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The living standard of urban and rural residents
further improved. In 2001, the annual per-capita disposable income of urban
residents was 6,860 yuan, a real increase of 8.5 percent over 2000. The
per-capita net income of rural residents was 2,366 yuan, a real increase
of 4.2 percent, of which, the per-capita net cash income was 1,748 yuan,
a real increase of 5.7 percent. Residents' housing conditions continued
to improve. The year 2001 saw completion of 540 million square meters of
dwelling structures in urban areas and 740 million square meters in rural
areas. The Engel coefficient for urban and rural families stood at 37.9
percent and 47.8 percent respectively, both down by 1.3 percentage points
compared with 2000.
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