2-5      Indicators on Proportions and Efficiency in National Economic
and Social Development
         
         
Item 1985 1990 1995 2000
         
         
  Population and Employment        
  Population        
      Birth Rate                                             (‰) 21.04 21.06 17.12  
      Death Rate                                           (‰) 6.78 6.67 6.57  
      Natural Growth Rate                            (‰) 14.26 14.39 10.55  
  Employment        
      Dependency Ratio 1.12 0.79 0.78 0.56
      Employment Ratio by Type of Industry        
                     (Employment in primary industry=100)        
          Primary Industry 100 100 100 100
          Secondary Industry 33.5 35.5 44.1 45.0
          Tertiary Industry 26.8 30.8 47.5 55.0
      Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas            (%) 1.8 2.5 2.9 3.1
         
  Macro Economy        
  National Accounting        
      Ratio of Value-added by Type of Industry        
                    (Value added in primary industry=100)        
          Primary Industry 100 100 100 100
          Secondary Industry 152.1 153.8 238.0 320.1
          Tertiary Industry 100.6 115.9 149.6 209.0
      Overall Labor Productivity            (yuan/person) 1797 2902 8606 12566
          Primary Industry 817 1306 3381 3995
          Secondary Industry 3711 5652 18261 28414
          Tertiary Industry 3061 4915 10651 15181
      Per Capita GDP                               (yuan) 853 1634 4854 7078
  Investment in Fixed Assets        
      Proportion of Investment in Fixed Assets to        
        GDP                                          (%) 20.2 24.4 34.2 36.8
      Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings 82.0 78.6 67.7 68.6
        Completed in Construction                    (%)        
      Rate of Fixed Assets Completed in Capital 68.2 80.0 63.7 77.7
        Construction and Put Into Use                (%)        
      Rate of Projects Completed in Capital 50.7 53.8 57.0 57.7
        Construction and Put Into Use                (%)        
  Finance        
  Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP (%) 22.4 15.8 10.7 15.0
  Proportion of Government Expenditures to        
    GDP                                                         (%) 22.4 16.6 11.7 17.8
  Proportion of Local Government Revenue to 160.5 196.0 91.7 91.7
    Central Government Revenue                   (%)        
  Proportion of Local Government Expenditure 152 207 242 188
    to Central Government Expenditure         (%)        
  Proportion of Extra-budgetary Receipt to        
    Government Revenue                               (%) 76.3 92.2 38.6  
  Price Index        
      Overall Industrial and Farm Products Price 66.6 62.8 52.0 67.8
        Parity Index                 (use 1978=100 index)        
  Utilization of Foreign Capital        
      Proportion of Foreign Capital Actually Used to        
       Total Amount of Foreign Capital for Utilization 47.1 85.1 46.6 114.1
        by Signed Contracts or Agreements (%)        
  Production and Consumption of Energy        
      Elasticity Ratio of Energy Production 0.73 0.58 0.83  
      Elasticity Ratio of Energy Consumption 0.60 0.47 0.66  
      Energy Consumption per 10 000 yuan GDP(ton) 8.6 5.2 2.2 1.4
         
  Industries        
  Agriculture        
      Per Capita Cultivated Land                 (hectare) 0.09 0.08 0.08  
      Cultivated Land per Agricultural Laborer(hectare) 0.33 0.29 0.29  
      Total Power of Agricultural Machinery per 2.09 3 3.8  
        Hectare of Cultivated Land                    (kw)        
      Electric Power Consumption per Hectare of 510 883 1743  
        Cultivated Land                              (kwh)        
      Chemical Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare 178 271 378  
        of Cultivated Land                            (kg)        
      Agricultural Output Value per Hectare of 2510 5178 12514  
        Cultivated Land                             (yuan)        
      Output of Farm Products per Agricultural        
        Laborer                                       (kg)        
          Grain 1222 1357 1435 1405
          Cotton 13.4 13.7 14.7 13.4
          Oil-bearing Crops 50.9 49.1 69.2 89.8
          Meat       186.2
          Aquatic Products 22.7 37.6 77.4 130.1
      Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown        
        Area                                          (kg)        
          Grain 3483 3933 4240 4261
          Cotton 810 810 879 1093
          Oil-bearing Crops 1338 1480 1572 1919
  Economic Efficiency of  Industry        
      Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value (%)     9.19 9.00
      Assets-Liability  Ratio                          (%)     65.31 60.81
      Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost              (%)     3.21 5.56
      Number of Times of Annual of Turnover     1.58 1.62
        Circulating Funds                     (times/year)        
      Overall Labor Productivity        (yuan/person-year)        
  (in terms of value-addedper employee)     18477 45679
  Construction        
      Value of Machinery per Laborer         (yuan/person)   2467 4264 6304
      Ratio of Per-tax Profits to Gross Output Value  (%)   5.4 4.2 4.6
      Overall Labor Productivity             (yuan/person)        
  (in terms of gross output value per employee)   13109 38680 59585
  Transportation        
      Elasticity of Passenger Traffic 1.26       - 0.69 0.75
      Elasticity of Freight Traffic 0.3       - 0.44 0.63
      Railway Density                     (km/10000 sq.km) 57.3 60.2 62.2 71.6
      Highway Density                     (km/10000 sq.km) 982 1071 1205 1461
      Railway Freight Traffic Density             (ton/km) 23765 26069 27781 25913
      Highway Freight Traffic Density             (ton/km) 5709 7041 8128 7406
      Cargo Handled at Seaports per Berth (10 000 tons) 84 50 63 86
  Post and Communication Services        
      Elasticity of Postal and Telecommunication Services 1.35 33.15 4.16 5.49
      Access to Telephones, National       (set/100 persons) 0.6 1.1 4.7 20.1
      Access to Telephones, Urban  (set/100 persons) 3.2 6.4 15.8 39.2
  Domestic Trade        
      Per Capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan) 17681 25852 50213 72380
  Foreign Trade        
      Proportion of Total Imports & Exports to        
        GDP                                           (%) 23.1 30.0 40.2 43.9
  International Tourism        
      Expenditure per International Tourist in 70 81 188 194
        China                                        (USD)        
  Finance and Insurance        
      Bank Deposits as Percentage of GDP               (%)       138.5
      Bank Loans as Percentage of GDP                  (%)       111.1
      Proportion of Cash Outlay to Cash Receipt        
        in Bank                                                          (%)       100.4
         
