13-1  Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroots Units and Agriculture
Item 1999 2000 2002 2003
  Number of Township and Town Governments  (unit) 44741 43735 39054 38028
        Number of Town Governments                  19184 19692 19811 19588
  Number of Villagers' Committees                     (unit)   737429 734715 694515 678589
  Number of Rural Households         (10 000 units) 23810.5 24148.7 24569.4 24793.1
  Number of Rural Laborers         (10 000 persons) 46896.5 47962.1 48526.9 48971.0
      Male                                        24995.7 25517.8 25850.1 26121.0
      Female                                      21900.8 22444.3 22676.7 22850.0
  Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10 000 persons)           46896.5 47962.1 48526.9 48971.0
      Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery 32911.8 32797.5 31990.6 31259.6
      Industry                                    3953.0 4108.6 4505.6 4937.1
      Construction                                2531.9 2691.7 2959.0 3201.0
      Transport, Storage, Post and  1115.8 1170.6 1259.1 1328.2
            Telecommunication Services
      Wholesale, Retail Trade and Catering Services  1584.6 1751.8 1996.8 2059.1
      Other Non-agricultural Trades               4799.3 5441.9 5815.8 6186.0
  Total Agricultural Machinery Power  (10 000 kw) 48996.1 52573.6 57929.9 60386.5
  Number of Large and Medium Agricultural      784216 974547 911670 980560
    Tractors                                 (unit)
  Capacity of Large and Medium Agricultural    2772.8 3161.1 3073.4 3229.8
    Tractors                            (10 000 kw)
  Number of Mini-tractors             (10 000 unit) 1200.3 1264.4 1339.4 1377.7
  Capacity of Mini-tractors             (10 000 kw) 11008.9 11663.9 12695.0 13060.2
  Number of Large and Medium Tractor Towing    132.0 140.0 157.9 169.8
    Farm Machinery                    (10 000 unit)
  Mini-Tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10 000 unit) 1621.0 1788.8 2003.4 2117.2
  Number of Diesel Engines                (10 000 unit) 645.0 688.1 750.6 749.6
  Capacity of Diesel Engines               (10 000 kw) 4934.6 5232.6 5667.9 5592.8
  Number of Motorized Fishing Boats          (unit) 417379 459888 485693 478123
  Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats   (10 000 kw) 1253.1 1338.7 1381.2 1425.9
  Irrigated Area                   (1 000 hectares) 53158 53820 54355 54014
  Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers  (10 000tons) 4124.3 4146.4 4339.4 4411.6
  Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (unit) 31678 29962 27633 26696
  Generating Capacity of Hydropower Station    664.1 698.5 812.2 862.3
    in Rural Areas                      (10 000 kw)
  Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas(100 million kwh)         2173.4 2421.3 2993.4 3432.9
  Total Sown Area                  (1 000 hectares) 156373 156300 154636 152415
      Grain Crops                                 113161 108463 103891 99410
          Cereal                                     91617 85264 81466 76810
              Rice                                      31284 29962 28202 26508
              Wheat                                     28855 26653 23908 21997
              Corn                                      25904 23056 24634 24068
          Beans                                      11190 12660 12543 12898
          Tubers                                     10355 10538 9881 9702
      Oil-bearing Crops                           13906 15400 14766 14990
      Cotton                                      3726 4041 4184 5111
      Fiber Crops                                 205 262 338 337
      Sugar Crops                                 1644 1514 1818 1657
      Tobacco                                     1374 1437 1328 1264
      Vegetables                                  13347 15237 17353 17954
  Area of Tea Plantations          (1 000 hectares) 1130 1089 1134 1207
  Area of Orchards                    (1 000 hectares) 8667 8932 9098 9437
         
 
a) Number of large and medium agricultural tractors excluded the transfiguration tractors in 2003, the data in 2002 were adjusted accordingly.