8-9 GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE FOR PENSIONS AND SOCIAL WELFARE
Unit:100 million yuan
		Pension for	Pension for	Relief Funds	Relief Funds
Year	Total	Disable and	Retires	for Social	for Natural	Others
		Bereaved Families		Welfare	Disasters
1952	2.95	1.23		0.66	1.06
1957	5.29	1.52		1.36	2.41
1962	8.14	1.73		2.39	4.02
1965	10.94	2.31		2.92	5.71
1970	6.53	2.67		3.86
1975	12.88	3.75		3.47	5.66
1978	18.91	2.93	2.34	4.62	9.02
1979	22.11	3.57	2.89	5.41	10.24
1980	20.31	4.51	3.41	5.36	7.03
1981	21.72	4.54	3.44	5.08	8.66
1982	21.43	4.86	3.48	5.45	7.64
1983	24.04	5.39	3.62	6.58	8.45
1984	25.16	6.20	3.64	7.92	7.40
1985	31.15	7.13	4.88	7.71	10.25	1.18
1986	35.58	8.77	5.77	8.69	10.64	1.71
1987	37.40	9.87	6.68	9.04	9.91	1.90
1988	41.77	11.32	7.59	9.73	10.64	2.49
1989	49.60	14.43	8.56	10.80	12.88	2.93
1990	55.04	16.61	9.60	12.07	13.33	3.43
1991	67.32	17.21	10.32	13.18	22.51	4.10
1992	66.45	18.45	12.40	14.36	15.89	5.35
1993	75.27	20.78	14.09	17.01	15.40	7.99
1994	95.14	24.78	20.12	20.55	19.42	10.27
1995	115.46	29.11	22.78	24.19	27.27	12.11
1996	128.03	32.78	10.67	28.98	39.06	16.54
1997	142.14	37.62	13.51	36.57	34.51	19.93
1998	171.26	40.38	16.24	35.29	52.32	27.03
a) Prior to 1975, the pension for the retirees was included in the pension for the handicapped and bereaved families.
b)The relief funds for natural disasters in 1976-1984 included the earthquake relief funds.

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