0130 - Gulin Hilly Area Puts On New Outlook. Situated on the banks of the C...Back

Gulin Hilly Area Puts On New Outlook. Situated on the banks of the Chishui River that forms the boundary between Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, Gulin county is rich in natural recources. The economic development of this county in Sichuan province was in the past hampered by overemphasis on grain production. Like other place's in rural China, Gulin county has been carrying out reforms of its economic structure and energetically developing commodity production since 1979. Now tobacco, wine, oil-bearing crops, timber and coal are produced in the county, which has also developed animal husbandry. The total industrial and agricultural output value in 1984 exceeds that of 1980 by 71.74 percent. As a result, the living standards of the peasants have improved.