2-5  Indicators on National Economic and Social Development

Item

1978

1989

1997

2005

 Population and Employment

 Population

     Birth Rate                                                            (‰)

18.25

21.58

16.57

12.40

     Death Rate                                                           (‰)

6.25

6.54

6.51

6.51

     Natural Growth Rate                                            (‰)

12.00

15.04

10.06

5.89

 Employment

     Dependency Ratio

1.40

1.04

0.77

0.72

     Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%)

5.3

2.6

3.1

4.2

   Macro Economy

 National Accounting

     Overall Labor Productivity                 (yuan/person)

917

3099

11382

24246

         Primary Industry

353

1292

4095

6664

         Secondary Industry

2732

6033

22927

49735

         Tertiary Industry

1938

5469

14943

31195

     Per Capita GDP                                              (yuan)

381

1519

6420

14040

 Investment in Fixed Assets

     Proportion of Investment in Fixed Assets to

       GDP                                                                  (%)

26.0

31.6

48.5

     Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings

77.9

72.0

52.8

       Completed in Construction                               (%)

 Government Finance

 Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP          (%)

31.1

15.7

11.0

17.3

 Proportion of Government Expenditures to GDP   (%)

30.8

16.6

11.7

18.5

 Proportion of Extra-budgetary Receipt to

   Government Revenue                                           (%)

30.7

99.8

32.7

17.8

Foreign Debts

    Debt Service Ratio                                               (%)

8.3

7.3

3.1

    Liability Ratio                                                      (%)

9.2

14.5

12.6

    Foreign Debt Ratio                                              (%)

86.4

63.2

33.6

 Utilization of Foreign Capital

   Proportion of Actually Utilized Foreign Direct Investment

      to Contracted Foreign Direct Investment           (%)

60.6

88.7

31.9

 Energy

     Elastic Coefficient of Energy Production

1.49

0.98

     Elastic Coefficient of Energy Consumption

1.02

0.97

     Energy Consumption per 10 000 yuan GDP

15.7

5.7

1.7

1.2

                                                                   (ton of SCE)

  Industry

  Agriculture

      Output of Farm Corps Per Agricultural Laborer    (kg)

          Grain

1276

1528

1598

          Cotton

11.9

14.2

18.9

          Oil-bearing Crops

40.5

66.7

101.6

          Pork, Beef and Mutton

131.4

203.3

          Aquatic Products

36.0

111.3

168.6

      Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown Area (kg)

          Grain

2527

3632

4377

4642

          Cotton

445

728

1025

1129

          Oil-bearing Crops

839

1233

1743

2149

  Industry

      Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value   (%)

7.12

11.82

      Assets-Liability  Ratio                                            (%)

63.74

57.81

      Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost                           (%)

2.35

6.42

      Number of Times of Annual of Turnover

1.41

2.35

        Circulating Funds                                    (times/year)