3-18  Household Consumption
Absolute figures in this table are calculated at current prices, while indices are calculated at comparable prices.
                     
  Value (yuan)   Index(Preceding year=100) Index (1978=100)
   
                     
Region                    
 Year  All     Urban/Rural All          
  House- Rural Urban Consumption House- Rural Urban House- Rural Urban
  holds House- House- Ratio (Urban holds House- House- holds House- House-
    holds holds Households=1)   holds holds   holds holds
                     
1978 184 138 405 2.9 104.1 104.3 103.3 100.0 100.0 100.0
1980 236 178 496 2.8 108.7 108.8 106.3 115.8 115.5 111.9
1985 437 347 802 2.3 113.1 114.1 108.2 181.3 194.4 147.5
1989 762 553 1568 2.8 99.5 99.2 98.4 213.8 218.8 184.4
1990 803 571 1686 3.0 103.4 100.3 107.5 221.0 219.5 198.1
1995 2236 1434 4874 3.4 107.5 108.2 104.6 327.7 308.7 289.6
1996 2641 1768 5430 3.1 109.1 114.0 102.5 357.5 351.9 296.7
1997 2834 1876 5796 3.1 104.2 103.3 103.5 372.4 363.6 307.0
1998 2972 1895 6217 3.3 105.5 101.8 108.3 393.1 370.2 332.4
1999 3138 1927 6796 3.5 107.9 104.7 111.3 424.2 387.6 370.0
2000 3397 2037 7402 3.6 108.3 104.8 110.1 459.4 406.2 407.4
2001 3609 2156 7761 3.6 105.3 104.5 104.4 483.7 424.5 425.3
2002 3818 2269 8047 3.6 106.2 105.7 104.0 513.7 448.7 442.3
2003 4089 2361 8471 3.6 106.3 102.7 104.9 546.1 460.8 464.0
 
  Beijing        10584 5041 12775 2.5 111.5 115.1 109.6
  Tianjin        7836 4321 10266 2.4 108.0 106.8 107.9
  Hebei          3452 2305 7082 3.1 110.7 106.6 104.8
  Shanxi         2934 1535 5173 3.4 111.3 113.0 106.6
  Inner Mongolia 3742 1667 7263 4.4 105.6 105.1 103.6
  Liaoning       5159 2630 7147 2.7 105.3 109.1 103.6
  Jilin          4557 2161 6830 3.2 116.2 107.0 109.4
  Heilongjiang   4645 2008 7614 3.8 108.0 103.6 108.1
  Shanghai       15866 8141 18175 2.2 109.4 106.0 109.0
  Jiangsu        5274 3293 8126 2.5 109.9 107.2 100.9
  Zhejiang       6451 4665 11688 2.5 113.8 112.4 109.3
  Anhui          3312 2572 4933 1.9 108.0 104.7 109.8
  Fujian         5324 4358 8731 2.0 108.5 106.3 111.6
  Jiangxi        2739 1964 5127 2.6 102.9 104.0 99.6
  Shandong       4385 2943 7740 2.6 109.1 107.5 106.7
  Henan          3129 1897 6544 3.4 108.7 104.7 108.1
  Hubei          3985 2179 8402 3.9 109.7 102.4 113.3
  Hunan          3284 2227 7040 3.2 106.4 102.4 108.7
  Guangdong      6190 3086 10471 3.4 109.0 102.2 96.5
  Guangxi        2567 1678 6843 4.1 104.2 100.2 107.2
  Hainan         3275 2400 5642 2.4 106.5 106.5 105.4
  Chongqing      3217 1599 8447 5.3 111.5 103.5 113.8
  Sichuan        2839 1926 6404 3.3 108.1 107.0 106.0
  Guizhou        1770 1213 4964 4.1 103.3 102.1 104.4
  Yunnan         2495 1821 5979 3.3 103.0 100.6 105.7
  Tibet          2825 1272 9112 7.2 111.8 92.4 109.2
  Shaanxi        2548 1395 6080 4.4 104.6 102.5 104.0
  Gansu          2171 1211 5542 4.6 108.7 110.8 102.8
  Qinghai        2895 1529 6102 4.0 107.2 105.0 107.6
  Ningxia        2927 1695 5558 3.3 111.3 118.1 100.9
  Xinjiang       3237 1619 6330 3.9 101.0 103.9 99.0
                     
a)The effect of price differentials between urban and rural areas has not been removed in the calculation of the urban/rural consumption ratio.