棉花是我国重要的经济作物。棉花生产为促进我国纺织品、服装出口创汇和农民增收做出了重大贡献,也一直受到党中央和国务院的高度重视。近几年来,为适应生产发展和应对入世挑战需要,国家加大了科技兴棉和优势区域调整力度,使棉花生产科技含量不断增加,优势区域规模不断扩大,生 Cotton is an important economic crop in China. The cotton production has made a significant contribution to promoting the export of textiles and garments and increasing the incomes of peasants in our country. It has also been attached great importance by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. In recent years, in order to meet the needs of the development of production and meeting the challenges posed by China’s accession to the WTO, the state has stepped up efforts to revitalize the cotton by science and technology and the regional advantages so that the technological content of cotton production will continuously increase and the size of the advantageous regions will continue to expand.