China Statistical Yearbook - 2004

PREFACE

I. China Statistical Yearbook 2004 is an annual statistics publication, which covers very comprehensive data in 2003 and some selected data series in historically important years and the most recent twenty years at national level and local levels of province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the central government and therefore, reflects various aspects of China’s social and economic development.

II. The yearbook contains the following twenty-five chapters, l. Division of Administrative Areas and Natural Resources; 2. General Survey; 3. National Accounts; 4. Population; 5. Employment and Wages; 6. Investment in Fixed Assets; 7. Energy; 8. Government Finance; 9. Price Indices; 10. People’s Livelihood; 11. General Survey of Cities; 12. Environment Protection; 13. Agriculture; 14. Industry; 15. Construction; 16. Transport, Post and Telecommunication Services; 17. Domestic Trade; 18. Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation; 19. Tourism; 20. Financial Intermediation; 21. Education, Science and Technology; 22. Culture, Sports and Public Health; 23. Other Social Activities; 24. Main Social and Economic Indicators of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR); 25. Main Social and Economic Indicators of Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). Two chapters listed as the appendices are Main Social and Economic Indicators of Taiwan Province and A Comparison of Economic and Social Indicators among the People’s Republic of China and Other Countries. In brief introduction at the beginning of each chapter, mainly coverage of this chapter, data sources, statistical coverage, statistical methods and historical changes are concerned. In addition, Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators are provided at the end of each chapter.

III. The national data in this book do not include that of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan Province except for divisions of administrative areas, territory and forest resources.

IV. Statistics of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region constitute an integral part of the national statistics of China. According to the principles set forth in the Basic Law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Basic Law of Macao Special Administrative Region statistically Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland of China are three mutually independent regions, and follow their own and different statistical systems in carrying out independent statistical operation. Statistics on Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region as included in this yearbook are provided by the Department of Census and Statistics of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Department of Census and Statistics of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region, and edited by National Bureau of Statistics. Users are alerted to the difference in the concepts, definitions and coverage of statistics when using and comparing data of the mainland of China, Hong Kong and Macao.

V. The units of measurement used in this yearbook are internationally standard measurement units.

VI. Statistical discrepancies due to rounding are not adjusted in this yearbook.

VII. The notes concerning the whole table are placed at the upper part of the table, while the notes concerning individual indicators are placed at the lower part. If the table is a continued one, the footnotes are placed in the last page.

VIII. Notations used in this yearbook:

“ ...” indicates that the figure is not large enough to be measured with the smallest unit in the table;

“(blank) ” indicates that the data not available;

“ # ” indicates the major items of the total;

“ * ” or “ ① ” indicated “see footnotes below ”.