Current Environmental Issues: air pollution from reliance on coal produces acid rain; China is the world's largest single emitter of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels; water shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species
Total Labor Force: 797.6 million
Labor Force in Agriculture: 33.6%
Agricultural Products Description: world leader in gross value of agricultural output; rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish
China is the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, but contaminated water has created serious food safety and environmental problems.