It is said that the agriculture of Hunan has been being very important in China since ancient times. There are not only advanced crop cultivation but also developed animal husbandry, developing forestry, fruit production and agricultural by-product processing technologies. Rice production of our province ranks the first in our country. Annually, there are 47,620,000 commercial pigs and the number ranks the second in China. Ramie production, textile production and day-lily production all rank the first in China.
Tea leave production and orange production rank the second and the third, respectively.
There is a total tree storage of two hundred and fourty-five million cubic metres in Hunan which annually produces more than 3 million cubic metres of wood material, and is one of the wood production bases in South China. There are not only rich natural resources but also plentiful labour force, advanced scientific achievements and strong technological manpowers in Hunan. There are many projects and good prospects for agricultural development. Hunan has been followed with interest by the investors from Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan. Most of the projects have yielded market economic, Social and ecological benefits.