3-16      Household Consumption
Absolute figures in this table are calculated at current prices, while indices are calculated at comparable prices.
	Value (yuan)			Urban/Rural	Index(Preceding year=100)			Index (1978=100)
Region	All			Consumption	All			All
Year	Households	Rural	Urban	Ratio (Urban	Households	Rural	Urban	Households	Rural	Urban
		Households	Households	Households=1)		Households	Households		Households	Households
1978	184	138	405	2.9	104.1	104.3	103.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
1979	207	158	434	2.7	106.5	106.1	105.2	106.5	106.1	105.2
1980	236	178	496	2.8	108.7	108.8	106.3	115.8	115.5	111.9
1981	262	199	562	2.8	108.0	108.4	110.6	125.1	125.2	123.8
1982	284	221	576	2.6	106.5	109.1	100.4	133.2	136.6	124.3
1983	311	246	603	2.5	107.8	110.4	102.5	143.6	150.8	127.4
1984	354	283	662	2.3	111.6	113.0	107.0	160.2	170.4	137.8
1985	437	347	802	2.3	113.1	114.1	108.2	181.3	194.4	147.5
1986	485	376	920	2.4	104.4	102.5	107.3	189.3	199.3	158.3
1987	550	417	1089	2.6	105.6	104.3	108.7	200.0	207.9	172.0
1988	693	508	1431	2.8	107.4	106.0	108.9	214.9	220.4	187.3
1989	762	553	1568	2.8	99.5	99.2	98.4	213.8	218.8	184.4
1990	803	571	1686	3.0	103.4	100.3	107.5	221.0	219.5	198.1
1991	896	621	1925	3.1	108.3	106.7	109.3	239.4	234.2	216.6
1992	1070	718	2356	3.3	112.9	109.8	115.4	270.3	257.2	249.9
1993	1331	855	3027	3.5	108.1	106.1	108.9	292.2	272.8	272.1
1994	1746	1118	3891	3.5	104.3	104.6	101.7	304.8	285.4	276.7
1995	2236	1434	4874	3.4	107.5	108.2	104.6	327.7	308.7	289.6
1996	2641	1768	5430	3.1	109.1	114.0	102.5	357.5	351.9	296.7
1997	2834	1876	5796	3.1	104.2	103.3	103.5	372.4	363.6	307.0
1998	2972	1895	6217	3.3	105.5	101.8	108.3	393.1	370.2	332.4
1999	3138	1927	6796	3.5	107.9	104.7	111.3	424.1	387.6	370.1
2000	3397				108.3			459.4
Beijing	7326	3601	9054	2.5	126.7	113.7	128.6
Tianjin	6117	3414	8056	2.4	110.2	110.6	109.7
Hebei	2534	1816	5554	3.1	109.6	107.6	110.4
Shanxi	2037	1209	4312	3.6	111.1	111.0	109.7
Inner Mongolia	2425	1609	3930	2.4	106.4	107.5	104.4
Liaoning	4490	2403	6903	2.9	108.8	108.8	108.4
Jilin	3381	1593	5639	3.5	107.4	104.9	107.3
Heilongjiang	3669	1665	6046	3.6	106.9	104.5	107.4
Shanghai	11546	6296	13369	2.1	111.8	107.3	111.9
Jiangsu	3862	2651	6589	2.5	107.5	103.6	105.6
Zhejiang	4366	3229	8478	2.6	112.6	115.4	106.2
Anhui	2588	1922	5323	2.8	102.6	99.1	106.8
Fujian	4428	3815	6757	1.8	108.9	108.9	108.0
Jiangxi	2396	1793	4488	2.5	116.5	111.6	120.8
Shandong	3467	2352	6572	2.8	108.5	107.5	108.5
Henan	2208	1587	4902	3.1	116.1	115.3	116.3
Hubei	2857	1760	5719	3.2	106.1	103.7	108.0
Hunan	2723	1981	5705	2.9	105.0	101.9	107.9
Guangdong	5007	2855	9737	3.4	105.2	100.4	108.4
Guangxi	2147	1478	5277	3.6	103.3	101.3	105.8
Hainan	2904	2215	4900	2.2	106.4	107.6	104.2
Chongqing	2466	1380	6544	4.7	105.6	102.2	105.7
Sichuan	2456	1833	5236	2.9	112.1	113.8	107.4
Guizhou	1608	1120	4517	4.0	104.2	103.5	104.2
Yunnan	2530	2007	5444	2.7	108.1	106.5	110.4
Tibet	1823	1144	4737	4.1	109.2	111.0	103.4
Shaanxi	2035	1186	4891	4.1	108.0	100.5	108.2
Gansu	1734	993	4890	4.9	105.1	104.3	106.0
Qinghai	2255	1260	4630	3.7	104.9	104.1	105.6
Ningxia	2290	1393	4523	3.2	113.7	107.4	118.6
Xinjiang	3207	2002	4402	2.2	109.2	106.2	110.4
a)The effect of price differentials between urban and rural areas has not been removed in the calculation of the urban/rural consumption ratio.