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  Units and Agriculture | ||||
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| Item | 1999 | 2000 | 2004 | 2005 | 
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|   Number of Township and Town
  Governments    (unit) | 44741 | 43735 | 36952 | 35509 | 
|       Number of Town
  Governments | 19184 | 19692 | 19171 | 18888 | 
|   Number of Villagers' Committees                      
  (unit) | 737429 | 734715 | 652718 | 640139 | 
|   Number of Rural Households                
  (10 000 units) | 23810.5 | 24148.7 | 24971.4 | 25222.6 | 
|   Number of Rural Laborers                 
  (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 49695.3 | 50387.3 | 
|       Male | 24995.7 | 25517.8 | 26525.8 | 26930.6 | 
|       Female | 21900.8 | 22444.3 | 23169.5 | 23456.7 | 
|   Number of Rural Laborers by
  Sector  (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 49695.3 | 50387.3 | 
|       Farming,
  Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery | 32911.8 | 32797.5 | 30596.0 | 29975.5 | 
|       Industry | 3953.0 | 4108.6 | 5438.9 | 6011.5 | 
|       Construction | 2531.9 | 2691.7 | 3380.5 | 3653.2 | 
|       Transport,
  Storage, Post and | 1115.8 | 1170.6 | 1475.9 | 1567.3 | 
|         
  Telecommunication Services |   |   |   |   | 
|       Wholesale,
  Retail Trade and Catering Services | 1584.6 | 1751.8 | 2701.6 | 2937.7 | 
|       Other
  Non-agricultural Trades | 4799.4 | 5441.9 | 6102.4 | 6242.0 | 
|   Total Agricultural Machinery
  Power        
  (10 000 kw) | 48996.1 | 52573.6 | 64027.9 | 68397.8 | 
|   Number of Large and Medium
  Agricultural | 784216 | 974547 | 1118636 | 1395981 | 
|     Tractors                                                              
  (unit) |   |   |   |   | 
|   Capacity of Large and Medium
  Agricultural | 2772.8 | 3161.1 | 3713.1 | 4293.5 | 
|     Tractors                                   
                  (10
  000 kw) |   |   |   |   | 
|   Number of Mini-tractors                         
  (10 000 unit) | 1200.3 | 1264.4 | 1454.9 | 1526.9 | 
|   Capacity of Mini-tractors                         
  (10 000 kw) | 11008.9 | 11663.9 | 13855.4 | 14660.9 | 
|   Number of Large and Medium Tractor
  Towing | 132.0 | 140.0 | 188.7 | 226.2 | 
|     Farm Machinery                                    
  (10 000 unit) |   |   |   |   | 
|   Mini-Tractor Towing Farm
  Machinery    (10 000
  unit) | 1621.0 | 1788.8 | 2309.7 | 2465.0 | 
|   Number of Diesel Engines                       
  (10 000 unit) | 645.0 | 688.1 | 777.5 | 809.9 | 
|   Capacity of Diesel Engines                       
  (10 000 kw) | 4934.6 | 5232.6 | 5804.2 | 6034.0 | 
|   Number of Motorized Fishing Boats                    (unit) | 417379 | 459888 | 486878 | 439604 | 
|   Capacity of Motorized Fishing
  Boats       
  (10 000 kw) | 1253.1 | 1338.7 | 1384.2 | 1376.1 | 
|   Irrigated Area                                      
  (1 000 hectares) | 53158 | 53820 | 54478 | 55029 | 
|   Consumption of Chemical
  Fertilizers     
  (10 000 tons) | 4124.3 | 4146.4 | 4636.6 | 4766.2 | 
|   Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural
  Areas  (unit) | 31678 | 29962 | 27115 | 26726 | 
|   Generating Capacity of Hydropower
  Station | 664.1 | 698.5 | 993.8 | 1099.2 | 
|     in Rural Areas                                         
  (10 000 kw) |   |   |   |   | 
|   Electricity Consumed in Rural
  Areas(100 million kwh) | 2173.4 | 2421.3 | 3933.0 | 4375.7 | 
|   Total Sown Area                                
   (1 000 hectares) | 156373 | 156300 | 153553 | 155488 | 
|       Grain Crops | 113161 | 108463 | 101606 | 104278 | 
|          
  Cereal | 91617 | 85264 | 79350 | 81874 | 
|              
  Rice | 31284 | 29962 | 28379 | 28847 | 
|              
  Wheat | 28855 | 26653 | 21626 | 22793 | 
|              
  Corn | 25904 | 23056 | 25446 | 26358 | 
|          
  Beans | 11190 | 12660 | 12799 | 12901 | 
|          
  Tubers | 10355 | 10538 | 9457 | 9503 | 
|       Oil-bearing
  Crops | 13906 | 15400 | 14431 | 14318 | 
|       Cotton | 3726 | 4041 | 5693 | 5062 | 
|       Fiber Crops | 205 | 262 | 332 | 335 | 
|       Sugar Crops | 1644 | 1514 | 1568 | 1564 | 
|       Tobacco | 1374 | 1437 | 1266 | 1363 | 
|       Vegetables | 13347 | 15237 | 17560 | 17721 | 
|   Area of Tea Plantations               
         (1
  000 hectares) | 1130 | 1089 | 1262 | 1352 | 
|   Area of Orchards                                
  (1 000 hectares) | 8667 | 8932 | 9768 | 10035 | 
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| a)
  Number of large and medium agricultural tractors excluded the transfiguration
  tractors since 2002.                   | ||||