People's Life
Item 1989 1997 2002 2003 2004  
Employment          
Average Number of Employed Persons per City
Household (person)
2.00 1.83 1.58 1.58 1.56
Average Number of Able-bodied and Semi-able-bodied
Laborers per Rural Household (person)
2.94 2.79 2.76 2.80 2.82
Number of Dependents per Employee of City
Household (person)
1.78 1.74 1.92 1.91 1.91
Number of Dependents per Laborer of Rural
Household (person)
1.65 1.56 1.50 1.47 1.45
Urban Registration Unemployment (10000 persons) 378 577 770 800 827
Urban Registration Unemployment Rate (%) 2.6 3.1 4.0 4.3 4.2
Number of Career Service Organization at the
Year-end (unit)
  34286 26158 31109  
Total Registered Job-seekers This Year
(10000 persons)
  1162 2684 3060  
Income and Expenditure          
Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of City
Residents (yuan)
1374 5160 7703 8472 9422
Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of Rural
Residents (yuan)
602 2090 2476 2622 2936
Annual Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of City
Household (yuan)
1211 4186 6030 6511 7182
Annual Per Capita Living Expenditure of Rural
Household (yuan)
535 1617 1834 1943 2185
Per Capita Balance of Saving Deposit (yuan) 461 3744 6766 8018 9197
Life Quality          
Household's Engle Coefficient (%)          
  Urban 54.5 46.6 37.7 37.1 37.7
  Rural 54.8 55.1 46.2 45.6 47.2
Residence Condition          
  Per Capita Building Space in City Areas (sq.m) 13.5 17.8 22.8 23.7  
  Per Capita Living Space in Rural Areas (sq.m) 17.2 22.5 26.5 27.2 27.9
Traffic Condition          
  Number of Public Transportation Vehicles per 10000
Population in Cities (unit)
2.1 4.5 6.7 7.7  
 Per Capita Area of Paved Roads (sq.m) 3.2 5.2 7.9 9.3  
  Percentage of Administrative Village Access
to Highway (%)
75.0 85.8 92.3 91.9  
 Number of Family Vehicles Per 100 City
Household (unit)
  0.19 0.88 1.36 2.2
  Number of Motor Cycles Per 100 Rural
Households (unit)
0.95 10.89 28.07 31.80 36.2
Communication Condition          
  Mobile Telephone Popularization Rate
(set/100 persons)
0.98 8.11 33.60 42.16 50.8
  Mobile Telephone Popularization Rate
(set/100 persons)
  1.07 16.10 21.02 25.76
  Per 1000 Person Public Telephone (Sets) 0.04 1.57 7.67 12.08 17.03
City Public Utility          
  Rate of Access to Tap Water (%) 47.4 61.2 77.9 86.2 88.8
  Rate of Access to Gas (%) 17.8 40.0 67.2 76.7 81.5
  Per Capita Green Area (sq.m) 1.7 2.9 5.4 6.5 7.4
  Number of Public Toilet per 10000 Persons (unit) 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.2  
Per Capita Domestic Expenditure on Tour (yuan)
  328.1 441.8 395.7 428.0
  Urban   599.8 739.7 684.9 732.0
  Rural   145.7 209.1 200.0 210.0
Culture, Education and Sport          
Culture          
  Broadcast Covering Rate of Population (%) 73.0 86.0 93.3 93.7 94.1
  TV Covering Rate of Population (%) 77.9 87.6 94.6 95.0 95.3
  Number of Colour TV per 100 Households (set)          
    Urban 51.5 100.5 126.4 130.5 133.4
    Rural 3.6 27.3 60.5 67.8  
 Number of Computer per 100 Households (set)          
    Urban   2.6 20.6 27.8 33.1
    Rural     1.1 1.4 1.9
  Percentage of Household Expenditure on Education,
Culture and Entertainment (%)
         
    Urban 11.1 10.7 15.0 14.4  
    Rural 5.7 9.2 11.5 12.1  
Education          
  Rate of Entering the Higher School (%)          
    Entering Middle School from Elementary School 71.5 93.7 97.0 97.9 98.1
    Entering Senior Secondary School from Junior
Secomdary School
38.3 51.5 58.3 60.2 62.9
    Entering College and University from Senior
Secondary School
24.6 45.1 83.5 83.4 82.5
  Number of Student per 10000 Population (person)          
    College and University Student 18.5 25.7 70.3 86.3 103.2
    Secondary School Student 448 566 733 763 776
    Elementary School Student 1098 1132 946 910 870
  Budgetary Educational Fund per Student (yuan)          
    Regular Institutions of Higher Education   6522.9 6178.0    
    Regular Senior School   1155.4 1565.3    
    Regular Senior School   591.4 960.5    
    Primary School   333.8 813.1    
Health          
  Number of Hospital Beds per 10000 Population (bed) 22.8 23.5 23.2 23.4 24.0
  Number of Doctor per 10000 Population (person) 15.2 16.1 14.7 14.8 15.0
  Per Capita Expenditure for Public Health (yuan) 76.7 186.4 442.5    
  Percentage of Resident Expenditure on
Health Care (%)
         
    Urban 1.3 4.3 7.1 7.3  
    Rural 3.1 3.9 5.7 6.0  
Social Security and Social Service          
Social Security          
  Number of Employee Joining Basic
Endowment Insurance (10000 persons)
4817 8671 11129 11647 12250
  Number of Retiree Joining Basic Endowment
Insurance (10000 persons)
893 2533 3608 3860 4103
  Number of Person Joining Unemployment
Insurance (10000 persons)
  7961 10182 10373 10584
  Number of Person Joining Basic Medical Care
System (10000 persons)
  1762 9401 10902 12404
  Number of Person Joining Rural Endowment
Insurance (10000 persons)
    5462 5428  
  Per Capita Retirement Pension (yuan) 1478 5458 8881 9485  
Social Service          
  Number of Urban Community Welfare Facilities
(10000 units)
7.1 13.3 19.9 19.6 19.8
  Number of Urban Community Service Points for Civilian   30.7 62.3 66.8  
a) Data of urban per capita residence floor space, traffic, and city public utility are provided by the Ministry of
Construction.
b) The percentage of urban household expenditure on education, culture and entertainment in 1989 is the data in 1990.
c) The figures of per capita expenditure for public health in 1989 and 1997 are the data in 1991 and 1995.