PREFACE
I. China
Statistical Yearbook 2005 is an annual statistics publication, which covers
very comprehensive data in 2004 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
III. The national
data in this book do not include that of Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region, Macao Special Administrative Region and
IV. Statistics
of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative
Region constitute an integral part of the national statistics of
V. Compared with
the China Statistical Yearbook 2004, some statistical indicators are
modified in the current yearbook, including the following:
1) Information on physical
independence in daily life and major source of income for the elderly aged 60
and over is added in the chapter on population.
2) Data on investment in urban energy
industries of recent years and by province are added in the chapter on
investment in fixed assets.
3) Information on
4) Information on prisoners serving
their sentences in prisons is included in the chapter on other social
activities.
In addition,
changes are also made in statistics on the investment in fixed assets and on
education statistics due to the reform of methodology concerning these two
areas.
VI. As the
results of the first national economic census have not been formally released,
the 2004 data as published in the yearbook on national accounts, industry,
construction, and investment in real estate development, wholesale and retail
trades are preliminary statistics.
VII. The units
of measurement used in this yearbook are internationally standard measurement
units.
VIII.
Statistical discrepancies due to rounding are not adjusted in the yearbook.
IX. If a table
in the yearbook occupies more than one page, the footnotes pertaining to the
table are placed at the end of the last page.
X. Notations
used in the yearbook:
(blank space) indicates that the figure is not large
enough to be measured with the smallest unit in the table, or data are unknown
or are not available;“#” indicates a
major breakdown of the total; and “*”or “①” indicates
footnotes at the end of the table.