Brief Introduction

Main Content and Source of Data

Data in this chapter show the basic conditions of agricultural production and rural economy, mainly including agricultural output, value added, rural labor force, output of main agricultural produces, cultivated land, agricultural machinery and basic construction on irrigation and drainage.

The coverage of the comprehensive statistical reporting includes all productive units of farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery and those related non agricultural affiliated units with various ownership and the activities of horse raising for military purpose and those undertaken by agricultural research institutions are excluded.

Since 2003, data on the gross output value and value added have been calculated under the new classification of economic activities. Crop plantation and other agricultural activities have been excluded according to the classification. Value of industrial output by rural households is not included in agriculture and used only as supplementary indicators. Part of collection of wild plants belongs to farming and the rest of it belongs to forestry. Transport of bamboo and timber cover all the units related. Services to farming, forestry, animal husbandry are included in farming In order to be comparable; data on Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery in 2006 and 2007 have been adjusted according to the data obtained from the Second National Agricultural Census.

Data in this chapter are based on the statistical reporting summary tables and are prepared and compiled by the Division of Countryside Statistics of Fujian Provincial Bureau of Statistics.