1.3 China Natural Resources @ The China Perspective

1-3 Natural Resources

Item	2003

Land Resources (10 000 hectares)
Area of Cultivated Land	13004
Area of Undeveloped Land	10800
Useable for Agricultural Production	3535
Area of Afforested Land	26329
Undeveloped Land Usable for Afforestation	5393
Area of Grassland	40000
Utilizable Area	31333
Forest Resources
Total Standing Stock Volume (100 million cu.m)	124.9
Forest Area (10 000 hectares)	15894
Stock Volume of the Forest (100 million cu.m)	112.7
Forest-coverage Rate (%)	16.55
Water Resources
Land
Total Water Resources Volume (100 million cu.m)	28124
Surface Water Volume	27115
Melt-Water Volume of Glaciers	563
Ground Water Volume	8288
Hydropower Resources (100 million kw)	6.76
Developable Resources	3.79
Inland Water Area (10 000 hectares)	1747
Cultivatable Area	675
Cultivated Area	467
Sea
Theoretical Sea-energy Reserves (100 million kw)	6.3
Coastal Area (10 000 sq.km)	28
Sea-beach Area (10 000 sq.km)	2.08
Cultivatable Area in Marine Areas (10 000 hectares)	260.01
Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)	109.49
Cultivable Area in Shallow Sea and Sea-beaches	242
(10 000 hectares)
Cultivated Area (10 000 hectares)	89.37


a) Figures on land resources in the table were obtained from surveys in previous years. The figures are subject t
cultivated land were taken from the 1996's agricultural census. The area of grassland was the figure of 1991's survey. Figures on area of afforested
land and forest resources were taken from the Third Forest Census (1994-1998). Water Resources were the estimated figures in 1985.
b) Total amount of water resources is equal to surface water plus ground water and minus the repeat-calculated part between them.

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