Basic Statistics on Urban Public Utilities
(Data have covered public utilities of all urban units)
Item 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002
Urban Areas and Floor Space of Buildings          
Developed Areas (sq.m) 12856 19264 22439 24027 25973
Population Density of Urban Districts (persons/sq.km) 279 322 442 588 754
Total Floor Space of Buildings (year-end) (100 million sq.m) 39.8 57.3 76.6 110.1 131.8
Total Floor Space of Residential Buildings
(year-end) (100 million sq.m)
20.0 31.0 44.1 66.5 81.8
Total Use Space of Residential Buildings
(year-end) (100 million sq.m)
14.4 26.6 32.4 49.5  
Water Supply, Gas Supply and Heating          
Annual Supply of Tap Water (100 million tons) 382.3 481.6 469.0 466.1 466.5
Water Consumption for Residential Use 100.1 158.1 200.0 203.6 213.2
Per- capita Water Consumption for Residential Use (ton) 67.9 71.3 95.5 78.8 77.8
Percentage of Population With Access to Tap Water (%) 48.0 58.7 63.9 72.3 77.9
Coal Gas Supply (100 million cu.m) 174.7 126.7 152.4 136.9 198.9
Consumption of Coal Gas for Residential Use 27.4 45.7 63.1 49.4 49.0
Natural Gas Supply (100 million cu.m) 64.2 67.3 82.1 99.5 125.9
Consumption of Coal Gas for Residential Use 11.6 16.4 24.8 24.8 35.0
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (10 000 ton) 219.0 488.7 1053.7 981.8 1136.4
Consumption of Liquefied Gas for Residential Use (10 000 ton) 142.8 370.2 532.3 558.3 656.2
Length of Gas Pipelines (10 000 km) 2.4 4.4 8.9 10.0 11.4
Percentage of Population With Access to Gas (%) 19.1 34.3 45.4 60.4 67.2
Area With Centralized Heating system (100 million sq.m) 2.1 6.5 11.1 14.6 15.6
Municipal Engineering          
Length of Roads (10 000 km) 9.5 13.0 16.0 17.6 19.1
Length of Roads per 10 000 People (km) 3.1 3.8 4.1 4.9 5.4
Area of Roads (100 million sq.m) 8.9 13.6 19.0 24.9 27.7
Area of Roads per 10 000 People (sq.m) 3.1 4.4 6.1 7.0 7.9
Length of Sewer Pipelines (10 000 km) 5.8 11.0 14.2 15.8 17.3
Density of Sewer Pipelines (km/sq.m) 4.5 5.7 6.3 6.6 6.7
Public Traffic          
Number of Public Vehicles for Business Transportation (Buses and Trolley Buses, etc.) (10 000 units) 6.2 13.7 22.6 23.1 24.6
Number of Public Transportation Vehicles
per 10 000 People (unit)
2.2 3.6 5.3 6.1 6.7
Taxi (10 000 units) 11.1 50.4 82.5 87.0 88.4
Afforestation in Cities          
Public Green Areas (10 000 hectare) 47.5 67.8 86.5 94.7 107.2
Public Green Areas per 10 000 People (sq.m) 1.8 2.5 3.7 4.6 5.4
Number of Park and Zoo (unit) 1970 3619 4455 4850 5178
Area of Park and Zoo (10 000 hectare) 3.9 7.3 8.2 9.1 10.0
People Sanitation          
Volume of Garbage Disposal (10 000 tons) 6767 10671 11819 13470 13650
Volume of Disposal of Excrement and Urine (10 000 tons) 2385 3066 2829 2990 3160
Number of Public Lavatories per 10 000 People 3.0 3.0 2.7 3.0 3.2
a) Per capita data and popularization data are calculated by city population.