23-30  Persons Receiving Subsidies or Relief Funds
           
        (10 000 persons)
Item 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
           
  Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living  402.6 1170.7 2064.7 2246.8 2205.0
    in Urban Area          
  Number of Poor Persons Receiving Temporary  155.6 213.9 321.4 348.3 285.2
     Almsgiving in Urban Area        
  Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living  362.7 385.3 2339.7 1160.5 1402.1
    or Traditional Relief in Rural Area         
     Number of Persons Receiving Lowest Cost-of-living  300.2 304.6 407.8 367.1 488.0
       in Rural Area        
        Number of Households with Livelihood Guaranteed in     51.1 114.5 165.2
          Five Aspects        
     Number of Persons Receiving Traditional Relief 62.5 80.7 1880.8 793.4 914.1
       in Rural Area        
        Number of Households with Livelihood Guaranteed in     162.2 173.9 228.7
          Five Aspects        
  Number of Poor Persons Receiving Temporary  1667.6 1800.5 1677.6 2009.8 1720.0
     Almsgiving in Rural Area          
           
           
a) Number of persons receiving traditional relief in rural area in 2002 was surveyed data.