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Agriculture
and Industry in China
Farmers in fertile areas
produce rice and wheat as well as tea, peanuts, potatoes, sugar
and vegetables. In warmer and wetter places they can grow pineapples
and bananas.
a rice farm in China
Farmers keep sheep,
goats, pigs, chickens and ducks. 
A duck farm in China.
a farmer checks his nets at a fish farm near Suzhou
Aquaculture or fish farming is an important industry. Fish are grown in netted ponds in rivers and lakes. The fish are sold in markets.
Cotton is grown and the fibre used to make cotton cloth. Silk is spun into thread and woven into fabric too.
In factories, workers make steel, farm machinery, motorcars, bicycles, radios, computers and other electrical goods, toys, tools, clothing and footwear. Many people work in the factories where foods and drink are processed.
a Chinese worker assembles a bicycle
From mines the Chinese get coal, petroleum, iron, gold, tin and bauxite
Thousands of people are employed in the tourist industry as guides and drivers and as workers in hotels,restaurants and tourist shops and markets.
Go here to read about the silk industry in China
Acknowledge this
source in your bibliography like this:
China
(2001).
[Online], Available: www.kidcyber.com.au
updated May 2001
