This Yearbook refers to the developmentand information of agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry,fishery,township enterprises,land reclamation,farm machinery,water conservancy,meteorology and etc.inChina.It has been published both in Chineseand English since 1985.The English edition bases itselfmainly on the Chinese edition of China AgricultureYearbook 2012.The compilation isunder the auspices of the Ministry of Agricultureand from the assistance of various ministriesand state departments concerned.Thedata of the statistics of agricultural economyare from the State Bureau of Statistics,Ministryof Agriculture,State Forestry Administration,Ministry of Water Resources,ChinaMeteorological Administration and GeneralAdministration of Customs and etc.The English edition of this Yearbookdose not include the information fromHongkong,Macao,and Taiwan Province ofChina unless specially stated.
