| Region | 1998 | 1999 | 1999 Increase over 1998 | |||
| Sown Area (1 000 ha) | Output (1 000 000 tn) | Sown Area (1 000 ha) | Output (1 000 000 tn) | Sown Area (%) | Output (%) | |
| National Total | 31839 | 113.23 | 31062 | 118.49 | -2.4 | 4.7 |
| Beijing | 171 | 0.97 | 168 | 0.96 | -1.8 | -1.2 |
| Tianjin | 153 | 0.76 | 143 | 0.72 | -6.6 | -5.9 |
| Hebei | 2794 | 12.65 | 2766 | 12.94 | -1.0 | 2.3 |
| Shanxi | 1020 | 3.28 | 1007 | 2.71 | -1.3 | -17.4 |
| Inner Mongolia | ||||||
| Liaoning | 211 | 0.88 | 226 | 0.89 | 7.3 | 1.9 |
| Jilin | ||||||
| Heilongjiang | ||||||
| Shanghai | 135 | 0.39 | 122 | 0.47 | -9.6 | 20.0 |
| Jiangsu | 2696 | 8.64 | 2581 | 11.96 | -4.3 | 38.4 |
| Zhejiang | 506 | 1.21 | 511 | 1.44 | 1.0 | 19.2 |
| Anhui | 2207 | 6.29 | 2180 | 8.96 | -1.2 | 42.5 |
| Fujian | 180 | 0.55 | 180 | 0.56 | ||
| Jiangxi | 135 | 0.16 | 146 | 0.18 | ||
| Shandong | 3983 | 20.25 | 4005 | 21.18 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Henan | 5036 | 20.95 | 4958 | 23.18 | -1.6 | 10.6 |
| Hubei | 1567 | 5.02 | 1424 | 3.93 | -9.1 | -21.7 |
| Hunan | 316 | 0.64 | 301 | 0.69 | -4.7 | 7.6 |
| Guangdong | 262 | 1.07 | 271 | 1.12 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
| Guangxi | 105 | 0.17 | 100 | 0.17 | -3.9 | -3.4 |
| Hainan | ||||||
| Chongqing | 907 | 2.13 | 898 | 1.87 | -1.0 | -12.2 |
| Sichuan | 2316 | 7.10 | 2263 | 6.69 | -2.3 | -5.7 |
| Guizhou | 1105 | 2.13 | 1113 | 2.30 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Yunnan | 1239 | 2.40 | 1242 | 2.43 | 0.3 | 1.3 |
| Tibet | ||||||
| Shaanxi | 1821 | 5.26 | 1798 | 4.33 | -1.2 | -17.6 |
| Gansu | 1603 | 4.61 | 1441 | 3.67 | -10.1 | -20.4 |
| Qinghai | ||||||
| Ningxia | 374 | 1.02 | 309 | 0.89 | -17.4 | -12.4 |
| Xinjiang | 998 | 4.72 | 911 | 4.27 | -8.8 | -9.5 |