1．General Surveys 3
Crop Farming 3
Grain Production in 1987 5
Forestry Development 7
The Worst Forest Fire in Daxinganling 9
Animal Husbandry 11
Fisheries in 1987 14
Township Enterprises in 1987 17
State Farms and Land Reclamation 19
Farm Mechanization 23
Agricultural Machinery Industry 26
Water Conservancy in 1987 27
Flood Situation in 1987 30
Drought in 1987 32
Meteorology in 1987 34
Rural Energy Development 36
Agricultural Environment Conservation 38
2．Rural Economic Reform 1978— 1987
3．Rural Economic Policies 55
Developments of the Rural Cooperative Economy in China 55
Counties Developed as Commodity Grain Bases 58
Development of High Quality Agro-Product Bases 59
Development of an Export-Oriented Agricultural Production System 61
Export-Oriented Agriculture Makes Headway in Suzhou 63
Humen—An Export-Oriented Township 65
The Manifold Management of Agricultural Machinery in Gongzhuling City,Jilin Province 67
Specialized Agriculture at Beijing's Evergeen Township 69
Contracting Farmland Through Public Bidding in Caoyi Village 70
Protection and Rational Utilization of Wildlife 71
Tapping the Tropical Crop Resources 73
Measures Taken to Protect Fishery Resources in the Changjiang(Yangtze)River 75
Comprehensive Control of the Loess Plateau in Gansu Province 76
Development of Farmers'Professional Technical Association 79
Progress in Welfare Undertaking for the Rural Elderlies 80
4．A Brief Introduction of the Farmer Entrepreneurs5．Conferences on AgricultureNational Conference on Agro-Technology Development 95
National Conference on Hybrid Rice Development 95
National Conference on Pastoral Regions 96
National Conference on Marine Cultivation 97
The National Symposium on Rural Cooperative Economy 98
The Third Symposium of the Research Society of Chinese Rural Cooperative Economic Organization Management 99
National Symposium on Ecological Agriculture 100
National Conference of Soil and Fertilizer Station Directors 101
National Conference on Seed Management 101
National Conference of Plant Quarantine Service Directors 102
National Symposium on Biocontrol 102
National Conference of Forestry Directors 102
Forestry Directors'Conference for Nine Provinces and Autonomous Regions in South China 102
National Conference on Grassland Development 103
National Meeting on State Farm Commerce 103
National Conference on Township Enterprises 103
National Conference on Foreign Exchange-Earning Township Enterprises 103
National Meeting on Safety Supervision over Farm Machinery 104
The National Conference on Rural Water Conservation 104
The National Conference of Meteorological Bureau Directors 105
National Meeting on the Reform of Rural Financial System 106
National Branch Directors'Conference of China Agricultural Bank 106
National Conference on Agricultural Exhibitions 106
The First National Meeting for Commendation and Exchanging Experiences on the Month of Science and Educational Films on Agriculture and Forestry 107
6．Agricultural Science and TechnologyImplementation of the Sparks Programme 111
Bumper Harvest Programme for Agriculture,Animal Husbandry and Fishery 112
Key Technology Development in Agriculture 115
Exploitation of High-Quality Rices 118
Insect Pest Control with Trichogramma Wasps 120
Cultivation of Fast Growing and High-Yielding Hawthorn 122
Extension of Super Clone of Chinese Fir 123
Zhongyuan Fine Beef Cattle 124
The Comprehensive Culture of the Paddy-duckweed-fish 125
Extension of Mitten Crab Culturing Technique 127
Chinese Honey Wine 128
Achicvements in Scientific Research 129
Breeding of Hybrid Rice Wciyou 64 129
A New Cultivar of Wheat:Mianyang 15 129
The Spring Wheat Cultivar Kefeng 2 130
A Selective Medium with Nigrosine for Maize Bacterial Wilt 130
Identification of Maize Dwarf Mosaic Virus Strains and Screening of Its Resistant Source 131
Origination,Protein Content and Photo-Thermal Ecology of Wild Soybean(Glycine spp.)in China 131
Studies on Yield and Protein Content in Wild and Semi-Wild Soybeans 132
A Superior Cotton Germplasm Xingtai 6871 132
A New Cotton Cultivar:Lumian 6 133
Three Lines of Cytoplasmic Male Sterile Brassica napus and Their F1 Hybrid Qinyou No.2 133
Genic Male-Sterile Hybrid Brassica napus 133
A New Cultivar of Kenaf:7804 134
The New Tomato Cultivar Zhongshu No.4(Xianfeng) 134
The Cycle of Apple Rot and Its Control Measures 135
The Formation of Azolla-Alga Symbiont 135
Comprehensive Soil and Water Conservation in Xiji Loess Area,Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 136
Collection of Wood Species on Loess Plateau and Experiment of Introduction 136
Investigation of Natural Resources and Comprehensive Planning for Agricultural Development in"Three Norths"Shelter Belt 137
National Standard GB-6000-85 Seedlings of Main Species for Afforestation 137
