Indicators on Proportions and Efficiency
in National Economic and Social Development
Item 1985 1990 1995 2001  
Population and Employment        
Population        
Birth Rate (‰) 21.04 21.06 17.12 13.38
Death Rate (‰) 6.78 6.67 6.57 6.43
Natural Growth Rate (‰) 14.26 14.39 10.55 6.95
Employment        
Dependency Ratio 1.12 0.79 0.78 0.75
Employment Ratio by Type of Industry        
(Employment in primary industry=100)        
Primary Industry 100 100 100 100
Secondary Industry 33.5 35.5 44.1 44.6
Tertiary Industry 26.8 30.8 47.5 55.4
Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%) 1.8 2.5 2.9 3.6
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 152.1 153.8 238.0 335.9
Tertiary Industry 100.6 115.9 149.6 220.8
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person) 1828 2865 8630 13222
Primary Industry 820 1289 3324 4027
Secondary Industry 3872 5570 18431 30194
Tertiary Industry 3176 4853 11080 16107
Per-capita GDP (yuan) 855 1634 4854 7543
Investment in Fixed Assets        
Proportion of Investment in Fixed Assets to GDP (%) 20.2 24.4 34.2 38.8
Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings
Completed in Construction (%)
82.0 78.6 67.7 66.1
Rate of Fixed Assets Completed in Capita
Construction and Put into Use (%)
68.2 80.0 63.7 68.2
Rate of Projects Completed in Capital
Construction and Put into Use (%)
50.7 53.8 57.0 55.9
Finance        
Proportion of Government Revenue to GDP (%) 22.4 15.8 10.7 17.1
Proportion of Government Expenditures to GDP (%) 22.4 16.6 11.7 19.7
Proportion of Local Government Revenue to
Central Government Revenue (%)
160.5 196.0 91.7 90.9
Proportion of Local Government Expenditure
to Central Government Expenditure (%)
152 207 242 228
Proportion of Extra-budgetary Receipt to        
Government Revenue (%) 76.3 92.2 38.6 28.6
Utilization of Foreign Capital        
Proportion of Foreign Capital Actually Used to
Total Amount of Foreign Capital for Utilizationby Signed Contracts or Agreements (%)
45.2 85.1 46.6 69.0
Production and Consumptions of Energy        
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Production 0.73 0.58 0.83 1.78
Elasticity Ratio of Energy Consumption 0.60 0.47 0.66 0.18
Energy Consumption per 10 000 yuan GDP (ton) 8.6 5.2 2.2 1.4
Industries        
Agriculture        
Per-capita Cultivated Land (hectare) 0.09 0.08 0.08  
Cultivated Land per Agricultural Laborer (hectare) 0.33 0.29 0.29  
Total Power of Agricultural Machinery PerHectare of Cultivated Land (kw) 2.1 3.0 3.8  
Electric Power Consumption Per Hectare of Cultivated Land (kwh) 510 883 1743  
Chemical Fertilizer Consumption Per Hectareof Cultivated Land (kg) 178 271 378  
Agricultural Output Value Per Hectare of Cultivated Land (yuan) 2510 5178 12514  
Output of Per Agricultural Labor Force (kg)        
Grain 1221 1325 1435 1387
Cotton 13.4 13.4 14.7 16.3
Oil-bearing Crops 50.8 47.9 69.2 87.8
Pork, Beef and Mutton       154.0
Aquatic Products 22.7 36.7 77.4 134.3
Output of Farm Crops Per Hectare of Sown Area (kg)        
Grain 3483 3933 4240 4267
Cotton 810 810 879 1107
Oil-bearing Crops 1338 1480 1572 1958
Economic Efficiency of Industry        
Ratio of Total Assets to Industrial Output Value (%)     9.19 8.91
Assets-Liability Ratio (%)     65.31 58.97
Ratio of Profits to Industrial Cost (%)     3.21 5.35
Number of Times of Annual Turnover ofCirculating Funds (times/year)     1.58 1.66
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person-year) (in terms of value-addedper employee)     18477 52062
