| Basic Conditions of Rural Grass-roots Units and Agriculture | ||||||
| Item | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Number of Township and Town Governments (unit) | 43735 | 40161 | 39054 | 38028 | 36952 | |
| Number of Town Governments | 19692 | 19555 | 19811 | 19588 | 19171 | |
| Number of Villagers' Committees (unit) | 734715 | 709257 | 694515 | 678589 | 652718 | |
| Number of Rural Households (10000 units) |
24148.7 | 24432.2 | 24569.4 | 24793.1 | 24971 | |
| Number of Rural Laborers (10000 persons) |
47962.1 | 48228.9 | 48526.9 | 48971.0 | 49695 | |
| Male | 25517.8 | 25685.4 | 25850.1 | 26121.0 | 26526 | |
| Female | 22444.3 | 22543.5 | 22676.7 | 22850.0 | 23169 | |
| Number of Rural Laborers by Sector (10000 persons) |
47962.1 | 48228.9 | 48526.9 | 48971.0 | ||
| Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry & Fishery |
32797.5 | 32451.0 | 31990.6 | 31259.6 | 30596 | |
| Industry | 4108.6 | 4296.0 | 4505.6 | 4937.1 | 5439 | |
| Construction | 2691.7 | 2797.4 | 2959.0 | 3201.0 | 3381 | |
| Transport, Storage, Post and Telecommunications Services |
1170.6 | 1205.4 | 1259.1 | 1328.2 | 1476 | |
| Wholesale and Retail Trades and Catering Services |
1751.8 | 1864.5 | 1996.8 | 2059.1 | 2702 | |
| Other Non-agricultural Trades | 5441.9 | 5614.6 | 5815.8 | 6186.0 | 6102 | |
| Total Agricultural Machinery Power (10000 kw) |
52573.6 | 55172.1 | 57929.9 | 60386.5 | 63756 | |
| Number of Large and Medium Agricultural Tractors (unit) |
974547 | 829900 | 911670 | 980560 | 1119000 | |
| Capacity of Large and Medium Agricultural Tractors (10000 kw) |
3161.1 | 2901.7 | 3073.4 | 3229.8 | 3713 | |
| Number of Mini-tractors (10000 unit) | 1264.4 | 1305.1 | 1339.4 | 1377.7 | 1455 | |
| Number of Mini-tractors (10000 unit) | 11663.9 | 12257.9 | 12695.0 | 13060.2 | 13853 | |
Number of Large and Medium |
140.0 | 146.9 | 157.9 | 169.8 | 189 | |
| Mini-tractor Towing Farm Machinery (10000unit) |
1788.8 | 1882.2 | 2003.4 | 2117.2 | 2311 | |
| Number of Diesel Engines (10000 unit) | 688.1 | 728.6 | 750.6 | 749.6 | 777.5 | |
| Capacity of Diesel Engines (10000 kw) | 5232.6 | 5580.0 | 5667.9 | 5592.8 | 5772.9 | |
| Number of Motorized Fishing Boats (unit) | 459888 | 480125 | 485693 | 478123 | 487000 | |
| Capacity of Motorized Fishing Boats (10000 kw) |
1338.7 | 1379.7 | 1381.2 | 1425.9 | 1384.2 | |
| Irrigated Area (1000 hectares) | 53820 | 54249 | 54355 | 54014 | 54478 | |
| Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers (10000 tons) |
4146.4 | 4253.8 | 4339.4 | 4411.6 | 4636.6 | |
| Number of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (unit) |
29962 | 29183 | 27633 | 26696 | 27115 | |
| Generating Capacity of Hydropower Stations in Rural Areas (10000 kw) |
698.5 | 896.6 | 812.2 | 862.3 | 993.8 | |
| Electricity Consumed in Rural Areas (100 million kwh) |
2421.3 | 2610.1 | 2993.4 | 3432.9 | 3933 | |
| Total Sown Area (1000 hectares) | 156300 | 155708 | 154636 | 152415 | 153550 | |
| Grain Crops | 108463 | 106080 | 103891 | 99410 | 10161 | |
| Cereal | 85264 | 82596 | 81466 | 76810 | ||
| Rice | 29962 | 28812 | 28202 | 26508 | ||
| Wheat | 26653 | 24664 | 23908 | 21997 | ||
| Corn | 23056 | 24282 | 24634 | 24068 | ||
| Beans | 12660 | 13268 | 12543 | 12898 | ||
| Tubers | 10538 | 10217 | 9881 | 9702 | ||
| Oil-bearing Crops | 15400 | 14631 | 14766 | 14990 | 14430 | |
| Cotton | 4041 | 4810 | 4184 | 5111 | 5690 | |
| Fiber Crops | 262 | 323 | 338 | 337 | 330 | |
| Sugar Crops | 1514 | 1654 | 1818 | 1657 | 1570 | |
| Tobacco | 1437 | 1340 | 1328 | 1264 | 1270 | |
| Vegetables | 15237 | 16403 | 17353 | 17954 | 17560 | |
| Area of Tea Plantations (1000 hectares) | 1089 | 1141 | 1134 | 1207 | 1260 | |
| Area of Orchards (1000 hectares) | 8932 | 9043 | 9098 | 9437 | 9770 | |
| a) Number of large and medium agricultural tractors excluded transfiguration tractors in 2003 | ||||||