10-1     People's Material and Cultural Life  
           
Item 1985 1990 1995 2001  
           
  Employment                                                               
  Number of Dependents per Rural Laborer (persons)     1.74 1.64 1.56 1.52  
  Number of Dependents per Urban Employee (persons)     1.81 1.77 1.73 1.88  
  Urban Registered Unemployment Rate        (%) 1.8 2.5 2.9 3.6  
  Income of Rural and Urban Residents                               
  Annual Per Capita Net Income of Rural Residents                               
                             (yuan)   398 686 1578 2366  
  Index of Annual Per Capita Net Income of                                   
     Rural Residents (1978=100) 268.9 311.2 383.7 503.8  
  Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban                               
     Residents          (yuan) 739 1510 4283 6860  
  Index of Annual Per Capita Disposable Income                               
     Urban Residents  (1978=100)    160.4 198.1 290.3 416.3  
  Annual Average Wages of Staff and Workers  (yuan)   1148 2140 5500 10870  
  Annual Per Capita Consumption (yuan)                               
  All Residents      437 803 2236 3611  
  Rural Residents             347 571 1434    
  Urban Residents         802 1686 4874    
  Savings                                                          
  Balance of Savings Deposit of Rural and Urban                               
    Residents (year-end)  (100 million yuan)    1622.6 7119.8 29662.3 73762.4  
  Per Capita Balance of Saving Deposit (yuan)       153 623 2449 5780  
  Per Capita Floor Space of Residential                               
     Buildings       (sq.m)                               
  Rural Areas   (Net)                   14.7 17.8 21.0 25.7  
  Per Capita Floor Space in Urban Areas               10.0 13.7 16.3 20.8  
  Per Capita Use Space in Urban Areas                                9.9 11.8 15.5  
  Traffic                                                          
  Number of Motor Cycles per 100 Households in                      6.3 20.4  
    Urban Areas     (unit)                                 
  Number of Buses per 10 000 Persons in Cities (unit) 3.9 4.8 7.3 10.1  
  Public Utilities in Urban Areas                                  
  Rate of Access to Tap Water     (%) 81.0 89.2 93.0 72.3
  Rate of Access to Gas    (%) 22.4 42.2 70.0 60.4
  Green Area per 10 000 Persons  (hectare)      13.7 32.2 36.7 38.6
  Culture                                                        
  Number of TV Sets per 100 Households in Rural Areas 11.7 44.4 80.7 105.2
  Number of Color TV Sets per 100 Households in                               
     Urban Areas         17.2 59.0 89.8 120.5
  Broadcast Covering Rate of Population  (%) 68.3 74.7 78.8 92.9
  TV Covering Rate of Population  (%) 68.4 79.4 84.5 94.2
  Education                                                      
  Enrollment Ratio of School-Age Children (%)    96.0 97.8 98.5 99.1
  Number of University Students per 10 000 Persons                              
                                            (person) 16.1 18.0 24.0 56.3
  Public Health                                                  
  Number of Hospital Beds per 10 000 Persons  (unit) 21.1 23.0 23.4 23.9
  Number of Doctors per 10 000 Persons (person)      13.3 15.4 15.8 16.9
         
         
a)Data on the per capital gross floor space and net floor space of residential buildings in urban areas are obtained from the Ministry of Construction.