Explanatory Notes on Main
Statistical Indicators
Gross Output
Value of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery refers to the monetary value of all
products of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, as well as the
monetary value of services in support of activities of agriculture, forestry,
animal husbandry and fishery.
Scope of Statistics for Gross
Output Value of Agriculture,
Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Statistics for agriculture,
forestry, animal husbandry and fishery apply for the agricultural production
activities conducted by all producers of agriculture, forestry, animal
husbandry and fishery, productive activities entities of agriculture, forestry,
animal husbandry fishery attached to entities in non-agricultural sectors, as
well as farmers. Production of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and
fishery in the military committee system shall also be included (military horse
breeding excluded). But the agricultural production conducted in experimental
organizations of agricultural science is not included.
Calculation
Method for Gross Output Value of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and
Fishery According
to features of agricultural production, the gross output value of agriculture,
forestry, animal husbandry and fishery is
calculated with the “product method”, namely multiplying the output of each
product by its price, summing up the output value of each type of product to
get the output value of each sector of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry
and fishery, adding them to get the gross output value of agriculture,
forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.
Agriculture:
including cereal and other crops; vegetables, edible fungus, flower
bonsai and gardening products; fruits, nuts, beverage, flavor, and herbs.
Forestry:
including the cultivation and planting of forest trees; felling and
transporting of timber and bamboo; and collection of forestry products.
Animal
husbandry: including the breeding and grazing of animals other than fish
breeding, as well as hunting and breeding of wildlife.
Fishery:
including cultivation and catching of aquatic animals and seaweed plants.
Service:
the output value is equal to the operating income of services in support of activities of
agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.
Prior to
1957,
Year-end
Total Resources of Arable Land refers to the plow land on which crops
can be planted, including the cultivated land actually tilled in the year; any
land which is newly opened up and has been cultivated; sea mudflat and lake
field in the area off the sea shore and lake shore, that have been enclosed and
utilized for more than three years; any land that has been idle for less than
three years, which can be cultivated again at any time; any land which is not
planted in the year due to disaster or other factors but can be cultivated
again; any land mostly grown with farm plants, together with mulberry trees,
fruit trees, and other forest trees; any land tilled and grown with grass every
year; channels, dykes, field ridges less than
Sown Area of Crops
refers to area of land actually sown or transplanted with crops regardless of
being in cultivated area or non-cultivated area. Area of land re-sown due to
natural disasters is also included after the planting season is over basically.
Irrigated
Area refers
to area of arable land that are effectively irrigated, i.e. relatively level
land, where there are water sources or complete sets of irrigation facilities
to irrigate under normal harvest situations.
Facility Agriculture means to build man-made facilities
in a manner of factory production in order to change the climate conditions,
improve the crops of capability of resisting natural disasters, improve the
biological property, and achieve balanced production of crops in all seasons.
Total Power
of Agricultural Machinery refers to total power of motive power machines used in agriculture,
forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, including machinery for ploughing,
irrigation and drainage, harvesting, agricultural transport, plant protection,
animal husbandry, fishery and other agricultural machineries (For the power of
internal combustion engines, it is converted from its horsepower into watts
while for electric motors the output power is converted into watts). Motive
power machines and operating machines specially used for industry run by township,
towns, villages and teams, capital construction, non-agricultural transport,
scientific experiments and teaching and other non-agricultural production, are
not included.
Rural Electricity Consumption refers to the yearly electricity consumption in rural
production and living after the deduction of electricity consumption in
industrial, transport, and capital construction and other entities in rural
state-owned economy (measured with KWh, on annual accumulated basis), including
both the electricity supplied from the state grid, and from power stations run
by villages.
Consumption of Chemical Fertilizers refers to the quantity of chemical fertilizers
applied in agriculture in the year, including nitrogenous fertilizer, phosphate
fertilizer, potash fertilizer, and compound fertilizer. The application amount
of chemical fertilizers is calculated in terms of equivalent pure amount by
means of converting the gross weight of the respective fertilizers into weight
containing effective ingredient (e.g. nitrogen content in nitrogenous
fertilizer, phosphorous pentoxide contents in
phosphate fertilizer, and potassium oxide contents in potash fertilizer).
Equivalent
Pure Amount = physical quantity× content (%) of effective ingredients of
certain chemical fertilizer
Afforestation Area refers to the area of forest built in the reporting period on any
land where afforestation is possible, including waste
mountains and waste land and sand hills, where arbor forest and shrub forest
are planted in manners of artificial planting, seedling planting, aircraft
seeding, which meet the requirements in the Technical Specifications on Afforestation upon check and acceptance, and with survival
rate of 85% over in line with Detailed Rules for Implementation of Law of
Forest, P.R.C. It excludes the re-planting area and the area of grass planting
for sand control purpose.
Number of Towns and Administrative Villages refer to households living in the
administrative areas in towns and villages (excluding towns just outside city
gates) for many years (more than one year), including those living in
administrative villages under the jurisdiction of towns just outside city gate.
Households with non-local household register but living locally for more than
one year are also included in local rural households; households with local
household register but staying away for more than one year with all family
members are also included in local rural households; excluding collective
households in government agencies, groups, schools, enterprises, and public
institutions in state economy as well as households in concentrated commercial
residential quarters in rural areas.
Towns and Administrative Villages Population refers to the population in
permanent households in rural areas, namely those regularly living or living in
the household for more than 6 months, and whose economy and life are a part of
the household. Employed persons staying out for more than 6 months but taking
most of their income to home, whose economy is a part of the household, is
still regarded as permanent population of the household; employees and retired
persons of the State who live in the household, and whose life is a part of the
household is also permanent population of the household. But soldiers in active
service, enrolled students (externs excluded) in technical secondary schools,
as well as employed persons always staying away (excluding going home to visit
their families and see a doctor) and having a stable job and residential place,
are not regarded as permanent household population.
Number of Persons Employed in Towns and Administrative
Villages refer to persons above