13-1 Basic Conditions of Rural Grass-root Units and Agriculture
Item | 1999 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006
Number of Township and Town Governments (unit) | 44741 | 43735 | 35509 |
Number of Town Governments | 19184 | 19692 | 18888 |
Number of Villagers' Committees (unit) | 737429 | 734715 | 640139 |
Number of Rural Households (10 000 units) | 23810.5 | 24148.7 | 25222.6 |
Number of Rural Laborers (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 50387.3 |
Male | 24995.7 | 25517.8 | 26930.6 |
Female | 21900.8 | 22444.3 | 23456.7 |
Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10 000 persons) | 46896.5 | 47962.1 | 50387.3 |
Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery | 32911.8 | 32797.5 | 29975.5 |
Industry | 3953.0 | 4108.6 | 6011.5 |
Construction | 2531.9 | 2691.7 | 3653.2 |
Transport, Storage, Postal and | 1115.8 | 1170.6 | 1567.3 |
Telecommunication Services |  |  |  |
Wholesale, Retail Trades and Catering Services | 1584.6 | 1751.8 | 2937.7 |
Other Non-agricultural Industries | 4799.4 | 5441.9 | 6242.0 |
Total Agricultural Machinery Power (10 000 kw) | 48996.1 | 52573.6 | 68397.8 |
Number of Large and Medium-sized Agricultural | 784216 | 974547 | 1395981 |
Tractors (unit) |  |  |  |
Capacity of Large and Medium-sized Agricultural | 2772.8 | 3161.1 | 4293.5 |
Tractors (10 000 kw) |  |  |  |
Number of Small Tractors (10 000 unit) | 1200.3 | 1264.4 | 1526.9 |
Capacity of Small Tractors (10 000 kw) | 11008.9 | 11663.9 | 14660.9 |
Number of Large and Medium-sized Tractor Towing | 132.0 | 140.0 | 226.2 |
Farm Machinery (10 000 unit) |  |  |  |
Small Tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10 000 unit) | 1621.0 | 1788.8 | 2465.0 |
Number of Diesel Engines (10 000 unit) | 645.0 | 688.1 | 809.9 |
Capacity of Diesel Engines (10 000 kw) | 4934.6 | 5232.6 | 6034.0 |
Number of Motorized Fishing Boats (unit) | 417379 | 459888 | 439604 |
Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats (10 000 kw) | 1253.1 | 1338.7 | 1376.1 |
Irrigated Area (1 000 hectares) | 53158 | 53820 | 55029 |
Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers (10 000 tons) | 4124.3 | 4146.4 | 4766.2 |
Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (unit) | 31678 | 29962 | 26726 |
Generating Capacity of Hydropower Station | 664.1 | 698.5 | 1099.2 |
in Rural Areas (10 000 kw) |  |  |  |
Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas (100 million kwh) | 2173.4 | 2421.3 | 4375.7 |
Total Sown Area (1 000 hectares) | 156373 | 156300 | 155488 | 157021
Grain Crops | 113161 | 108463 | 104278 | 105489
Cereal | 91617 | 85264 | 81874 | 83126
Rice | 31284 | 29962 | 28847 | 29295
Wheat | 28855 | 26653 | 22793 | 22961
Corn | 25904 | 23056 | 26358 | 26971
Beans | 11190 | 12660 | 12901 | 12434
Tubers | 10355 | 10538 | 9503 | 9929
Oil-bearing Crops | 13906 | 15400 | 14318 | 13736
Cotton | 3726 | 4041 | 5062 | 5409
Fiber Crops | 205 | 262 | 335 | 283
Sugar Crops | 1644 | 1514 | 1564 | 1782
Tobacco | 1374 | 1437 | 1363 | 1338
Vegetables | 13347 | 15237 | 17721 | 18217
Area of Tea Plantations (1 000 hectares) | 1130 | 1089 | 1352 | 1431
Area of Orchards (1 000 hectares) | 8667 | 8932 | 10035 | 10123
a) Number of large and medium-sized agricultural tractors does not include the transfiguration tractors since 2002.