Indicators on Proportions and Efficiency
in National Economic and Social Development
Item 1990 1995 2001 2002
Population and Employment        
Population        
Birth Rate (‰) 21.06 17.12 13.38 12.86
Death Rate (‰) 6.67 6.57 6.43 6.41
Natural Growth Rate (‰) 14.39 10.55 6.95 6.45
Employment        
Dependency Ratio 0.79 0.78 0.75 0.74
Employment Ratio by Type of Industry
(Employment in primary industry=100)
       
Primary Industry 100 100 100 100
Secondary Industry 35.5 44.1 44.6 42.8
Tertiary Industry 30.8 47.5 55.4 57.2
Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%) 2.5 2.9 3.6 4.0
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 153.8 238.0 335.9 332.2
Tertiary Industry 115.9 149.6 220.8 218.0
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person) 2865 8630 13222 14211
Primary Industry 1289 3324 4027 4371
Secondary Industry 5570 18431 30194 33929
Tertiary Industry 4853 11080 16107 16658
per-capita GDP (yuan) 1634 4854 7543 8184
Investment in Fixed Assets        
Proportion of Investment        
in Fixed Assets to GDP (%) 24.4 34.2 38.8 41.5
Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings
Completed in Construction (%)
78.6 67.7 66.1 64.6
Rate of Fixed Assets Completed in Capital
Construction and Put Into Use (%)
80.0 63.7 68.2 67.9
Rate of Projects Completed in Capital
Construction and Put Into Use (%)
53.8 57.0 55.9 53.8
Finance        
Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP (%) 15.8 10.7 17.1 18.0
Proportion of GovernmentExpenditures to GDP (%) 16.6 11.7 19.7 21.0
Proportion of Local Government Revenue to
Central Government Revenue (%)
196.0 91.7 90.9 82.0
Proportion of Local Government Expenditures
to Central Government Expenditures (%)
207 242 228 225.7
Proportion of Extra-budgetary Receipt to        
Government Revenue (%) 92.2 38.6 28.6 28.6
Utilization of Foreign Capital        
Proportion of Foreign Capital Actually Used to
Total Amount of Contracted Foreign Capital for Utilization (%)
85.1 46.6 69.0 63.7
Production and Consumptions of Energy        
Elasticity Coefficient of Energy Production 0.58 0.83 1.78 1.87
Elasticity Coefficient of Energy Consumption 0.47 0.66 0.18 1.21
Energy Consumption per 10 000 yuan GDP (ton) 5.2 2.2 1.4 1.4
Industries        
Agriculture        
Output per Agricultural Laborer Force (kg)        
Grain 1325 1435 1387 1419
Cotton 13.4 14.7 16.3 15.3
Oil-bearing Crops 47.9 69.2 87.8 89.9
Pork, Beef and Mutton     154.0 162.3
Aquatic Products 36.7 77.4 134.3 141.7
Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown Area (kg)        
Grain 3933 4240 4267 4399
Cotton 810 879 1107 1175
Oil-bearing Crops 1480 1572 1958 1962
Economic Efficiency of Industry        
Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value (%)   9.19 8.91 9.45
Assets-Liability Ratio (%)   65.31 58.97 58.72
Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost (%)   3.21 5.35 5.62
Number of Times of Annual Turnover of Circulating Funds (times)   1.58 1.66 1.80
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person-year)
(in terms of value-added per employee)
  18477 52062 59766
Construction        
Value of Machinery per Laborer (yuan/person) 2467 4264 7136 9675
Ratio of per-tax Profits to Gross Output Value (%) 5.4 4.2 5.2 5.2
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person)        
(in terms of gross output value per employee) 13109 38680 67275 19316
Transportation        
Elasticity Coefficient of Passenger Traffic   0.69 0.51 0.60
