13-3  Basic Conditions of Rural Grassroot Unit            
                   
                   
  Number of                
Year Township Town Number of Number of Rural Number of      
Region and Town Government Villager' Household Population Rural Laborer Male Female  
  Government   Committee (10 000 (10 000 (10 000      
  (unit)   (unit) households) persons) persons)      
                 
1978 52781            690000 17347.0 80320.0 30638.0 16548.4 14089.6
1980 54183            709820 17673.0 81096.0 31835.7 17379.7 14456.2
1985 91138 7956 940617 19077.0 84419.7 37065.1 20153.2 16911.9
1989 55764 11060 746432 21504.0 87831.0 40938.8 22218.0 18721.0
1990 55838 11392 743278 22237.0 89590.3 42009.5 22551.8 19457.7
1991 55542 11882 804153 22566.0 90525.1 43092.5 23121.9 19970.6
1992 48250 14135 806032 22849.0 91154.4 43801.6 23449.9 20351.7
1993 48179 15223 802352 22984.0 91333.5 44255.7 23653.1 20602.6
1994 48075 16433 802052 23165.0 91526.2 44654.1 23854.1 20800.1
1995 47136 17282 740150 23282.0 91674.6 45041.8 24037.4 21004.4
1996 45484 17998 740128 23437.6 91941.0 45288.0 24154.9 21133.1
1997 44689 18402 739447 23406.2 91524.7 45962.1 24500.6 21462.1
1998 45462 19060 739980 23678.0 91960.1 46432.3 24733.1 21699.2
1999 44741 19184 737429 23810.5 92216.3 46896.5 24995.7 21900.8
2000 43735 19692 734715 24148.7 92819.7 47962.1 25517.8 22444.3
2001 40161 19555 709257 24432.2 93382.9 48228.9 25685.4 22543.5
2002 39054 19811 694515 24569.4 93502.5 48526.9 25850.1 22676.7
2003 38028 19588 678589 24793.1 93750.6 48971.0 26121.0 22850.0
  Beijing        190 143 4003 131.1 360.6 169.6 87.9 81.7
  Tianjin        140 120 3825 115.1 391.4 173.8 94.7 79.1
  Hebei          1971 937 49752 1436.1 5383.0 2748.0 1470.8 1277.3
  Shanxi         1191 477 28745 630.1 2335.5 1012.8 560.6 452.2
  Inner Mongolia 1138 427 12269 351.0 1358.1 652.3 366.3 286.0
  Liaoning       1011 617 13720 692.1 2325.6 1016.3 566.2 450.1
  Jilin          774 457 9569 377.9 1439.4 669.0 385.3 283.7
  Heilongjiang   904 452 9018 479.1 1895.6 936.1 535.8 400.3
  Shanghai       127 124 1991 114.1 355.9 250.1 130.1 120.0
  Jiangsu        1259 1133 19520 1551.4 5209.7 2649.1 1372.5 1276.6
  Zhejiang       1334 791 38322 1168.7 3712.1 2219.9 1186.7 1033.3
  Anhui          1739 970 28852 1320.6 5142.7 2861.7 1530.0 1331.8
  Fujian         960 608 14894 679.4 2675.8 1283.7 691.7 592.0
  Jiangxi        1449 768 17955 776.1 3244.9 1588.4 831.2 757.2
  Shandong       1476 1180 86666 2043.1 7044.4 3718.4 1975.2 1743.1
  Henan          2014 771 48442 2005.8 7936.1 4695.0 2483.5 2211.5
  Hubei          964 739 27634 997.9 3958.0 1832.5 970.7 861.8
  Hunan          2357 1098 50195 1468.7 5425.9 2914.4 1579.1 1335.3
  Guangdong      1395 1379 22574 1487.4 6174.8 2824.5 1479.2 1345.4
  Guangxi        1325 747 14601 950.2 4088.7 2216.3 1170.8 1045.4
  Hainan         200 180 2633 108.7 511.4 240.3 124.3 116.0
  Chongqing      1183 642 14357 718.7 2436.5 1340.3 715.1 625.2
  Sichuan        5008 1931 54742 1967.2 6872.1 3759.6 1992.6 1767.1
  Guizhou        1381 621 22245 762.5 3201.5 1874.9 992.9 882.0
  Yunnan         1406 467 13308 885.3 3510.8 2002.7 1041.5 961.2
  Tibet          685 142 6047 39.0 221.2 103.6 52.7 51.0
  Shaanxi        1544 862 28956 698.2 2770.6 1396.2 764.0 632.2
  Gansu          1523 442 17491 457.1 2055.7 1050.5 555.9 494.6
  Qinghai        392 107 4133 73.8 347.3 180.6 94.6 86.0
  Ningxia        189 89 2685 92.2 407.6 208.5 109.0 99.5
  Xinjiang       799 167 9445 214.8 957.8 382.3 210.6 171.6
                 
a)Total rural population refers to persons residing and registered in rural areas. This indicator is calculated on the basis of the town classification 
    standards of 1964 which includes rural population in what are now established towns. Therefore, the statistical coverage in the table are larger than 
    the rural population shown in Chapter 4.