Data for 2007 were obtained from 2008 editions of yearbooks as follows:
| Data item |
Source |
| Crop production |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-15. |
| Crop area |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-13. |
| Soybean production and area |
Rural Statistical Yearbook, tables 7-2 and 7-15. |
| Peach and strawberry production and area |
Unpublished National Bureau of Statistics data |
| Livestock inventories and slaughter |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-18; Rural
Statistical Yearbook, table 7-38. |
| Livestock products output |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-19. |
| Aquatic products output |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-10. |
| Poultry slaughter |
Rural Statistical Yearbook, tables 7-38. |
| Cultivated land area |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-3. |
| Gross output value of agriculture, forestry, and fisheries |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-4. |
| Total power of agricultural machinery |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-5. |
| Agricultural employment (primary industry) |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 4-3. |
| Irrigated area |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-8. |
| Fertilizer use |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-6. |
| Electricity consumed in rural areas |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 12-6. |
| Food consumption per capita, urban |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 9-16. |
| Food consumption per capita, rural |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 9-26 and
Rural Household Survey Yearbook. |
| Per capita living expenditures, urban |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 9-5. |
| Per capita living expenditures and income, rural |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 9-25, 9-21;
and Rural Household Survey Yearbook. |
| Prices |
China Statistical Yearbook, tables 8-5, 8-6,
8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-11. |
| Industrial output |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 13-22. |
| Gross domestic product |
China Statistical Yearbook, table 2-1. |
| Total population |
China Statistical Yearbook, tables 3-1. |