  Education, Science and Technology and Culture        
  Education        
      Rate of School-age Children Enrollment           (%) 96.0 97.8 98.5 99.1
      Rate of Graduates of Primary Schools 68.4 74.6 90.8 94.9
        Entering Junior Secondary Schools              (%)        
      Rate of Graduates of Junior Secondary 41.7 40.6 48.3 51.1
        Schools Entering Senior Secondary Schools      (%)        
      Student-teacher Ratio(in percentage)             (%)        
          Colleges and Universities 5.0 5.2 7.2 12.0
          Secondary Schools 17.2 14.6 15.9 18.0
          Primary Schools 24.9 21.9 23.3 22.2
  Science and Technology        
      R&D Expenditures as Percentage of GDP         (%)        
    0.71 0.60 1.00
  Culture        
      Number of Troupes per Million Persons 3.13 2.45 2.21 2.08
      Number of Public Libraries per Million Persons 2.21 2.21 2.16 2.11
      Number of Museums per Million Persons 0.67 0.89 0.99 1.10
         
  Family, People's Livelihood and Environment        
  Family        
      Dependency Ratio of Children                     (%)  43.73* 41.52 40.16 32.64
      Dependency Ratio of the Aged                     (%)   8.33* 8.37 10.06 9.92
  Marriages and Divorces        
      Divorce Rate                                     (‰) 0.88 1.38 1.75 1.91
  People's Livelihood        
      Proportion of Growth Rate of Annual Income of 0.36 0.46 0.67 0.74
        Urban Residents to the  Growth Rate of Annual        
        Net Income of Rural Residents            (1978=100)        
  Welfare        
      Pensions for Retired Veterans, Retired and Resigned 10.5 13.4 16.1 25.6
        Persons as Percentage of Total Wages           (%)        
      Proportion of the Number of Workers Who Have 13.2 16.4 20.8 34.4
        Retired or Resigned to the Number of        
        Employed Ones                                  (%)        
  Health Care        
      Number of Hospitals per 10 000 Persons         (unit) 0.56 0.55 0.56 0.53
      Number of Doctors per 10 000 Persons           (unit) 13.3 15.4 15.8 16.8
      Number of Hospital Beds per 10 000 Persons     (unit) 21.1 23 23.4 23.8
      Utilization Rate of Hospital Beds                (%) 82.7 80.9 66.9 60.8
  City Construction        
      Percentage of Households with Access to Tap Water(%) 81.0 89.2 93.0 96.7
      Percentage of Households with Access to Tap Gas  (%) 22.4 42.2 70.0 84.2
      Public Green Areas per 10 000 Persons(hectare) 13.7 32.2 36.7 41.3
  Environment and Disasters        
      Average Loss of per Fire Disaster              (yuan) 8121 8932 29022 8046
      Average Loss of per Traffic Accident           (yuan) 676 1413 5601 4326
      Average Loss per Pollution Accident            (yuan)     50549 73861
         
         
a)Figures of dependency ratio of children and the aged with (*) were data in 1987.      
b)Since 1993, data on extrabudgetary receipt excluded the revenue of state-owned enterprises and their responsible departments.