This yearbook refers to the development and information of agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry,fishery,township enterprises,land reclamation,farm machinery,waterconservancy,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 2008.The compilation is under theauspices 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,Ministry of Agriculture,State Forestry Administration,Ministry of Water Resources,China Meteorological Administration and General Administration of Customs and etc.The English edition of this Yearbook dose not include the information from Hongkong,Macao,and Taiwan Province of China unless specially stated.
