ABSTRACT
For a better understanding of the complexity of Chinese agriculture we have utilized data at county level. The Abstract of the First National Agricultural Census in China just shows seven maps representing data at county level. The seven variables represented in the maps are: per capita possession of cultivated land; agricultural machinery power
possessed by 100 persons engaged in agricultural activities; proportion of nonagricultural households to rural households; proportion of persons engaged in agricultural activities to rural persons engaged; proportion of effectively irrigated area to agricultural land; proportion of number of towns to total number of towns and townships; educational level for rural labour force in years.
