(2004) is a book of references to the development and information of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fisheries, township enterprises, land reclamation, farm machinery, water conservancy, meteorology and etc. in China. It has been published both in Chinese and English since 1985. The English edition bases itself mainly on the Chinese edition of China Agriculture Yearbook 2004 and is supplemented by new entries and special columns. The compilation is under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture and from the assistance of various ministries and state departments concerned. The data of the statistics of agricultural economy are from the State Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Forestry Administration, the Ministry of Water Resources, the China Meteorological Administration and the General Administration of Customs and etc. The English edition of this Yearbook does not include the information from Taiwan Province unless specially stated.
