1997-02, China’s First National Census of Agriculture《中国首次农业普查》

China’s First National Census of Agriculture
Scott No: 2746
Serial number: 1997-2
Values in set: 1
(1-1), China’s First National Census of Agricolture, 50 fen, 30*40mm
Date of issue: January 1, 1997
Designers: Lu Tianjiao
Size: 30*40mm
Perforation: 12
Sheet composition: 50
Printing process: offset

China is the largest agricultural country in the world. Agriculture serves as the foundation of its national economy, and rural economy is an important component of the national economy. In order to know precisely the scale and structure of the factors in China’s agricultural production and to further comprehend the basic information about the rural economy and social development, so as to assist the formulation of the development strategy for the national economy and of the rural policies, the Chinese Government conducted the country’s first general survey on agriculture in 1997.

On January 1, 1997, more than 6 million certified pollsters carried out a comprehensive survey on China’s 230 million rural households, about 800,000 administrative villages, 50,000 towns and townships and more than 20 million rural enterprises. The general survey on agriculture was conducted by directly investigating the surveyed and making registration on the spot by pollsters. The on-the-spot investigations of the country’s first general survey on agriculture has started across the country, and the survey and the processing of data are expected to be completed at the end of 1998.

1997年纪念邮票《中国首次农业普查》
国家邮政局1997年1月1日发行《中国首次农业普查》纪念邮票1套1枚。
（1-1）J 中国首次农业普查 50 分 3059.25万枚

志号名称：1997-2J
版别：胶印
整版枚数：50枚
全套面值：0.50元
齿孔度数：12度
邮票规格：30×40毫米
设计者：卢天骄
印制机构：辽宁省沈阳邮电印刷厂

为了准确掌握农业生产要素的规模与结构，查清农村家底，研究确定国民经济发展战略和规划，为制定政策提供科学依据，推动农业和农村经济更快更好地发展，中国政府决定1997年进行首次全国农业普查。

本次农业普查是一项重大的国情力调查，对全国2.3亿个农村住户、近80万个行政村、5万个乡镇、2000多万乡镇企业进行了全面查点。1994～1996年进行准备，1997年1月1日正式查点，上半年提供手工汇总的主要数据，全部调查及数据处理工作于1998年底结束。并采用计算机进行编辑、计算和建立数据库，积极开展普查资料的开发和利用。