The eilai economy has historically been dominated by agriculture, known as “grass county”. While geographical conditions are excellent, historically there have been frequent droughts, floods, winds and tides, with “three days without rain and one day with rain to flood lakes”. Over the past decade or so, 10 families have lost their homes and nine families have lost their homes. In the past, agricultural production had been slow to develop under the feudal land regime. In 1949, an average of 101 kg of rice was produced throughout the county, with a total production of 385,000 tons and a total agricultural output of 3777 million yuan. Following the establishment of the new china, land reform was introduced to increase social productivity and promote agricultural production. Particularly since 1978, the implementation of co-contracting responsibilities in rural areas has encouraged farmers to produce and has promoted scientific farming, with a marked increase in food production. In 1987, the average acre production was 378 kg, with a total output of 12. 29 million tons, an increase of 50 per cent and 5. 3 per cent, respectively, over 1978. On this basis, the production layout has been rationalized, agricultural development has been organized, and fruit production, which is based on pineapple, bananas, the production of which is at the top of the tide, and meat is fresh and sweet and well known in hong kong. Other cash crops are grown mainly in peanuts, tea, jute, radish, vegetables and sugar cane, with radish quality the highest in the country. Vegetables grow from subsistence to outgrocing. By 1987, there were 2,263 million acres of fruit grown throughout the county, representing a total annual production of 212,000 tons, an increase of 1. 79 times greater than in 1978 and a five-fold increase in total production, of which 84,000 acres were grown by gills, with a total production of 1,293 tons, which was 2. 65 and 16. 7 per cent higher respectively than in 1978, with pineapple and bananas growing to varying degrees. Total agricultural output was 205 million yuan, an increase of 91. 6 per cent over 1978。
Agricultural production has been severely damaged and farmers have suffered. Following the establishment of the new china, and with the attention of the party and the people's government, large-scale embankments were built, water was built and natural disaster resilience was improved. By 1987, 224 pond reservoirs had been constructed throughout the county, including 1 large reservoir, 7 medium-sized, 216 small, 400 million cubic metres of water stored and 2,759 million acres of irrigation; 29 water lifting works, 8. 57 million cubic metres of water extracted and 24,000 acres of irrigation. The reinforcement of the river's embankments and dam, 251. 2 km, of which the yonggang dry embankment is 25 km, defends 222,000 acres of cultivated land, improves agricultural production conditions and essentially irrigates agricultural land. At the same time, the mandate for the integrated development and utilization of water resources and the construction of hydroelectric plants are being strengthened. In the 38 years since the establishment of the new china, 48 large and small hydroelectric plants, such as the fukuda and the bridge, have been built throughout the county and are equipped with 62 units with a capacity of 123,000 kilowatts. Address rural and urban electricity lighting and supply of some industrial electricity, agricultural power and irrigation. There are 1,015 million acres of mountain land in huilai. Prior to the establishment of the new china, most of the land was desolate, and the coast was sandy. Since the establishment of the new china, emphasis has been placed on the greening of forests, both for timber, new carbon, bamboo and fruit, and for coastal sand beaches and protected forests. By 1977, there were 540,000 acres of forest cover throughout the county, increasing forest cover from 1 per cent in 1950 to 28. 7 per cent, but there was also a failure to “cut the steel of the forest” during the 1958 cultural revolution and a setback in forestry development. By the 1980s, there had been new developments in reforestation through the establishment of a system of accountability between leaders at the county, town and village levels and a forestry development approach centred on rapid economic efficiency, with a focus on the integration of forest fruit and the construction of productive forests. According to the forestry sector, by 1987 there were 779,000 acres of forest cover throughout the county, accounting for 76. 7 per cent of the mountain area, an increase of 44 per cent over 1977 and a forest cover of 41. 5 per cent. The main species of wood are pineapple, sauerkraut, succubus, bamboo, etc. The main species of fruit are pineapple, plum, pear, peaches, and plum. The whole district has largely eradicated the desert mountains and the fruit of the forest has grown。
Eilai farmers have traditionally focused on pig, sheep and goats and chickens, geese and ducks (hereinafter referred to as the three birds) as important sources of income from livestock-raising operations. Since the establishment of the new china, the farming industry has grown relatively rapidly, with a total of 326,000 live pigs in 1985 and a total of 202,000 at the end of the year, 2. 3 and 3. 3 times more than in 1949 respectively. To accelerate the rapid development of the livestock industry, australia's pastures were introduced in 1987, with an area of 8088 acres grown across the county, which is the top of the counties in the city. The total annual production is 25,000 tons of hay, which accounts for half of the city's output. The establishment of pilot processing plants for animal feed and of integrated demonstration centres for pastures have created favourable conditions for livestock development. In 1987, there were 30. 9 million farmed cattle at the end of the year, an increase of 59. 3 per cent over 1978, 349. 8 million raw pigs and 200. 8 million at the end of the year, an increase of 40. 8 per cent and 19. 1 per cent, respectively, over 1978, and 1. 73 million birds and 1. 42 times more。
As a result of scientific and technological progress, fishing vessels were equipped with modern fishing equipment and communication equipment, which contributed to a significant increase in the total amount of aquatic production, which amounted to 288,000 tons in 1987, a 7. 2-fold increase over 1949. Of these, 254,000 tons were fished and 1333 tons were farmed, 6. 5 and 24 times more than in 1949 respectively. Fame seafood products such as squid, lobster, shrimp, abalone, sea urchin, plaster, eel, squid, veggies, crabs, etc. Are widely sold in the sea and beyond. With the further implementation of the policy of reform and openness, the development of freshwater farming has been rapid. In 1986, the county invested 29,644,000 yuan and $5. 5 million in the construction of 7,100 acres of shrimp ponds, 2 shrimp nursery rooms and 2,000 cubic metres of seedling water in the yanghai region. The construction of 311. 4 acres of eel ponds in long river, creek west, etc. The build-up of abalone farms in the fountain and the sea of aspen is increasing in scale. A large number of fish products, including shrimp, eel and abalone, and aquatic products are entering international markets. In 1987, there were 150 tons of freshwater fishing and 1931 tons of fresh water farming throughout the county, an increase of 85. 4 per cent and 215. 5 per cent, respectively, over 1980 and the initial exploitation of marine and freshwater resources。
