8-11 Government Expenditure for Pensions and Social Welfare
Unit: 100 million yuan
Year	Total	Pension for Disable and Bereaved Families	Pension for Retires	Relief Funds for Social Welfare	Relief Funds for Natural Disasters	Other
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

a) Prior to 1976, the pension for disables and the bereaved families and the pension for the retirees were counted together under thee item "pensions".

b) The relief funds for natural disasters in 1976-1984 included the earthquake relief funds.