1-4  Indicators on National Economic and Social Development
Item	1978	1990	2000	2011
Population and Employment
Birth Rate                                                              (‰)	18.25	21.06	14.03	11.93
Death Rate                                                             (‰)	6.25	6.67	6.45	7.14
Natural Growth Rate                                             (‰)	12.00	14.39	7.58	4.79
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas   (%)	5.3	2.5	3.1	4.1
National Accounting
Per Capita GDP                                                 (yuan)	381	1644	7858	35181
Investment in Fixed Assets
Proportion of Investment in Fixed Assets to
GDP                                                                     (%)		24.2	33.2	65.9
Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings Completed(%)		78.7	68.6	31.8
Consumption
Per Capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods   (yuan)	163	731	3097	13683
Foreign Trade
Proportion of Total Value of Imports & Exports to
GDP                                                                   (%)	9.7	29.8	39.6	50.0
Government Finance
Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP             (%)	31.1	15.7	13.5	22.0
Proportion of Government Expenditure to GDP      (%)	30.8	16.5	16.0	23.1
Foreign Debts
Debt Service Ratio                                                  (%)		8.7	9.2	1.7
Liability Ratio                                                         (%)		13.6	12.2	9.5
Foreign Debt Ratio                                                 (%)		91.6	52.1	33.3
Energy
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Production		0.58	0.28	0.76
Elasticity Ratio of Electricity Production		1.63	1.12	1.29
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Consumption		0.47	0.42	0.76
Elasticity Ratio of Electricity Consumption		1.63	1.13	1.30
Energy Consumption per Unit of GDP				0.79
(ton of SCE/ 10 000 yuan)
Agriculture
Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown Area(kg)
Grain	2527	3933	4261	5166
Cotton	445	807	1093	1308
Oil-bearing Crops	839	1480	1919	2387
Industry
Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value (%)			9.00	16.09
Assets-Liability  Ratio                                          (%)			60.81	58.10
Number of Times of Annual of Turnover			1.62	2.62
Circulating Funds                                  (times/year)
Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost                         (%)			5.56	7.71
Proportion of Products Sold                                 (%)			97.67	98.05
Construction
Overall Labor Productivity                  (yuan/person)			15929	43951
(in terms of value-added per employee)
Value of Machinery per Laborer         (yuan/person)		2467	6304	12025
Ratio of Pre-tax Profits to Gross Output Value   (%)		5.1	4.6	6.9
Transportation
Railway Density                          (km/10 000 sq.km)	53.9	60.3	71.6	97.1
Highway Density                        (km/10 000 sq.km)	927	1071	1750	4278
Postal and Telecommunication Services
Access to Telephones (include mobile phone)	0.4	1.1	19.1	94.8
(set/100 persons)
Access to Mobile Phones               (set/100 persons)			6.7	73.6
Tourism
Expenditure per International Tourist in China(USD)		81	194	358
Expenditure per Domestic Tourist                    (yuan)			427	731
Financial Intermediation
Deposits of Financial Institutions as Percentage of
GDP                                                                 (%)	31.7	74.7	124.8	171.2
Loans of Financial Institutions as Percentage of
GDP                                                                 (%)	51.9	93.8	100.2	115.9
Education
Promotion Rate from Senior Secondary Schools
to Higher Education                                         (%)		27.3	73.2	86.5
Promotion Rate from Junior Secondary Schools
to Senior Secondary Schools                            (%)	40.9	40.6	51.2	88.9
Promotion Rate from Primary Schools to
Junior Secondary Schools                                 (%)	87.7	74.6	94.9	98.3
Net Enrollment Ratio of Primary Schools           (%)	95.5	97.8	99.1	99.8
Science and Technology
R&D Expenditure as Percentage of GDP          (%)
			0.90	1.84
Health Care
Number of Licensed (Assistant) Doctors per	10.8	15.6	16.8	18.2
10 000 Population                                     (person)
Number of Beds of Hospitals and Health Centers	19.3	23.2	23.8	35.0
per 10 000 Population                                    (bed)
Beds Utilization Rate of Medical Organizations (%)		80.9	60.8	80.3
Municipal Works
Percentage of Population with Access to Tap		48.0	63.9	97.0
Water                                                                     (%)
Percentage of City Population with Access to Gas  (%)		19.1	45.4	92.4
Per Capita Public Green Area                             (sq.m)		1.8	3.7	11.8
a) The national energy consumption for unit GDP is calculated at the 2005 constant price.
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