6-44    Floor Space Started in Real Estate Development by Use
							(10 000 sq.m)
Year
Region	Floor Space
	Started	Residential	Villas, High-grade	Economical	Office	Houses for	Other
	This Year	Buildings	Apartments	Houses	Buildings	Business Use
1997	14026.98	10996.64	469.72	1720.57	872.44	1462.45	695.44
1998	20387.90	16637.50	638.60	3466.40	871.50	1938.65	940.25
1999	22579.41	18797.94	594.06	3970.36	690.29	2198.56	892.62
2000	29582.64	24401.15	1169.09	5313.32	898.81	3034.77	1247.91
2001	37394.18	30532.72	1456.69	5795.97	1072.98	4105.40	1683.08
Beijing	2789.82	2236.54	157.05	420.07	117.93	117.99	317.36
Tianjin	569.34	506.24	23.15	152.30	19.39	34.58	9.12
Hebei	992.08	801.07	31.03	278.11	26.94	152.02	12.04
Shanxi	398.05	317.76	1.38	150.54	11.21	59.65	9.43
Inner Mongolia	691.79	487.75	19.67	219.39	12.56	182.07	9.43
Liaoning	2299.56	1829.10	70.46	291.51	67.59	338.75	64.11
Jilin	995.21	802.10	56.22	311.66	17.50	154.09	21.51
Heilongjiang	1195.38	917.27	2.15	346.72	46.79	213.51	17.81
Shanghai	2426.75	2161.00	151.82		22.73	113.25	129.77
Jiangsu	2646.55	2199.43	126.51	270.72	65.95	267.31	113.86
Zhejiang	3370.45	2676.95	116.38	186.28	126.30	367.23	199.97
Anhui	1053.26	843.33	10.97	225.38	40.38	142.04	27.51
Fujian	1238.41	1001.66	50.90	68.13	28.21	146.61	61.93
Jiangxi	606.99	469.17	21.77	126.95	16.56	112.76	8.49
Shandong	2355.83	1972.48	60.99	268.39	60.63	271.77	50.96
Henan	969.56	870.35	39.58	240.32	13.55	70.79	14.86
Hubei	1020.54	899.57	41.68	251.43	41.11	55.03	24.83
Hunan	723.65	593.49	36.31	260.82	17.67	86.61	25.88
Guangdong	3845.01	3134.32	192.03	124.24	86.74	335.96	287.99
Guangxi	441.15	367.20	10.54	37.46	11.24	46.61	16.10
Hainan	94.83	77.84	38.26	11.69		3.99	13.00
Chongqing	1661.19	1259.38	47.37	155.65	62.63	234.40	104.77
Sichuan	2024.29	1644.79	104.89	400.28	39.76	280.68	59.07
Guizhou	517.80	405.30	0.76	103.22	21.71	76.63	14.16
Yunnan	479.07	407.24	21.33	157.43	10.81	34.72	26.30
Tibet	11.05	9.91		7.20		1.14
Shaanxi	529.46	473.70	20.20	219.00	21.76	25.74	8.26
Gansu	204.84	165.78	2.14	50.85	8.60	19.91	10.54
Qinghai	127.62	84.29		44.59	12.42	30.19	0.71
Ningxia	202.60	139.14	0.38	21.18	18.08	32.12	13.26
Xinjiang	912.06	778.55	0.77	394.47	26.22	97.24	10.05