Breeding Procedure and Selecting Elite Family of Chinese Fir 138
Grafting Technique of Pine Trees with Single Needle Clusters 138
Theory and Practice for Cultivation of High Yielding Moso Bamboo Plantation 138
Rejuvenation of Plus Trees of Chinese White Poplar and Method of Its Fast Propagation 139
Sand-fixation Afforestation at Shapotou Section Along Baotou-Lanzhou Railway 139
Application of Nucleoid Polygon Virus to Poplar Spanworm 140
Experiment of Aerial Sowing on Shifting Sand Area of Yulin County,Shaanxi Province 140
Comprehensive Measures for Increasing Latex Production of Mature Budded Para-Rubber Trees 141
Standard of Urea-Formaldehyde Resin for Wood Adhesives 141
Preparation and Application of CJ-2 Complexing Agent 141
Development and Utilization of ABT Rooting Powder 142
Techniques for Artificial Breeding and Raising of Yangzi Crocodile 142
Breeding of Chinese Black and White Cows 143
Immunizing Methods of Trivalence Vaccine for Swine Fever 143
Diagnosis of Swine Dysentery(SD)and Purification of SD Pathogen with Chemicals 144
Studies and Application of Inactive and Attenuated Vaccines of Lymphadenitis Epizootic in Horses 144
Breeding of Shuangyang Plum Flower Deer(Cervus rippon) 145
The Nutritive Need for Black Carp and Megalobrama amblycephala and Their Feed Prescription 145
The Development of the Simulated Jellyfish 146
Frozen Expansion Classification of Hydraulic Structure Foundation in Seasonal Frozen-soil Area 146
A Study on Natural Agroclimatic Resource and Agroclimatic Demarcation 147
Meteorological Science Experiment of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 148
Studies on Chinese Agronomic History 149
7．Agricultural Education 153
Agricultural Education 153
Forestry Education 155
Peasants'Cultural and Technical Schools Run by Townships and Villages 156
Water Conservancy and Hydraulic Engineering Education 158
Meteorological Education 160
Basic Statistics of Agricultural Institutions of Higher Learning,1987 162
Basic Statistics of Agricultural Secondary Specialized Schools,1987 171
8．International Cooperation of AgricultureInternational Cooperation in Agriculture 175
International Cooperation in Forestry 177
13th Ministerial Session ofthe World Food Council 179
International Symposium on Rural Development Strategy 179
International Symposium on Dryland Farming 180
China-Japan Seminar on Cooperative Rice Breeding 181
Symposium on Veterinary Acupuncture and Moxibustion 182
Executive Meeting of the International Commission on Large Dams 183
WFP-Assisted Projects in 1987 183
Projects with IFAD Loans in 1987 184
Integrated Agricultural Development Project in North China Plain by Using World Bank Loans 184
Improving Tea-Oil Trees in Hunan Province with External Assistance 185
China and the Soviet Union Decided to Resume Work for the Programme of Utilization of Water Resources 185
9．Chronicle of Agricultural Events 1987
10．Statistics of Agricultural Economy, 1987
Agricultural and Non-agricultural Population by Province,1987 199
Rural Basic Statistics by Province,1987 200
Number of Labour Force of Townships and Villages by Province,1987 201
Gross Agricultural Output Value,Physical Consumption and Net Output Value and Their Composition,1987 204
Gross Agricultural Output Value,Physical Consumption and Net Output Value and Their Composition by Provinee,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 205
Gross Agricultural Output Value by Province,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 206
Composition of Gross Agricultural Output Value by Province,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 207
Gross Agricultural Output Value by Province,1987(Calculated at 1980 constant prices) 208
Agricultural Physical Consumption by Province,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 209
Average Yield of Major Farm Crops Per Capita by Province,1987 210
Agricultural Net Output Value by Province,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 211
Gross Rural Society Output Value by Province,1987 212
Output and Sown Area of Major Farm Crops,1987 213
Output and Sown Area of Major Grain Crops by Province,1987 214
Output and Sown Area of Major Industrial Crops by Province,1987 222
Output of Silkworm Cocoons,Tea and Fruits by Province,1987 231
Areas of Mulberry Planting,Oak Planting,Tea Planting and Orchard by Province,1987 234
Planted Area and Output of Major Tropical and Subtropical Crops,1987 236
State Forest Farms by Province,1987 238
Storage and Operation Acreage of State Forest Farm by Province,1987 239
Afforested Areas of State Farms and Grown Seedling Areas by Province 240
Output of Forest Products by Province,1987 241
Output of Timber,Bamboo and Sawn Lumber by Province 243
Output of Timber and Bamboo of the Rural Collective and Peasant's Household by Province 244
