9-5    Consumer Price Indices and Retail Price Indices by Region
          (preceding year=100)
Year Consumer Price Index Retail Price Index
Region Province Urban Areas Rural Areas Province Urban Areas Rural Areas
             
1994 124.1 125.0 123.4 121.7 120.9 122.9
1995 117.1 116.8 117.5 114.8 113.5 116.4
 
1996 108.3 108.8 107.9 106.1 105.8 106.4
1997 102.8 103.1 102.5 100.8 100.8 100.7
1998 99.2 99.4 99.0 97.4 97.4 97.6
1999 98.6 98.7 98.5 97.0 97.0 97.1
2000 100.4 100.8 99.9 98.5 98.5 98.5
 
2001 100.7 100.7 100.8 99.2 98.9 99.6
                      
  Beijing       103.1 103.1 98.8 98.8
  Tianjin       101.2 101.2 98.6 98.6
  Hebei         100.5 100.4 100.6 99.8 99.4 100.2
  Shanxi        99.8 99.5 100.4 99.0 98.6 99.5
  Inner Mongolia 100.6 100.6 100.5 100.0 100.0 99.9
 
  Liaoning      100.0 99.9 100.2 99.4 99.2 100.4
  Jilin         101.3 101.5 100.5 100.9 100.8 101.5
  Heilongjiang  100.8 100.8 100.4 100.4 100.3 101.2
 
  Shanghai      100.0 100.0 98.6 98.6
  Jiangsu       100.8 100.1 101.5 98.9 98.6 99.3
  Zhejiang      99.8 99.6 100.0 98.1 97.4 99.0
  Anhui         100.5 100.0 101.3 99.6 98.5 100.6
  Fujian        98.7 98.3 99.3 98.0 97.6 98.4
  Jiangxi       99.5 99.8 99.2 98.4 98.3 98.4
  Shandong      101.8 101.1 102.4 100.0 99.5 100.7
 
  Henan         100.7 100.7 100.7 99.8 99.5 100.1
  Hubei         100.3 100.4 99.8 97.4 97.0 98.0
  Hunan         99.1 98.9 99.3 98.8 98.1 99.4
  Guangdong     99.3 99.2 99.6 98.7 98.6 98.9
  Guangxi       100.6 101.3 99.6 97.8 97.3 99.0
  Hainan        98.5 98.8 98.3 97.7 97.6 97.8
 
  Chongqing     101.7 101.7 99.0 99.0
  Sichuan       102.1 101.8 102.7 100.8 100.5 101.2
  Guizhou       101.8 102.4 101.1 98.4 97.8 99.1
  Yunnan        99.1 98.1 100.6 98.4 98.0 98.7
  Tibet         100.1 99.1 100.9 99.6 99.6 99.4
 
  Shaanxi       101.0 100.1 102.9 99.1 98.9 99.6
  Gansu         104.0 103.0 105.5 99.6 99.2 100.5
  Qinghai       102.6 103.0 101.2 99.9 99.9 99.9
  Ningxia       101.6 101.3 102.2 100.0 100.3 99.6
  Xinjiang      104.0 104.0 103.8 102.5 102.7 102.3