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7. TABLES AND FIGURES

Table 1. Annual growth rates of China's economy, 1970-98 (%)


Pre-reform

Reform period

1970-78

1979-84

1985-95

1996-98

Gross domestic products

4.90

8.50

9.70

8.70

Agriculture

2.70

7.10

4.00

4.00

Industry

6.80

8.20

12.80

10.70

Service

na

11.60

9.70

7.90

Population

1.80

1.40

1.37

1.00

Per caput GDP

3.10

7.10

8.30

7.70

Per caput real net income in rural areas

0.60

19.10

3.20

7.10

NOTE: Figure for GDP in 1970-78 is the growth rate of national income in real terms. Growth rates are computed using regression method. GDP and per caput consumption growth rates refer to the value in real terms.

SOURCE: China Statistics Yearbook, various issues.

Table 2. Structural changes in China's economy, 1970-98.


1970

1980

1985

1990

1995

1998

Share in GDP


Agriculture

40

30

28

27

20

18

Industry

46

49

43

42

49

49

Services

13

21

29

31

31

33

Share in Agricultural Output


Farming (crop)

82

76

69

65

58

56

Forestry

2

4

5

4

4

3

Livestock

14

18

22

26

30

31

Fishery

2

2

4

5

8

10

Share in Employment


Agriculture

81

69

62

60

52

50

Industry

10

18

21

21

23

23

Services

9

13

17

19

25

27

Share in Export


Primary Products

na

50

51

26

14

11


Foods

na

17

14

11

7

6

Share in Import


Primary Products

na

35

13

19

18

16


Foods

na

15

4

6

5

3

Share of Rural Population

83

81

76

72

71

70

SOURCE: China Statistics Yearbook, various issues; China Rural Statistics Yearbook, various issues.
Table 3. Composition of China's agricultural output value, 1980-97 (%)


1980

1985

1990

1995

1997

Farming

75.6

69.2

64.6

58.4

56.4

Forestry

4.3

5.2

4.3

3.5

3.3

Livestock

18.4

22.1

25.7

29.7

31

Fishery

1.7

3.5

5.4

8.4

9.3

Total

100

100

100

100

100

SOURCE: China Statistics Yearbook, various issues.
Table 4. Annual growth rate of agricultural economy by sector, 1970-97 (%)


Pre-reform

Reform Period

1970-78

1979-84

1985-95

1996-97

Agricultural output value

2.3

7.5

5.6

7.4

Crop

2

7.1

3.8

6.2

Forestry

6.2

8.8

3.9

4.5

Livestock

3.3

9.0

9.1

7.9

Fishery

5.0

7.9

13.7

12.7


Captured

4.4

4.0

10.3

9.9

Cultured

5.7

12.5

13.6

8.5


- Marine

10.2

4.0

17.4

3.5

- Freshwater

3.7

15.8

12.2

11.8

NOTE: Growth rates are computed using regression method. Sectoral growth rates refer to output value in real terms using general price indices for all retailed commodities as deflator, and growth rates of the components of fishery are based on production data. The higher growth rate of fishery real output value than its components (measured in production) in 1996-97 may be due to changing structure of aquatic products in favour of high quality and high value products during the period.

SOURCE: China Statistics Yearbook, various issues; China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.

Table 5. Trend in aquatic production in China, 1970-97 ('000 t)

Year

Total aquatic production

Marine

Freshwater

Total

Captured

Cultured

Total

Captured

Cultured

1970

3 180

2 280

2 100

180

900

320

580

1980

4 497

3 257

2 813

444

1 240

340

900

1990

12 370

7 133

5 509

1 624

5 237

783

4 454

1995

25 172

14 391

10 268

4 123

10 781

1 372

9 409

1997

36 018

21 764

13 853

7 911

14 254

1 886

12 368

SOURCE: China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.
Table 6. Yield of aquaculture from marine and freshwater systems, 1981-97 (kg/ha)

Year

Yield (kg/ha)

Yield index (1981=100)

Total

Marine

Freshwater

Total

Marine

Freshwater

1981

489

3 336

344

100

100

100

1985

780

2 581

645

160

77

188

1990

1 425

3 786

1 163

291

113

338

1995

2 630

8 640

2 015

538

259

586

1997

3 634

8 550

2 389

743

256

694

NOTE: Areas reported exclude fish culture in rice fields.

SOURCE: China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.