Output of Plywood,Shaving Board and Fibreboard by Province 245
Output of Resin,Tannin Extract and Shellac by Province 246
Management and Protection Facilities on State Forest Farms by Province,1987 247
Output of Maior Livestock Products 248
Number of Domestic Animal and Poultry(Year-end figure) 249
Output of Meat and Number of Slaughtered Fatling Hogs,Cattle,Sheep and Goats by Province,1987 250
Output ofMajor Livestock Products by Province,1987 252
Number of Domestic Animals by Province,1987(Year-end figure) 254
State Fishing-grounds by Province,1987 261
Output of Freshwater and Seawater Aquatic Products by Province,1987 262
Organizations of Fishmen by Province,1987 263
Output of Main Varieties in Seawater Aquatic Products 266
Output of Marine Fishing by Province,1987 267
Area of Seawater Fishery Culture by Province,1987 268
Output and Area of Freshwater Fishery Culture by Province,1987 270
Motor Fishing Boats by Province,1987(Year-end figure) 272
Non-Motor Fishing Boats by Province,1987(Year-end figure) 273
Commercial Fishery Production Bases of Artificially Cultured by Province,1987 274
Basic Statistics of Enterprises in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 276
Gross Output Value of Agriculture and Industry of State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987(Calculated at 1987 current prices) 278
Sown Area and Output of Farm Crops in State Farms of Land Reclamation 279
Planted Area and Output of Fruits and Tea in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 280
NumberofLivestock in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987(Year-end figure) 281
Output of Animal Husbandry in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 282
Output and Area of Aquatic Products Culture in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 283
Major Agricultural Machinery of State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 284
Level of Agricultural Modernization of State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 286
Statistics of Family Farms in State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 288
Industrial Enterprises of State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 290
Output of Major Industry Products of State Farms and Land Reclamation by Province,1987 292
Number of Township Enterprises by Province,1987 296
Number of Enterprises Run by Townships and Villages by Province,1987 297
Number of Persons of Township Enterprises by Province,1987 299
Number of Persons of Enterprises Run by Townships and Villages by Province,1987 300
Total Income of Township Enterprises by Province,1987 302
Total Income of Enterprises Run by Townships and Villages by Province,1987 303
Main Financial Indicators of Enterprises Run by Townships and Villages by Province,1987 304
The Exports of Township Enterprises by Province,1987 308
Output of Major Products of Township Enterprises by Province,1987 310
Major Agricultural Machinery (Year-end figure) 319
Major Agricultural Machinery by Province,1987 321
Major Agricultural Machinery,1987(By ownership) 332
Capacity and Irrigating Area of Reservoirs by Province,1987 333
Permanent Irrigation and Drainage Pumping Stations and Turbine-pump Stations by Province,1987 335
Area with Waterlogging Prevention Measures and improved Area of Saline-alkaline Land by Province 336
Natural Disaster Covered and Affected Areas by Province,1987 337
Meteorological Observatories and Weather Stations by Province,1987 338
Level of Agricultural Modernization 339
Agricultural Mechanization by Province,1987 340
Bring Farmland Under Irrigation by Province,1987 341
Electrification in Rural Areas by Province 342
Consumption of Chemical Fertilizer for Agricultural Use by Province,1987(At actual consumption) 343
Consumption of Chemical Fertilizer for Agricultural Use by Province,1987(At effective basis) 345
Economic Income and Expenditure in the Rural Areas by Province,1987 347
Basic Indicators of Households Surveyed 354
Net Income Per Capita in the Peasant's Household and Its Sources 355
Average Net Income Per Capita of Peasants by Province 356
Composition of Average Net Income Per Capita of Peasants by Province 358
Living Expenditure Per Capita of Peasants by Province 359
Composition of Living Expenditure Per Capita of Peasants by Province 362
Expenditure on Commodities Per Capita of Peasants by Province 364
Composition of Expenditure on Commodities Per Capita of Pcasants by Province 365
Living Out-of-pocket Expenses Per Capita of Peasants by Province 366
Composition of Living Out-of-pocket Expenses Per Capita of Peasants by Province 367
Per Capita Consumption of Major Foods of Peasants by Province 370
Possession of Principal Durable Consumer Goods Per 100 Peasants by Province 373