.2 |
| Irrigated Area | (1 000 hectares) | 53158 | 53820 | 54014 | 54478 |
| Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers | (10 000 tons) | 4124.3 | 4146.4 | 4411.6 | 4636.6 |
| Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (unit) | 31678 | 29962 | 26696 | 27115 | |
| Generating Capacity of Hydropower Station | 664.1 | 698.5 | 862.3 | 993.8 | |
| in Rural Areas | (10 000 kw) | ||||
| Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas (100 million kwh) | 2173.4 | 2421.3 | 3432.9 | 3933.0 | |
| Total Sown Area | (1 000 hectares) | 156373 | 156300 | 152415 | 153553 |
| Grain Crops | 113161 | 108463 | 99410 | 101606 | |
| Cereal | 91617 | 85264 | 76810 | 79350 | |
| Rice | 31284 | 29962 | 26508 | 28379 | |
| Wheat | 28855 | 26653 | 21997 | 21626 | |
| Corn | 25904 | 23056 | 24068 | 25446 | |
| Beans | 11190 | 12660 | 12898 | 12799 | |
| Tubers | 10355 | 10538 | 9702 | 9457 | |
| Oil-bearing Crops | 13906 | 15400 | 14990 | 14431 | |
| Cotton | 3726 | 4041 | 5111 | 5693 | |
| Fiber Crops | 205 | 262 | 337 | 332 | |
| Sugar Crops | 1644 | 1514 | 1657 | 1568 | |
| Tobacco | 1374 | 1437 | 1264 | 1266 | |
| Vegetables | 13347 | 15237 | 17954 | 17560 | |
| Area of Tea Plantations | (1 000 hectares) | 1130 | 1089 | 1207 | 1262 |
| Area of Orchards | (1 000 hectares) | 8667 | 8932 | 9437 | 9768 |
| a) Number of large and medium agricultural tractors excluded the transfiguration tractors since 2002. The data in 2001 were adjusted accordingly. | |||||