Table 7. Various price indices in China, 1978-97

Year

General retail

Urban consumer

Aquatic procurement

Aquatic retail

1978

100

100

100

100

1980

108

110

120

-

1985

128

134

210

233

1986

136

144

231

260

1987

146

156

284

305

1988

173

189

382

396

1989

203

219

381

465

1990

208

222

376

461

1991

214

233

394

468

1992

225

253

426

494

1993

255

292

520

574

1994

310

368

635

693

1995

356

430

714

791

1996

378

467

739

836

1997

381

482

672

846

SOURCE: China Statistics Yearbook, various issues.
Table 8. Area of aquaculture in marine and freshwater systems, 1981-97

Year

Area ('000 ha)

Area share (%)

Total

Marine

Freshwater

Marine

Freshwater

1981

3 019

139

2 880

5

95

1985

3 964

277

3 687

7

93

1990

4 264

429

3 835

10

90

1995

5 146

477

4 669

9

91

1997

5 580

625

4 955

11

89

NOTE: Areas reported exclude fish culture in rice fields.

SOURCE: China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.

Table 9. Changing structure of fishery production, 1950-97

Year

Aquatic products

Captured

Cultured

(%)

(%)

(%)

1950

100

92.3

7.7

1960

100

79.6

20.4

1970

100

76.1

23.9

1980

100

70.1

29.9

1985

100

56.2

43.8

1990

100

50.9

49.1

1995

100

46.2

53.8

1997

100

43.7

56.3

SOURCE: China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.
Table 10. Regional distribution of freshwater aquaculture, 1985-97 (%)

Region

1985

1990

1995

1997

National

100

100

100

100


North

2

4

4

4

Northeast

4

5

5

5

Northwest

0.5

1

1

1

East

36

38

41

42

Central

28

26

24

24

South

24

21

20

20

Southwest

6

6

5

5

SOURCE: China Agriculture Yearbook, various issues.
Table 11. Sizes of aquaculture farms (ha)


Individual households specialized in aquaculture

Aquaculture farming by state and collectives

Intensive

Extensive

Intensive

Extensive

1992

1.8

28.4

40.1

32.9

1994

1.8

27.6

22.9

-

1995

1.9

4.6

3.9

18.1

1996

0.8

2.2

77.9

14.4

1997

2.3

-

42.9

-

SOURCE: State Economic Planning Commission, the Collection of National Agricultural Products Cost and Revenue Information, various issues.
Table 12. Per caput consumption of aquatic products, 1981-97 (kg)

Year

National

Urban

Rural

1981

2.49

7.26

1.28

1982

2.66

7.67

1.32

1983

3.00

8.10

1.59

1984

3.13

7.80

1.74

1985

2.93

7.08

1.64

1986

3.41

8.16

1.87

1987

3.46

7.88

1.96

1988

2.64

7.07

1.10

1989

3.54

7.61

2.10

1990

3.60

7.69

2.13

1991

3.74

8.02

2.21

1992

3.89

8.19

2.25

1993

4.24

8.02

2.76

1994

4.55

8.53

2.96

1995

5.10

9.20

3.36

1996

5.31

9.25

3.68

1997

5.41

9.30

3.75

NOTE: Consumption data presented here are based on national household consumption and expenditure surveys and probably underestimate actual consumption, as consumption away from home is excluded in the surveys.

SOURCE: SSB, rural and urban household consumption and expenditure survey, unpublished.

Table 13. Per caput fish and shrimp consumption (kg) by income groups in urban areas

Year

Average

Income groups (from low to high)

Lowest 10%

Second 10%

Second quintile

Third quintile

Fourth quintile

Ninth 10%

Top 10%

1985

7.08

5.76

6.74

7.20

7.81

8.77

9.12

10.99

1986

8.16

5.04

6.12

6.60

7.08

8.04

8.64

10.20

1987

7.88

5.93

6.68

7.26

7.92

8.52

9.31

10.69

1988

7.07

5.07

5.95

6.47

6.98

7.95

8.44

9.77

1989

7.61

5.54

6.47

6.84

7.71

8.44

9.20

10.29

1990

7.69

5.63

6.09

6.78

7.45

7.92

8.81

9.88

1991

8.02

6.08

6.76

7.15

7.84

8.13

8.94

10.00

1992*

4.44

3.30

3.71

4.07

4.49

4.78

5.42

6.00

1993*

4.23

3.10

3.61

3.89

4.23

4.74

5.08

5.43

1994*

4.48

3.19

3.72

4.16

4.57

4.87

5.18

6.06

1995*

4.73

3.37

3.91

4.63

4.77

5.10

5.44

6.12

1996*

4.77

3.60

4.13

4.49

4.82

5.23

5.36

5.96

NOTE: * Consumption data before 1992 include all fishery products. After 1992, only fish and shrimp are included. Both are underestimates of actual consumption due to unavailable data for consumption away from home.

