烟台市地处胶东半岛中部,辖2区,5市,4县,198处乡镇(以下统称乡),6589个行政村,农业人口474.79万,占全市总人口的84%。农民人均收入908元。农村合作医疗起始于50年代末,至今坚持了30多年,经受过几次挫折,总结了经验教训,走出了一条在新形势下发展农村合作医疗的新路子。目前,全市3861个行政 Yantai City is located in the central part of the Jiaodong peninsula and administers 2 districts, 5 cities, 4 counties, 198 townships (collectively referred to as townships), 6589 administrative villages, and an agricultural population of 4,747,900, accounting for 84% of the city’s total population. Per capita income of farmers is 908 yuan. Rural cooperative medical care began in the late 1950s. It has persisted for more than 30 years. It has undergone several setbacks, summed up experiences and lessons, and emerged a new way to develop rural cooperative medical care in the new situation. At present, the city has 3861 administrative departments