21-17    Basic Statistics on Distribution and Circulation of Books by Region (2001)
			(10 000 copies) (10 000 yuan)
Region	Purchases		Sales		Stock
	Copies	Value	Copies	Value	Copies	Value
National Total	1595106	9646279	1561158	9209291	355410	2975777
Center Distribution Units	114847	1568780	107058	1391595	66044	981742
Local Distribution Units	1480259	8077499	1454100	7817696	289366	1994035
Beijing	16938	205070	15667	188394	6493	100399
Tianjin	14668	124283	14279	118441	3615	41460
Hebei	90897	397437	95075	394760	15096	74258
Shanxi	35000	188698	34308	184626	5119	33147
Inner Mongolia	17389	83114	17177	81451	2187	14452
Liaoning	42273	220977	41671	214208	13252	72470
Jilin	27381	165398	23511	145211	9226	61386
Heilongjiang	26001	149665	25881	145235	5766	38004
Shanghai	63287	570412	57892	551663	18963	221372
Jiangsu	124291	780482	123253	768850	20208	142314
Zhejiang	64592	391444	60088	361698	16099	133969
Anhui	71326	308427	69379	297720	11462	64937
Fujian	44842	226596	44819	219242	4701	34003
Jiangxi	49997	244538	49676	236230	7993	49744
Shandong	111539	575347	108597	555661	23550	130577
Henan	127118	555093	124400	536592	19532	86265
Hubei	56144	365280	55716	347016	13125	102833
Hunan	75787	358669	72870	334850	15633	82112
Guangdong	77805	472508	77702	452637	11219	124810
Guangxi	48646	258608	48949	259890	5886	49700
Hainan	12023	54249	11027	52493	3073	10593
Chongqing	35670	162692	35762	158082	8344	28845
Sichuan	81792	440179	80295	439068	17789	114432
Guizhou	34622	114839	34520	114850	2447	7606
Yunnan	34482	170717	35595	173454	8231	50198
Tibet	324	1315	118	829	510	2791
Shaanxi	41960	229586	42918	232712	10830	68778
Gansu	25481	116210	25441	113731	2778	17036
Qinghai	1689	17112	1956	16345	571	5709
Ningxia	4935	21994	4989	20946	1004	5813
Xinjiang	21360	106560	20569	100811	4664	24022