江西植棉历史悠久,在解放前,棉田面积不大,栽培管理粗放,产量很低,品质也差,一般年份,棉田面积只有三、四十万亩,皮棉总产5～10万担。1949年,全省棉花面积仅31.7万亩,亩产皮棉只有10斤。建国以来,由于党和政府对发展棉花生产非常重视, Jiangxi cotton has a long history. Before the liberation, there was not much cotton field, extensive cultivation and management, low yield and poor quality. Generally speaking, the area of ​​cotton field was only 300,000 to 400,000 mu and the total output of lint cotton was 50,000 to 100,000. In 1949, the province only 31.7 acres of cotton area, lint per mu only 10 pounds. Since the founding of the People’s Republic, since the party and the government attach great importance to the development of cotton production,