Cotton wool

Cotton is one of the most important economy crops in China. Cotton is not only in relation to people's life, but also to income of cotton farmers and economic development of cotton planting zones, and to national textile supply and foreign exchange income, it's regarded highly by the central government. Since 1980s, there are about 800 counties, 50 million farmers and 0.2 billion agriculture population to deal with cotton production in China. In 1950s, China's cotton planting area was about 5.5 million hectares; in 1960s and 1970s, it's about 4.7 million hectares; in 1980s,China cotton production had a rapid development, and in 1984,cotton planting area reached to 6.92 million hectares; since 1990s cotton area keeps in 5.5 million hectares, and cotton production is mainly located in Xinjiang Autonomous Zone, the middle and lower stream of the Yangtse drainage area, and the Yellow and Huai rivers' drainage area.