2-5 Indicators on National Economic and Social Development


Item	1978	1990	2000	2006

Population and Employment
Birth Rate (‰)	18.25	21.06	14.03	12.09
Death Rate (‰)	6.25	6.67	6.45	6.81
Natural Growth Rate (‰)	12.00	14.39	7.58	5.28
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%)	5.3	2.5	3.1	4.1
National Accounting
Per Capita GDP (yuan)	381	1644	7858	16084
Investment in Fixed Assets
Proportion of Investment in Fixed Assets to
GDP (%)		24.2	33.2	52.2
Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings		78.7	68.6	45.9
Completed in Construction (%)
Government Finance
Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP (%)	31.1	15.7	13.5	18.4
Proportion of Government Expenditures to GDP (%)	30.8	16.5	16.0	19.2
Foreign Debts
Debt Service Ratio (%)		8.7	9.2	2.1
Liability Ratio (%)		13.5	13.5	12.3
Foreign Debt Ratio (%)		91.6	52.1	30.4
Utilization of Foreign Capital
Proportion of Foreign Direct Investments Actually
Utilized to Contracted Foreign Direct Investments(%)		52.9	65.3	34.7
Energy
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Production		0.58	0.29	0.66
Elasticity Ratio of Electricity Production		1.63	1.12	1.32
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Consumption		0.47	0.42	0.87
Elasticity Ratio of Electricity Consumption		1.63	1.13	1.32
Agriculture
Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown Area(kg)
Grain	2527	3933	4261	4716
Cotton	445	807	1093	1247
Oil-bearing Crops	839	1480	1919	2227
Industry
Ratio of Industrial Value-added to Gross Industrial			29.64	28.77
Output Value (%)
Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value (%)			9.00	12.74
Assets-Liability Ratio (%)			60.81	57.46
Number of Times of Annual of Turnover			1.62	2.50
Circulating Funds (times/year)
Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost (%)			5.56	6.74
Proportion of Products Sold (%)			97.67	98.18
Construction
Value of Machinery per Laborer (yuan/person)		2467	6304	9109
Ratio of Pre-tax Profits to Gross Output Value (%)		4.4	4.6	6.2
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person)			15929	25741
(in terms of value-added per employee)
Transportation
Railway Density (km/10000 sq.km)	53.9	60.2	71.6	80.3
Highway Density (km/10000 sq.km)	927	1071	1461	3601
Post and Telecommunication Services
Access to Telephones (include mobile phone)			20.1	63.4
(set/100 persons)
Access to Mobile Phones (set/100 persons)			6.8	35.3
Domestic Trade
Per Capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan)	163	731	3097	5828
Foreign Trade
Proportion of Total Value of Imports & Exports to
GDP (%)	9.7	29.8	39.6	66.9
International Tourism
Expenditure per International Tourist in China(USD)		81	194	272
Expenditure per Domestic Tourist (yuan)			427	447

Financial Intermediation
Bank Deposits as Percentage of GDP (%)
	31.1	75.1	124.8	159.1
Bank Loans as Percentage of GDP (%)
	50.8	94.7	100.2	106.9
Proportion of Cash Outlay to Cash Receipt
in Bank (%)	101.2	101.7	100.4	100.4
Education
Rate of Graduates of Senior Secondary Schools		27.3	73.2	75.1
Rate of Graduates of Junior Secondary
Schools Entering Senior Secondary Schools (%)	40.9	40.6	51.2	75.7
Rate of Graduates of Primary Schools
Entering Junior Secondary Schools (%)	87.7	74.6	94.9	100.0
Rate of School-age Children Enrollment (%)	95.5	97.8	99.1	99.3
Science and Technology
R&D Expenditures as Percentage of GDP (%)
			0.90	1.42
Health Care
Number of Certified (Assistant) Doctors per	10.8	15.6	16.8	15.4
10 000 Population (person)
Number of Hospital Beds per 10 000 Population	19.3	23.2	23.8	25.3
(bed)
Beds Utilization Rate of Medical Institutions (%)		80.9	60.8	64.9
Municipal Works
Percentage of Population with Access to Tap		48.0	63.9	86.7
Water (%)
Percentage of City Population with Access to Gas(%)		19.1	45.4	79.1
Per Capita Public Green Areas (sq.m)		1.8	3.7	8.3