8-8  Government Expenditure for Pension and Social Welfare
						(100 million yuan)
		Pension for	Expenditure on	Social Welfare	Expenses on
Year	Total	Disable and	Retirees	and Relief	Disaster	Others
		Bereaved Families		Funds	Relief
1978	18.91	2.93	2.34	4.62	9.02
1980	20.31	4.51	3.41	5.36	7.03
1985	31.15	7.13	4.88	7.71	10.25	1.18
1989	49.60	14.43	8.56	10.80	12.88	2.93
1990	55.04	16.61	9.60	12.07	13.33	3.43
1991	67.32	17.21	10.32	13.18	22.51	4.10
1992	66.45	18.45	12.40	14.36	15.89	5.35
1993	75.27	20.78	14.09	17.01	15.40	7.99
1994	95.14	24.78	20.12	20.55	19.42	10.27
1995	115.46	29.11	22.78	24.19	27.27	12.11
1996	128.03	32.78	10.67	28.98	39.06	16.54
1997	142.14	37.62	13.51	36.57	34.51	19.93
1998	171.26	40.38	16.24	35.29	52.32	27.03
1999	179.88	54.57	19.68	48.52	34.05	23.06
2000	213.03	59.72	23.72	59.71	28.73	41.15
2001	266.68	69.86	30.26	89.99	35.17	41.40
2002	372.97	60.03	41.28	141.63	32.93	97.10
2003	498.82	99.15	42.19	217.69	55.71	84.08
2004	563.46	107.78	49.58	265.29	48.99	91.82
a) Since 1996, the expenditure on retirees excluded the local expenditure for retirees which had been transferred to the pension of administration
and run by the department of civil affairs.
b) Since 1976, expenses on disaster relief include the expenses on earthquake relief.