10-1  People's Material and Cultural Life

Item

1985

1990

1995

1999

 

 

 

 

 

Employment

        

        

        

         

Number of Dependents per Rural Laborer (persons)

1.74

1.64

1.56

1.54

Number of Dependents per Urban Employee (persons)

1.81

1.77

1.73

1.77

Urban Unemployment Rate        (%)

1.8

2.5

2.9

3.1

Income of Rural and Urban Residents

        

        

        

 

Annual Per Capita Net Income of Rural Residents

        

        

        

 

(yuan)

397.60

686.31

1577.74

2210.34

Index of Annual Per Capita Net Income of

        

         

        

 

Rural Residents (1978=100)

268.9

311.2

383.7

437.5

Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban

        

        

        

 

Residents          (yuan)

739.10

1510.20

4283.00

5854.02

Index of Annual Per Capita Disposable Income

        

        

        

 

Urban Residents  (1978=100)

160.4

198.1

290.3

360.6

Annual Average Wages of Staff and Workers  (yuan)

1148

2140

5500

8346

Annual Per Capita Consumption (yuan)

        

        

        

 

Per Capita Consumption of All Residents

437

803

2236

3143

Agricultural Residents

347

571

1434

1918

Non-agricultural Residents

802

1686

4874

6750

Savings

        

        

        

 

Balance of Savings Deposit of Rural and Urban

        

         

        

 

Residents (year-end)  (100 million yuan)

1622.60

7034.20

29662.30

59621.8

Per Capita Balance of Saving Deposit (yuan)

153.29

615.24

2448.98

4735.31

Per Capita Floor Space of Residential

        

        

        

 

Buildings       (sq.m)

        

        

        

 

Rural Areas(Net)

14.70

17.83

21.01

24.23

Urban Areas(Gross)

        

9.90

11.80

14.19

Urban Areas(Net)

5.20

6.70

8.10

9.78

Traffic

        

        

        

 

Number of Motor Cycles per 100 Households in

        

        

6.30

15.12

Urban Areas

        

        

        

 

Number of Buses per 10 000 Persons in Cities

3.9

4.8

7.3

9.4

Public Utilities in Urban Areas

        

        

        

 

Rate of Access to Tap Water     (%)

81.0

89.2

93.0

96.3

Rate of Access to Gas    (%)

22.4

42.2

70.0

81.7

Green Area per 10 000 Persons  (hectare)

13.7

32.2

36.7

38.6

Culture

        

        

        

 

Number of Color TV Sets per 100 Households in

        

        

        

 

Urban Areas

17.20

59.00

89.79

111.57

Number of TV sets per 100 Households in Rural Areas

11.74

44.44

80.73

100.59

Broadcast Covering Rate of Population  (%)

68.3

74.7

78.8

90.5

TV Covering Rate of Population  (%)

68.4

79.4

84.5

91.7

Education

        

        

        

 

Enrollment Ratio of School-Age Children (%)

95.95

97.83

98.50

99.1

Number of University Students per 10 000 Persons

        

        

        

 

(person)

16.1

18.0

24.0

32.8

Public Health

         

        

        

 

Number of Hospital Beds per 10 000 Persons

21.1

23.0

23.4

23.9

Number of Doctors per 10 000 Persons (person)

13.3

15.4

15.8

16.7

 

 

 

 

 

a)Data on the per capital floor space of residential buildings in urban areas are obtained from the Ministry of Construction.