1.This Yearbook refers to the develop-ment and information of agriculture,forestry,animal husbandry,fishery,land reclamation,farm machinery,water conservancy,meteorol-ogy,agricultural natural disaster,etc.in Chi-na.It has been published both in Chineseand English since 1985. 2.The English edition bases itselfmainly on the Chinese edition of China Agri-culture Yearbook 2016.The compilation isunder the auspices of the Ministry of Agricul-ture and from the assistance of various minis-tries and state departments concerned.Thedata of the statistics of agricultural economyare from the National Bureau of Statistics,Ministry of Agriculture,State Forestry Ad-ministration,Ministry of Water ResourcesChina Meteorological Administration andGeneral Administration of Customs,etc. The English edition of this Yearbookdoes not include the information fromHongkong,Macao,and Taiwan Province ofChina unless specially stated.
