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Table 4.1 The importance of the agricultural and rural sectors in China,

1952 and 2001

1952 2001

Agrcultural value-added
Billion yuan 34 1,461

per cent of GDP 51 15

Agrcultural workers
Million persons 173 365

per cent of total employment 84 50

Rural populaton
Million persons

505* 796

per cent of total population 85 62

* 1953 data.
Source: Calculated from National Bureau of Statistics, 2002, 1999b. Statistical Yearbook
of China , China Statistics Press, Beijing.

Figure 4.1 The structure of rural household income, 2000

Transfer ncome and property ncome

5%

39% Farming

Industry and
servces

44%

12% Other agrcultural
ncome

Source: National Bureau of Statistics, 2001. Statistical Yearbook of China , China Statistics
Press, Beijing.