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

107.92

49.57

266.58

49.04

89.54

2005

716.39

148.28

55.57

324.22

62.97

125.35

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.