SOURCE: China Statistical Yearbook, various issues.

Table 14. China's average per caput daily protein intake (g) and sources in 1995.


Total

Grain

Meat

Fish

Other

Rural

63.3

49.5

5.9

1.4

6.5

Urban

64.4

32.5

12.7

2.1

17.1

Rural

100

78.2

9.4

2.2

10.3

Urban

100

50.5

19.7

3.3

26.5

SOURCE: Computed by authors based on the national household consumption and expenditure survey data provided by State Statistical Bureau.
Table 15. Annual growth rates of aquaculture production by species

Year

Total

Black carp

Grass carp

Silver carp

Common carp

Crucian carp

Fresh bream

Fresh crabs

Water abalone

Sea cucumber

Marine pearl

1990

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

na

100.0

100.0

100.0

1991

103.7

95.2

102.2

99.2

113.8

103.5

174.5

na

149.3

1180.0

118.6

1992

115.4

145.2

117.8

113.2

118.8

116.2

112.8

na

179.5

294.9

174.8

1993

121.4

126.7

118.9

117.2

126.3

114.6

183.8

na

173.4

862.1

134.5

1994

121.8

156.7

122.2

117.9

126.5

132.1

178.7

211.4

104.6

377.8

149.2

1995

119.1

99.7

115.7

116.3

124.0

138.6

132.9

186.4

154.4

180.6

145.5

1996

116.8

115.9

116.3

113.1

113.8

129.3

150.9

183.5

138.7

265.4

93.1

1997

112.5

115.7

109.3

109.6

110.7

124.4

160.7

138.9

167.8

125.6

95.8

1998

106.9

111.0

106.7

102.0

109.5

120.2

122.4

139.2

184.2

131.1

129.7

1999

107.6

113.5

109.1

101.5

106.4

119.7

139.5

124.0

137.5

39.5

105.0


Table 16. Per caput aquaculture production by species (kg)

Year

Total

Black carp

Grass carp

Silver carp

Common carp

Crucian carp

Fresh bream

Fresh crabs

Water abalone

Sea cucumber

Marine pearl

1990

3.90

0.03

0.89

1.80

0.46

0.19

0.00

na

0.00010

0.00000

0.00000

1991

3.99

0.03

0.90

1.76

0.51

0.19

0.01

na

0.00015

0.00000

0.00000

1992

4.56

0.04

1.05

1.97

0.60

0.22

0.01

na

0.00027

0.00000

0.00001

1993

5.47

0.06

1.24

2.29

0.75

0.25

0.01

0.00

0.00046

0.00004

0.00001

1994

6.59

0.09

1.49

2.66

0.94

0.32

0.03

0.01

0.00047

0.00014

0.00002

1995

7.77

0.08

1.71

3.07

1.15

0.44

0.03

0.01

0.00073

0.00025

0.00002

1996

8.98

0.10

1.97

3.43

1.30

0.56

0.05

0.03

0.00100

0.00067

0.00002

1997

10.00

0.11

2.13

3.73

1.42

0.69

0.08

0.04

0.00165

0.00083

0.00002

1998

10.59

0.12

2.25

3.77

1.54

0.83

0.10

0.05

0.00302

0.00107

0.00003


Table 17. Fishery imports and exports, 1982-1997

Year

Export

Import

Volume ('000 t)

Value (million US$)

Volume ('000 t)

Value (million US$)

1982

103

313.1*

-

57.9

1983

105

280.7*

-

38.8

1984

124

305.2

-

81.2

1985

120

274.7

-

91.7

1986

167

478.3

-

78.5

1987

218

702.6

-

103.6

1988

264

933.1

-

210.4

1989

294

991.6

-

182.3

1990

358

1 316.1

-

95.0

1991

378

1 181.2

-

268.7

1992

440

1 363.8

-

371.7

1993

460

1 251.5

-

-

1994

570

1 815.5

-

-

1995

610

2 087.3

-

-

1996

640

1 733.6

-

597.5

1997

720

1 881.1

-

543.7

SOURCE: Data with “*” are from China Foreign Trade and Economic Yearbook. Others from China Statistical Yearbook. - = no data available.

Figure 1: Aquaculture marketing channels in China, 1997

Figure 2: Retail Price-Iced Hairtail

Figure 3: Retail Price-Silver Carp

Figure 4: Retail Price-Common Carp

Figure 5: Retail Price-Crucian Carp


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