Abstract: Based on the two-step generalization principal component analysis method, through constructing an evaluation system covering the 21 basic indicators of the three dimensions of coordination, effectiveness and continuity, this paper conducts an evaluation of the growth quality of Chinese agricultural insurance on the national and provincial levels from 2007 to 2014. From the national level, the quality of growth of Chinese agricultural insurance is obviously in the rising channel from 2007 to 2014, for which coordination is the primary factor; this explains that the market optimization and the regional structure should be given more attention. From the provincial level, the quality of the growth of agricultural insurance between provinces is significantly different, in which the development of premium subsidies and professional insurance institutions have boosted the improvement of the quality.

Key words: agricultural insurance; growth quality; principal component analysis; market structure