BRIEF INTRODUCTION

I. Data in this chapter mainly show the development of culture, sports and public health undertakings.

II. Data on culture cover mainly the situations on institutions, personnel and business activities of arts (performing groups and venues), libraries, mass culture, cultural relics, broadcasting, films, televisions, news and publication.

(1) The data on the causes of arts, libraries, mass culture are provided by the Ministry of Culture.

(2) The data on cultural relics are provided by the State Bureau of Cultural Relics.

(3) The data on broadcasting, film and television are mainly provided by the State Administration of Broadcasting, Film and Television.

(4) The data on news and publication are mainly provided by the State Agency of News and Publication.

III. Data on sports cover mass sports (sports for all) and athletics sports, including mainly the number of staff and workers in sports departments, number of athletes, coaches and referees, number of stadiums and gymnasiums, achievements in athletic sport events, number of persons who have come up to the 揘ational Physical Training Program Standards and the international exchanges of sport delegations. Data on sports are mainly from the State Sports Administration.

IV. Data on public health include mainly the number of institutions, personnel, hospital beds, number of patients treated and in-patients, major diseases as the causes of death and the proportion to the total deaths, the incidence of, and the deaths caused by infectious diseases. Data on public health are mainly from the Ministry of Public Health.

The above-mentioned are collected and tabulated in accordance with the statistical reporting schemes stipulated by the departments concerned, in most cases reported to the higher authorities level by level. They include the statistical reporting schemes on culture, on cultural relics, on radio and television broadcasting and film-making, on news and publication, on sports and on public health.