8-15 GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE FOR PRICE SUBSIDIES
Unit：100 million yuan
		Subsidies on Price	Subsidies on	Subsidies on	Other
Year	Total	Increases in Grain,	Curbing Price	Increase in	Price
		Cotton and Edible Oil	Increase	Meat Price	Subsidies
1978	11.14	11.14
1979	79.2	54.85			24.35
1980	117.71	102.8			14.91
1981	159.41	142.22			17.19
1982	172.22	156.19			16.03
1983	197.37	182.13			15.24
1984	218.34	201.67			16.67
1985	261.79	198.66		33.52	29.61
1986	257.48	169.37		42.24	45.87
1987	294.6	195.43		42.74	56.43
1988	316.82	204.03		40.4	72.39
1989	373.55	262.52		41.29	69.74
1990	380.8	267.61		41.78	71.41
1991	373.77	267.03		42.46	64.28
1992	321.64	224.35		38.54	58.75
1993	299.3	224.75		29.86	44.69
1994	314.47	202.03	41.25	25.41	45.78
1995	364.89	228.91	50.17	24.17	61.64
1996	453.91	311.39	53.38	27.46	61.68
1997	551.96	413.67	43.2	28.25	66.84
1998	712.12	565.04	28.1	26.09	92.89
a)The government expenditures for price subsidies were listed as a negative revenue item prior to 1986, but they have been listed as a government expenditure item since 1986.

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