To meet t changing market, the sown areas of grain was 103.99 million hectares, a decrease of 2.09 million hectares as compared with that in the previous year, and the sown areas of cotton was 4.18 million hectares, a decrease of 630,000 hectares.

• 适应市场需求变化，全年粮食种植面积10399万公顷，棉花种植面积418万公顷，分别比上年减少209万公顷和63万公顷；