Research on regional difference of agricultural modernization in China

The inharmonious development of agricultural modernization and regional economy is a major reason to the imbalanced development of regional economy in China. The evaluation index system of modern agriculture is established according to the relevant data from Chinese Agriculture Yearbook 2009, China Rural Statistical Yearbook and China Statistical Yearbook. Using the Grey Relation Analysis, the developmental level of agricultural modernization of 31 provinces and cities in China is ranked and compared by combining the overall regional economic strength. The results show that the developmental level of agricultural modernization in each area of China is various; the agricultural modernization level of each area in China is inharmonious as well as the total economic strength. At last, inharmonious characteristic is presented between agricultural modernization development and regional overall economy development in China.