10-27 Floor Space Completed and Housing Conditions of Urban and Rural Residents
	Floor Space of		Floor Space of	Per Capita	Per Capita	Per Capita
Year	New Residential	Constructed	Newly-Built Houses	Gross Living	Net Living	Net Living
	Buildings in	by Urban	in Rural Areas	Space in	Space in	Space in
	Urban Areas	Individuals		Urban Areas	Urban Areas	Rural Areas
	(100 million sq.m)		(100 million sq.m)	(sq.m)	(sq.m)	(sq.m)
1978	0.38		1.00		3.6	8.1
1979						8.4
1980	0.92		5.00		3.9	9.4
1981						10.2
1982						10.7
1983						11.6
1984						13.6
1985	1.88	0.63	7.22		5.2	14.7
1986	1.93	0.72	9.84	8.8	6.0	15.3
1987	1.93	0.83	8.84	9.0	6.1	16.0
1988	2.03	0.94	8.45	9.3	6.3	16.6
1989	1.56	0.78	6.76	9.7	6.6	17.2
1990	1.73	0.65	6.91	9.9	6.7	17.8
1991	1.93	0.68	7.54	10.3	6.9	18.5
1992	2.40	0.86	6.19	10.7	7.1	18.9
1993	3.07	0.98	4.81	11.0	7.5	20.7
1994	3.57	1.23	6.18	11.4	7.8	20.2
1995	3.75	1.33	6.99	11.8	8.1	21.0
1996	3.94	1.46	8.28	12.3	8.5	21.7
1997	4.05	1.53	8.06	13.0	8.8	22.5
1998	4.77	1.82	7.99	13.6	9.3	23.3
1999	5.59	2.08	8.34	14.2	9.8	24.2
2000	5.48	2.17	7.97	14.9	10.3	24.8
a) Data on per capita gross and net living space in urban areas are statistics from the Ministry of Construction.