4-9      Comparison  of  Illiterate  Population by Region
Region	Illiterate Population(10000persons)		Illiterate Rate(%)
	1990	2000	1990	2000	Down
National Total	18003	8507	15.88	6.72	9.16
Beijing	94	59	8.70	4.23	4.47
Tianjin	78	49	8.92	4.93	4.00
Hebei	929	448	15.21	6.65	8.56
Shanxi	325	138	11.30	4.18	7.12
Inner Mongolia	330	217	15.39	9.12	6.27
Liaoning	348	202	8.81	4.76	4.06
Jilin	259	125	10.49	4.57	5.92
Heilongjiang	383	188	10.87	5.10	5.77
Shanghai	147	90	11.04	5.40	5.64
Jiangsu	1156	469	17.23	6.31	10.93
Zhejiang	724	330	17.46	7.06	10.40
Anhui	1373	602	24.43	10.06	14.37
Fujian	470	250	15.63	7.20	8.43
Jiangxi	612	214	16.22	5.16	11.05
Shandong	1423	768	16.87	8.46	8.41
Henan	1381	543	16.15	5.87	10.28
Hubei	852	431	15.79	7.15	8.64
Hunan	734	299	12.10	4.65	7.45
Guangdong	656	332	10.45	3.84	6.61
Guangxi	448	170	10.61	3.79	6.82
Hainan	92	55	13.97	6.98	6.99
Chongqing	405	215	14.02	6.95	7.07
Sichuan	1336	636	17.05	7.64	9.41
Guizhou	786	490	24.27	13.89	10.38
Yunnan	941	488	25.44	11.39	14.05
Tibet	98	85	44.43	32.50	11.93
Shaanxi	579	263	17.62	7.29	10.33
Gansu	625	367	27.93	14.34	13.59
Qinghai	123	93	27.70	18.03	9.67
Ningxia	103	75	22.06	13.40	8.66
Xinjiang	193	107	12.75	5.56	7.20
a) The data on 1990 are obtained from Major Figures on 4th Population Census of China (manual tabulation),edited by the National Population
Census Office.The data on 2000 are obtained from advance tabulation  of the 5th national  population census, with zero hour of November 1,2000 as the
reference time.