22-27    Persons Receiving Subsidies or Relief Funds
				(10 000 persons)
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
						Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living		184.1	531.7	702.8	1475.3
in Urban Area and Rural Area
Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living			265.9	402.6	1170.7
in Urban Area
Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living			265.8	300.2	304.6
in Rural Area
Traditional Relief
Number of Poor Persons Receiving Temporary	268.3	332.2	157.1	155.6	213.9
Almsgiving in Urban Area
Number of Poor Persons Receiving Temporary	2602.2	2691.7	1659.8	1667.6	1800.5
Almsgiving in Rural Area
Number of Persons with Livelihood Guaranteed in	279.1	282.8	303.7	270.6	221.6
Five Aspects in Rural Area
Number of Persons Receiving Periodical and Fixed	21.8	21.7	52.5	62.5	80.7
Government Relief Funds in Rural Area
Number of Persons Receiving Collective Subsidies	200.3	200.9	195.4	208.1	186.1
in Rural Area
Number of Laid-Off, Retired, Elderly and Disabled Staff	53.1	54.9	51.5	49.7	49.7
and Workers Receiving Relief Funds
Persons Receiving 40％ of Their Original Wages	23.3	24.9	22.5	22.1	21.3
Persons Receiving Periodical and Fixed Government	29.8	29.9	28.7	27.6	27.8
Relief Funds