Since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, the State has attached great importance to agricultural development. Especially since the nation’s implementation of the policies of Reform and Opening-up in 1979, including the policy of taking agriculture as the foundation of the national economy, China has scored great achievements in agricultural development. To cite a few examples, the total grain output grew from 304 million tons in 1978, to 492.5 million tons in 1997. Cotton output grew from 2.16 million tons in 1978, to 4.2 million tons in 1997. Sugar-cane grew from 21.11 million tons in 1978 to 78.79 million tons in 1997. Aquatic products grew from 4.66 million tons in 1978 to 35.6 million tons in 1997 China is now one of the leading producers in the world of grain, cotton, rapeseeds, sugar-yielding crops, peanuts, soybeans, tea, meat and livestock, and ranks first in total output of grain, cotton and rapeseeds.

　　參考譯文：自從1949年人民共和國(guó)成立以來(lái)，國(guó)家高度重視發(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè)。特別是自從1978年我國(guó)實(shí)行“改革開(kāi)放”的各項(xiàng)政策以來(lái)，其中將農(nóng)業(yè)作為國(guó)民經(jīng)濟(jì)基礎(chǔ)的政策，使我國(guó)在發(fā)展農(nóng)業(yè)方面取得了巨大成就。例如，糧食總產(chǎn)量從1978年的3.04億噸，增加到1997年的4.925億噸。棉花總產(chǎn)量從1978年的216萬(wàn)噸，增加到1997年的420萬(wàn)噸。甘蔗從1978年的2111萬(wàn)噸，增加到1997年的7879萬(wàn)噸。水產(chǎn)品從1978年的466萬(wàn)噸，增加到1997年的3560萬(wàn)噸，等等。現(xiàn)在，中國(guó)是世界上糧食、棉花、油菜籽、制糖作物、花生、大豆、茶葉、肉類牲畜等產(chǎn)量最多的國(guó)家之一，其中糧食、棉花、油菜籽的總產(chǎn)量在世界居第一位。