| Lijiang is an agricultural county where is mostly located in the mountainous or semi-mountainous plateau, with nonirrigated farming. There are totally 24 administrative township (towns), 152 villages (offices), 1053 natural village hamlets. Lijiang has population of 330,000, among which agricultural population takes 275,000. There are 37,867 ha farmland, 0.13 ha per capita. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping's socialistic theory of construction with Chinese characteristics and basic policies of Communist Party, the agricultural basic strategy has been carried out, taking growths of agricultural products and farmer's income as the targets, increasingly developing agriculture with high output, good quality and high efficiency. By the end of Eighth Five Year Plan, the grain and economic crops had been developed greatly, having bumper harvests for 5 years. Total grain output in 1995 in whole county reached 128,682 tons, total value of output in agriculture 247.15 million RMB Yuan, net economic income in villages 182.49 million RMB Yuan, which has laid a foundation for the agricultural development in Ninth Five Year Plan. | |
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 Base of growing seedlings of Shanyu (a vegetable) |
| The year of 1996 was the first year of the Ninth Five Year Plan, also the year with most growth of grains in the history of Lijiang county. Total output of grains and beans in the whole year reached 132,377 tons, net growth of 3695 tons, comparing with 128,682 tons in 1995, increased by 2.9%. Gross income in village economy in Lijiang county was 386 million RMB Yuan, increased by 10%, net income 205 million RMB Yuan, increased by 3.5% comparing with that in 1995. Among the incomes, planting income was 179 million RMB Yuan, increased by 4.7% comparing with 170 million RMB Yuan in 1995; net income per farmer was 679 RMB Yuan, increased by 1.9% comparing with 666 RMB Yuan in 1995. The target of Striving for Good Harvest in Disastrous Year set by the County Committee and County Government at the beginning of the year has been realized. In 1997, the Lijiang County Committee and County Government once again take the striving for agricultural bumper harvest as great measures of earthquake resistance, disaster relief, and reconstruction of homeland, strengthening foundation position of agriculture. The agriculture had a new breakthrough in the whole county. The sown areas of Xiaochun crops (sown in late autumn) were 20813 ha, increased by 3.5%, or 708 ha, comparing with 20105 ha in 1996; predicting that output of grains and beans will reach 52753 tons, increased by 4.3%, or 2151 tons comparing with 50602 tons in 1996. The sown areas of Dachun crops (sown in spring) were 29144 ha, among which corn was 14667 ha (hybrid corn 12067 ha and corn covered by plastic sheets 4200 ha); rice 4203 ha; potatoes 2666 ha; coarse cereals 6164 ha (kidney bean 5667 ha); and soybean 1445 ha. The sown area of fall rape was 1000 ha. The planting plan has been completed or extra-completed and the measures of various agronomy have been implemented or are being carried out. If the weather is favorable for the crops, with strengthening of farming and management, Dachun harvests are settled. | |
 Base for potatoes |
 Experimental field for high output of wheat |
 Base for lily seed breeding |
