2-7  Main Indicators of National Economic and Social Development of 12 Western Provinces and 3 Northeastern Provinces (2003)  
   
           
        Percentage to 
      National Total (%)
National 12 Western 3 North    
Total Provinces -eastern   3 North
    Provinces 12 Western -eastern
      Provinces Provinces
Natural Resources
  Area of Land                                   (10 000 sq.km) 960.0 686.7 78.8 71.5 8.2
Population
  Population at the Year-end            (10 000 persons) 129227 36923 10729 28.8 8.4
Employment
  Employment At the Year-end       (10 000 persons) 74432 18796 4528 29.0 7.0
    Urban Area 25639 3628 1907 22.8 12.0
  Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Area (%) 4.3 3.9 5.2
National Accounting
  Gross Domestic Product             (100 million yuan) 117251.9 22954.7 12955.2 16.9 9.6
    Primary Industry 17092.1 4450.4 1603.5 25.9 9.3
    Secondary Industry 61274.1 9836.1 6574.7 14.8 9.9
      Industry 53092.9 7537.9 5734.7 13.3 10.1
    Tertiary Industry 38885.7 8668.2 4776.9 16.7 9.2
  Per Capita Gross Domestic Product              (yuan) 9101 6306 12078
Investment in Fixed Assets
  Total Investment in Fixed Assets 55566.6 10843.5 4211.6 19.9 7.7
                                                       (100 million yuan)
    Capital Construction 22908.6 5604.7 1710.1 25.5 7.8
    Innovation 8624.9 1653.0 905.9 19.2 10.5
    Real Estate Development 10153.8 1626.6 788.9 16.0 7.8
Government Finance
  Local Government Revenue      (100 million yuan) 9850.0 1649.5 849.9 16.7 8.6
  Local Government Expenditure (100 million yuan) 17229.9 4344.8 1758.5 25.2 10.2
Foreign Trade
  Imports and Exports                  (100 million USD) 8509.9 279.3 379.9 3.3 4.5
    Exports 4382.3 162.4 196.4 3.7 4.5
    Imports 4127.6 116.9 183.5 2.8 4.4
  Actually Used Amount of Foreign Direct Investment 535.0 17.2 33.4 3.3 6.3
                                                      (100 million USD)
Price Indices
  Consumer Price Index (last year=100) 101.2 101.4 101.3
Agriculture
  Output of Major Farm Products         (10 000 tons)
    Grain 43069.5 12529.1 6270.2 29.1 14.6
    Cotton 486.0 177.1 0.4 36.5 0.1
    Oil-bearing Corps 2811.0 697.2 163.2 24.8 5.8
Industry
  Output of Major Industrial Products
    Cloth                                             (100 million m) 353.5 34.2 6.3 9.7 1.8
    Coal                                           (100 million tons) 16.7 4.0 1.5 30.3 11.0
    Crude Oil                                          (10 000 tons) 16960.0 3703.5 6648.7 21.8 39.2
    Electricity                                 (100 million kwh) 19105.8 4574.0 1669.7 23.9 8.7
    Steel                                                  (10 000 tons) 22233.6 2917.3 2775.1 13.1 12.5
    Cement                                             (10 000 tons) 86208.1 18396.9 4673.3 21.3 5.4
Transportation
  Length of Railways in Operation                   (km) 73002 26722 13219 36.6 18.1
  Length of Highways                                       (km) 1809828 739513 158997 40.9 8.8
    Expressway 29745 7069 2592 23.8 8.7
  Total Passenger-kilometer (100 million person-km) 13810.5 2900.4 1042.6 23.1 8.3
  Total Freight Ton-kilometer    (10 million ton-km) 53859.2 6939.1 3907.6 14.0 7.9
Post and Telecommunication Services
  Total Business Revenue           (100 million yuan) 7019.8 1318.2 670.8 18.9 9.6
Domestic Trade
  Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods  45842.0 7783.0 4817.5 16.3 10.1
                                                  (100 million yuan)
Education
  Institutions of Higher Education
    Number of Institution                                 (unit) 1552 378 164 24.4 10.6
    New Student Enrollment           (10 000 persons) 382.2 81.9 39.3 21.4 10.3
    Student Enrollment                    (10 000 persons) 1108.6 235.4 122.6 21.2 11.1
    Number of Graduates               (10 000 persons) 187.7 38.5 22.1 20.5 11.7
Health Care
  Number of Hospital                                      (unit) 291323 103055 28697 35.4 9.9
     Hospital and Health Center 62968 24065 5249 38.2 8.3
  Medical Technical Personnel     (10 000 persons) 430.6 109.2 48.9 25.3 11.4
    Doctor 186.8 50.1 21.4 26.8 11.4
  Number of Hospital Beds                (10 000 beds) 314.4 82.8 37.2 26.3 11.8
     Hospital and Health Center 295.5 78.3 34.8 26.5 11.8
People's Livelihood
  Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Households 8472 7205 6981
                                                                       (yuan)
  Per Capita Net Income of Rural Households (yuan) 2622 1966 2681
           
a) As the sum of some indicators by region is different to the national total, while calculating the percentage of 12 western provinces (autonomous
     regions, municipality) or 3 northeastern provinces to all country, the denominator is the sum of 31 provinces.