2-7  Main Indicators of National Economic and Social Development of 
12 Western Provinces and 3 Northeastern Provinces (2004)
           
Item       Percentage to 
National 12 Western 3 North National Total (%)
Total Provinces -eastern 12 Western 3 North
    Provinces   -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) 129988 37127 10743 28.7 8.3
Employment          
  Employment At the Year-end       (10 000 persons) 75200 19078 4691 28.8 7.1
    Urban Area 26476 3710 1992 22.3 12.0
  Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Area (%) 4.2 4.1 5.3    
National Accounting          
  Gross Domestic Product             (100 million yuan) 136875.9 27585.2 15133.9 16.9 9.3
    Primary Industry 20768.1 5368.8 1918.6 25.7 9.2
    Secondary Industry 72387.2 12230.0 7813.5 14.8 9.5
      Industry 62815.1 9527.6 6789.5 13.5 9.6
    Tertiary Industry 43720.6 9986.4 5401.7 16.7 9.0
  Per Capita Gross Domestic Product              (yuan) 10561 7728 14091    
           
Investment in Fixed Assets          
  Total Investment in Fixed Assets 70477.4 13754.4 5579.5 19.8 8.1
                                                     (100 million yuan)          
    Real Estate Development 13158.3 1985.3 1075.1 15.1 8.2
Government Finance          
  Local Government Revenue      (100 million yuan) 11693.4 1982.9 985.3 17.0 8.4
  Local Government Expenditure (100 million yuan) 20592.8 5133.1 2136.7 24.9 10.4
Foreign Trade          
 Total Value of Imports and Exports(100 million USD) 11545.5 367.0 479.9 3.2 4.2
    Exports 5933.3 205.9 243.1 3.5 4.1
    Imports 5612.3 161.2 236.8 2.9 4.2
Price Indices          
  Consumer Price Index (last year=100) 103.9 103.6 103.8    
           
Agriculture          
  Output of Major Farm Products         (10 000 tons)          
    Grain 46946.9 12971.3 7231.0 27.6 15.4
    Cotton 632.4 201.7 0.5 31.9 0.1
    Oil-bearing Corps 3065.9 733.3 130.0 23.9 4.2
Industry          
  Output of Major Industrial Products          
    Coal                                           (100 million tons) 19.6 5.2 1.6 32.7 10.0
    Crude Oil                                          (10 000 tons) 17500.0 4071.9 6447.5 23.3 36.9
    Electricity                                 (100 million kwh) 21870.0 5099.0 1812.9 23.9 8.5
    Crude Steel                                       (10 000 tons) 27279.8 3547.6 3240.5 13.0 11.9
    Cement                                             (10 000 tons) 97000.0 18584.4 4976.5 19.9 5.3
Transportation          
  Length of Railways in Operation                   (km) 74408 27062 13301 36.4 17.9
  Length of Highways                                       (km) 1870661 757258 166032 40.5 8.9
    Expressway 34288 8638 2901 25.2 8.5
  Total Passenger-kilometer (100 million person-km) 16309.1 3381.2 1211.1 23.3 8.3
  Total Freight Ton-kilometer    (10 million ton-km) 69445.0 7899.3 4641.0 12.7 7.4
Post and Telecommunication Services          
  Total Business Revenue           (100 million yuan) 9712.3 1843.4 867.3 19.0 9.0
Domestic Trade          
  Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods  53950.1 8908.2 5450.9 16.4 10.0
                                                  (100 million yuan)          
Education          
  Institutions of Higher Education          
    Number of Institution                                 (unit) 1731 409 172 23.6 9.9
    New Student Enrollment           (10 000 persons) 447.3 96.3 44.5 21.5 10.0
    Student Enrollment                    (10 000 persons) 1333.5 283.1 141.1 21.2 10.6
    Number of Graduates               (10 000 persons) 239.1 49.5 26.6 20.7 11.1
Health Care          
  Number of Hospital                                      (unit) 296492 100135 30679 33.8 10.3
     Hospital and Health Center 60867 23308 5231 38.3 8.6
  Medical Technical Personnel     (10 000 persons) 439.0 109.9 49.1 25.0 11.2
    Doctor 190.5 50.4 21.4 26.5 11.3
  Number of Hospital Beds                (10 000 beds) 325.1 85.5 38.2 26.3 11.8
     Hospital and Health Center 304.7 80.7 35.4 26.5 11.6
People's Livelihood          
  Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Households 9422 8031 7775    
                                                                       (yuan)          
  Per Capita Net Income of Rural Households (yuan) 2936 2192 3122    
           
           
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.