Government Expenditures for Pensions and Social Welfare
( 100 million yuan )  
Year Total Pensions for
Handicapped and Bereaved Families		 Pensions
for
Retirees		 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
2000 213.03 59.72 23.72 59.71 28.73 41.15
2001
 266.68 69.86 30.26 89.99 35.17 41.40
2002 372.97 60.03 41.28 141.63 32.93 97.10
a) Prior to 1978, pensions for retirees were included in the pensions for handicapped and bereaved families. Since 1996, pensions for retirees have excluded local pensions for retirees which have been transferred to pensions of administrative operation and run by departments of civil affairs.
b) Since 1976, expenses on disaster relief have included the expense on earthquake relief.