Government Expenditure for Pensions

and Social Welfare

 

 

 

 

 

(100 million yuan)

Year

Total

Pension for

Handicapped and

Bereaved Families

Pension for

Retires

Social Welfare

and Relief

Funds

Expenses on

Disaster

Relief

 Others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1952

2.95

1.23

 

0.66

1.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1953

3.62

1.55

 

0.77

1.30

 

1954

6.04

1.76

 

1.08

3.20

 

1955

4.94

2.03

 

1.25

1.66

 

1956

5.67

1.75

 

1.61

2.31

 

1957

5.29

1.52

 

1.36

2.41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1958

3.22

1.20

 

1.15

0.87

 

1959

4.41

1.11

 

1.17

2.13

 

1960

7.94

1.46

 

2.15

4.33

 

1961

10.09

1.45

 

2.44

6.20

 

1962

8.14

1.73

 

2.39

4.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1963

10.15

1.93

 

2.80

5.42

 

1964

17.04

2.06

 

2.87

12.11

 

1965

10.94

2.31

 

2.92

5.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1966

9.21

2.27

 

3.19

3.75

 

1967

8.16

2.44

 

2.91

2.81

 

1968

5.61

1.97

 

 

 

 

1969

6.67

2.39

 

 

 

 

1970

6.53

2.67

 

3.86

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1971

6.83

2.61

 

2.69

1.53

 

1972

8.15

2.88

 

2.95

2.32

 

1973

9.97

3.32

 

3.29

3.36

 

1974

9.16

3.49

 

3.40

2.27

 

1975

12.88

3.75

 

3.47

5.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1976

24.07

4.15

 

3.86

16.06

 

1977

18.76

4.64

 

3.98

10.14

 

1978

18.91

2.93

2.34

4.62

9.02

 

1979

22.11

3.57

2.89

5.41

10.24

 

1980

20.31

4.51

3.41

5.36

7.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1981

21.72

4.54

3.44

5.08

8.66

 

1982

21.43

4.86

3.48

5.45

7.64

 

1983

24.04

5.39

3.62

6.58

8.45

 

1984

25.16

6.20

3.64

7.92

7.40

 

1985

31.15

7.13

4.88

7.71

10.25

1.18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1986

35.58

8.77

5.77

8.69

10.64

1.71

1987

37.40

9.87

6.68

9.04

9.91

1.90

1988

41.77

11.32

7.59

9.73

10.64

2.49

1989

49.60

14.43

8.56

10.80

12.88

2.93

1990

55.04

16.61

9.60

12.07

13.33

3.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1991

67.32

17.21

10.32

13.18

22.51

4.10

1992

66.45

18.45

12.40

14.36

15.89

5.35

1993

75.27

20.78

14.09

17.01

15.40

7.99

1994

95.14

24.78

20.12

20.55

19.42

10.27

1995

115.46

29.11

22.78

24.19

27.27

12.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1996

128.03

32.78

10.67

28.98

39.06

16.54

1997

142.14

37.62

13.51

36.57

34.51

19.93

1998

171.26

40.38

16.24

35.29

52.32

27.03

1999

179.88

54.57

19.68

48.52

34.05

23.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a) Prior to 1978, the pension for retires was included in the pension for handicapped and bereaved families. Since 1996, the pension for retires had excluded the local pension for retires which had been transferred to the pension of administration operation and run by the department of civil affairs.

b) Since 1976, expense on disaster relief include the expense on earthquake relief.