Elasticity Coefficient of Freight Traffic   0.44 0.43 0.73
Railway Density (km/10000 sq.km) 60.2 62.2 73.0 75.0
Highway Density (km/10000 sq.km) 1071 1205 1769 1839
Railway Freight Traffic Density (ton/km) 26069 27781 27489 28407
Highway Freight Traffic Density (ton/km) 7041 8128 6221 6324
Cargo Handled at Seaports per Berth        
(10 000 tons) 50 63 99 113
Post and Telecommunications Services        
Elasticity Coefficient of Post and Telecommunications Services 33.15 4.16 3.78 3.13
Nationwide Access to Telephones (include mobile phone) 1.1 4.7 25.9 33.6
(set/100 persons)        
Access to Mobile Phones (set/100 persons)   0.3 11.4 16.1
Domestic Trade        
per-capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan) 25852 50213 79795 84299
Foreign Trade        
Proportion of Total Imports & Exports to GDP (%) 30.0 40.2 44.0 49.0
International Tourism        
Expenditures per International Tourist in China ($) 81 188 200 208
Finance and Insurance        
Banking Deposits as percentage to GDP (%)   92.1 149.7 163.1
Banking Loans as percentage to GDP (%)   86.4 117.1 125.3
Proportion of Cash Outlay to Cash Receipt in Banks (%)   100.6 100.3 100.4
Education, Science and Technology and Culture        
Education        
Rate of School-age Children Enrollment (%) 97.8 98.5 99.1 98.6
Rate of Graduates of Primary Schools
Entering Junior Secondary Schools (%)
74.6 90.8 95.5 97.0
Rate of Graduates of Junior Secondary
Schools Entering Senior Secondary Schools (%)
40.6 48.3 52.9 58.3
Student-teacher Ratio (%)        
Colleges and Universities 5.2 7.2 13.5 14.6
Secondary Schools 14.6 15.9 18.5 18.7
Primary Schools 21.9 23.3 21.6 21.0
Science and Technology        
R&D Expenditures as percentage to GDP (%) 0.71 0.60 1.09 1.23
Culture (unit)        
Number of Troupes per 1 Million persons 2.45 2.21 2.04 2.01
Number of Public Libraries per 1 Million persons 2.21 2.16 2.11 2.10
Number of Museums per 1 Million persons 0.89 0.99 1.14 1.18
Family, People's Livelihood and Environment        
Family        
Ratio of Children (%) 41.5 39.7 32.0 31.86
Ratio of the Aged (%) 8.3 9.2 10.1 10.38
Marriages and Divorces        
Divorce Rate (%) 1.41 1.75 1.97 1.80
People's Livelihood        
Proportion of Growth Rate of Annual Income of Urban Residents to the Growth Rate of Annual Net Income of Rural Residents (1978=100) 0.46 0.67 0.78 0.87
Welfare        
Pensions for Retired Veterans, Retired and Resigned persons as percentage to Total Wages (%) 13.4 16.1 26.0 27.8
Proportion of the Number of Workers Who Have Retired or Resigned to the Number of Employed Ones (%) 16.4 20.8 37.2 40.0
Health Care        
Number of Doctors per 10 000 persons (person) 15.4 15.8 16.9 14.7
Number of Hospital Beds per 10 000 persons (unit) 23.0 23.4 23.9 23.2
Utilization Rate of Hospital Beds (%) 80.9 66.9 61.3 57.4
City Construction        
percentage of Households With Access to Tap Water (%) 89.2 93.0 72.3 77.9
percentage of Households With Access to Tap Gas (%) 42.2 70.0 60.4 67.2
Per-capita Green Area (sq.m)       5.4
Environment and Disasters        
Average Loss per Fire Disaster (yuan) 8932 29022 6473 5979
Average Loss per Traffic Accident (yuan) 1413 5601 4090 4300
Average Loss per Pollution Accident (yuan)   50549 66625 24159

1. Data on proportion of extra-budgetary receipt to government revenue were obtained in 2002.
2. Data on economic efficiency of industry for 1997 were obtained in 1998.
3. Data on supports of children and the aged for 1978, 1989 and 1997 were obtained in 1982, 1990 and 1995.