9-1  Basic Statistics on People's Living Conditions
Item 1990 2000 2006 2007
                                                                                                              
 Employment                                                                               
   Average Number of Employed Persons per Urban Household  1.98 1.68 1.53 1.54
                                                                                         (person)
 
   Average Number of Full/Semi Laborer per                                2.92 2.76 2.83 2.84
     Rural Household                                                         (person)
   Number of Dependents per Employee of Urban Household      1.77 1.86 1.93 1.89
                                                                                         (person)
   Number of Dependents per Laborer of Rural Household           1.64 1.52 1.43 1.42
                                                                                         (person)
   Registered Urban Unemployment Persons     (10 000 persons) 383 595 847 830
   Registered Urban Unemployment Rate                               (%) 2.5 3.1 4.1 4.0
   Number of Career Service Organization at Year-end           29024 37450 37897
                                                                                             (unit)
   Total Registered Job-seekers This Year         (10 000 persons) 1992 4736 4939
 Income and Expenditure                                                           
   Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Households    1510 6280 11759 13786
                                                                                            (yuan)
   Annual Per Capita Net Income of Rural Households     686 2253 3587 4140
                                                                                            (yuan)
   Annual Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Urban            1279 4998 8697 9997
      Households                                                                   (yuan)
   Annual Per Capita Living Expenditure of Rural                        585 1670 2829 3224
      Households                                                                   (yuan)
   Per Capita Balance of Saving Deposit                            (yuan) 623 5076 12293 13058
 Life Quality                                                                                
   Household's Engel's Coefficient                                          (%)
     Urban                                                                                        54.2 39.4 35.8 36.3
     Rural                                                                                         58.8 49.1 43.0 43.1
   Residence Condition                                                                  
     Per Capita Building Space in Urban Areas                    (sq.m) 13.7 20.3 27.1
     Per Capita Living Space in Rural Areas                        (sq.m) 17.8 24.8 30.7 31.6
   Traffic Condition                                                                       
     Number of Public Transportation Vehicles per 10 000            2.2 5.3 9.1 10.2
        Population in City                                                        (unit)
     Per Capita Area of Paved Roads in City                       (sq.m) 3.1 6.1 11.0 11.4
     Number of Automobile Per 100 Urban Households(unit) 0.50 4.32 6.06
     Number of Motor Cycles Per 100 Rural Households     (unit) 0.89 21.94 44.59 48.52
   Communication Condition                                                        
     Fixed Telephone Popularization Rate          (set/100 persons) 1.11 20.10 63.39 69.45
     Mobile Telephone Popularization Rate        (set/100 persons) 0.002 6.77 35.26 41.64
  City Public Utility Rate                                                              
     Percentage of Population with Access to Tap Water         (%) 48.0 63.9 86.7 93.8
     Percentage of Population with Access to Gas                   (%) 19.1 45.4 79.1 87.4
     Per Capita Public Green Area                                       (sq.m) 1.8 3.7 8.3 9.0
     Number of Public Toilet per 10 000 Persons                 (unit) 3.0 2.7 2.9 3.0
   Per Capita Domestic Expenditure on Tour                     (yuan) 427 447 483
     Urban                                                                                        679 766 907
     Rural                                                                                         227 222 223
                                                                                                      
  Culture, Education and Health Care                                            
  Culture                                                                                     
     Rate of Radio Broadcast Coverage of the Population   (%) 74.7 92.5 95.0 95.4
     Rate of TV Coverage of the Population                        (%) 79.4 93.7 96.2 96.6
     Number of Color TV per 100 Households                    (set)
        Urban                                                                                  59.0 116.6 137.4 137.8
        Rural                                                                                   4.7 48.7 89.4 94.4
     Number of Computer per 100 Households                    (set)
        Urban                                                                                  9.7 47.2 53.8
        Rural                                                                                   0.5 2.7 3.7
     Percentage of Household Expenditure on Education,          
       Culture and Entertainment                                            (%)
        Urban                                                                                  11.1 13.4 13.8 13.3
        Rural                                                                                   5.4 11.2 10.8 9.5
  Education                                                                                 
     Rate of Entering Higher School                                    (%)
        Promotion Rate from Senior Secondary Schools            27.3 73.2 75.1 71.8
           to Higher Education
        Promotion Rate from Junior Secondary Schools            40.6 51.2 75.7 79.3
           to Senior Secondary Schools
        Promotion Rate from Primary Schools to          74.6 94.9 100.0 99.9
           Junior Secondary Schools
    Budgetary Educational Fund per Student                   (yuan)
                                                                                                   
        Regular Institutions of Higher Education                           7310 16902
        Regular Senior School                                                        1315 4906
        Regular Junior School                                                        680 2820
        Regular Primary School                                                                   492 2146
  Health                                                                                      
     Number of Beds of Hospitals and Health Centers per  23.2 23.8 25.3 26.3
        10 000 Population                                                   (bed)
     Number of Licensed (Assistant) Doctors per  15.6 16.8 15.4 15.4
        10 000 Population                                               (person)
     Percentage of Resident Expenditure on Health Care      (%)
        Urban                                                                                  2.0 6.4 7.1 7.0
        Rural                                                                                   3.3 5.2 6.8 6.5
  Social Security                                                                       
  Social Security                                                                         
    Number of Employee Joining Basic Pension Insurance 6166 13617 18766 20137
                                                                        (10 000 persons)
      Number of Employees Joining Basic Endowment Insurance 5201 10447 14131 15183
      Number of Retirees Joining Basic Endowment Insurance 965 3170 4635 4954
    Number of Persons Joining Basic Medical Care System 3787 15732 18020
                                                                       (10 000 persons)
    Number of Employees Joining Unemployment Insurance 10408 11187 11645
                                                                        (10 000 persons)
    Number of Employees Joining Injury Insurance 4350 10268 12173
                                                                       (10 000 persons)
    Number of Persons Joining Materity Insurance 3002 6459 7775
                                                                      (10 000 persons)
    Revenue of Social Insurance Fund          (100 million yuan) 187 2645 8643 10812
                                                                                                           
a) Data of urban per capita residence floor space, traffic, and municipal public utility are provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural 
     Development.