8-17    Budgetary Expenditure for Price Subsidies
					(100 million yuan)
		Subsidies on Price	Subsidies on	Subsidies on	Other
Year	Total	Increases in Grain,	Curbing Price	Increase in	Price
		Cotton and Edible Oil	Increase	Meat Price	Subsidies
1978	11.14	11.14
1980	117.71	102.80			14.91
1985	261.79	198.66		33.52	29.61
1990	380.80	267.61		41.78	71.41
1991	373.77	267.03		42.46	64.28
1992	321.64	224.35		38.54	58.75
1993	299.30	224.75		29.86	44.69
1994	314.47	202.03	41.25	25.41	45.78
1995	364.89	228.91	50.17	24.17	61.64
1996	453.91	311.39	53.38	27.46	61.68
1997	551.96	413.67	43.20	28.25	66.84
1998	712.12	565.04	28.10	26.09	92.89
1999	697.64	492.29	14.25	20.55	170.55
2000	1042.28	758.74	17.71	19.39	246.44
2001	741.51	605.44	16.74	4.55	114.78
a) The government expenditure for price subsidies were listed as a negative revenue item prior to 1986, but they have been
listed as a government expenditure item since 1986.