民国时期农情报告制度论略

民国时期的农情报告制度,是近代中国的一项新兴事业,但发展迅速,在内容的深度、广度和系统性上,都超过了以往的农业统计,成为20世纪三四十年代我国农业统计的主要来源。中央农业实验所接办后,农情报告事业建章立制,获得长足发展,从中央到地方普遍设置了专门的农情报告机关,全国农情报告员网络基本形成,农情报告员的选聘从任意走向规范,农情报告工作程序标准化,形成了一套行之有效的制度规定。农情报告制度不仅为民国时期农业改良、农业政策的制定与实施提供了重要的依据,而且也为后人的学术研究提供了宝贵的文献资料,是中国农情信息现代化的重要环节。新中国成立后,这一制度得以沿用。

On the Reporting System of Agricultural Information in the Period of the Republic of China

The agricultural information reporting system was a new undertaking in modern China,which developed rapidly.It surpassed the previous agricultural statistics in depth,breadth and systematicness,and became the main source of agricultural statistics in China in the 1930s and 1940s.After the Central Agricultural Laboratory took over the agricultural information report,the agricultural information reporting system was established and developed greatly.Specialized agricultural information reporting organs were set up from the central to local governments.The national network of agricultural information reporters was basically formed.The selection of agricultural information reporters went from arbitrary to standardized,and the working procedures of agricultural information reporting were standardized.Agricultural information reporting system not only provided an important basis for agricultural improvement and the formulation and implementation of agricultural policies in the Republic of China,but also provided valuable literature for future academic research.It was an important link in the modernization of agricultural information in China and was still in use after the founding of New China.