Construction        
Value of Machinery per Laborer (yuan/person)   2467 4264 7136
Ratio of Per-tax Profits to Gross Output Value (%)   5.4 4.2 5.2
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person) (in terms of gross output value per employee)   13109 38680 67275
Transportation        
Elasticity of Passenger Traffic 1.26 - 0.69 0.51
Elasticity of Freight Traffic 0.3 - 0.44 0.43
Railway Density (km/10000 sq.km) 57.3 60.2 62.2 73.0
Highway Density (km/10000 sq.km) 982 1071 1205 1769
Railway Freight Traffic Density (ton/km) 23765 26069 27781 27489
Highway Freight Traffic Density (ton/km) 5709 7041 8128 6221
Cargo Handled at Seaports per Berth (10 000 tons) 84 50 63 99
Posts and Telecommunications Services        
Elasticity of Post and Telecommunications Services 1.35 33.15 4.16 3.78
Access to Telephones, National (include mobile phone) (set/100 persons) 0.6 1.1 4.7 25.9
Access to Mobile phones (set/100 persons)     0.3 11.4
Domestic Trade        
Per-capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan) 17681 25852 50213 79795
Foreign Trade        
Proportion of Total Imports & Exports to GDP (%) 23.1 30.0 40.2 44.0
International Tourism        
Expenditure Per International
Tourist in China ($)
70 81 188 200
Finance and Insurance        
Bank Deposits as Percentage of GDP (%)     92.1 149.7
Bank Loans as Percentage of GDP (%)     86.4 117.1
Proportion of Cash Outlay to Cash Receipt in Bank (%)
    100.6 100.3
Education, Science and Technology and Culture        
Education        
Rate of School-age Children Enrollment (%) 96.0 97.8 98.5 99.1
Rate of Graduates of Primary Schools
Entering Junior Secondary Schools (%)
68.4 74.6 90.8 95.5
Rate of Graduates of Junior Secondary
Schools Entering Senior Secondary Schools (%)
41.7 40.6 48.3 52.9
Student-teacher Ratio (in percentage) (%)        
Colleges and Universities 5.0 5.2 7.2 13.5
Secondary Schools 17.2 14.6 15.9 18.5
Primary Schools 24.9 21.9 23.3 21.6
Science and Technology        
R&D Expenditures as Percentage of GDP (%)   0.71 0.60 1.09
Culture (unit)        
Number of Troupes Per Million Persons 3.13 2.45 2.21 2.04
Number of Public Libraries Per Million Persons 2.21 2.21 2.16 2.11
Number of Museums Per Million Persons 0.67 0.89 0.99 1.14
Family, People's Livelihood and Environment        
Family        
Dependency Ratio of Children (%) 54.6* 41.5 39.7 32.0
Dependency Ratio of the Aged (%) 8.0* 8.3 9.2 10.1
Marriages and Divorces        
Divorce Rate 0.95 1.41 1.75 1.97
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) 0.36 0.46 0.67 0.78
Welfare        
Pensions for Retired Veterans, Retired and Resigned Persons as Percentage of Total Wages (%) 10.5 13.4 16.1 26.0
Proportion of the Number of Workers Who Have Retired or Resigned to the Number of Employed Ones (%) 13.2 16.4 20.8 37.2
Health Care        
Number of Hospitals Per 10 000 Persons (unit) 0.56 0.55 0.56 0.51
Number of Doctors Per 10 000 Persons (person) 13.3 15.4 15.8 16.9
Number of Hospital Beds Per 10 000 Persons (unit) 21.1 23.0 23.4 23.9
Utilization Rate of Hospital Beds (%) 82.7 80.9 66.9 61.3
City Construction        
Percentage of Households with Access to Tap Water (%) 81.0 89.2 93.0 72.3
Percentage of Households with Access to Tap Gas (%) 22.4 42.2 70.0 60.4
Public Green Areas Per 10 000 Persons (hectare) 13.7 32.2 36.7 38.6
Environment and Disasters        
Average Loss of Per Fire Disaster (yuan) 8121 8932 29022 6473
Average Loss of Per Traffic Accident (yuan) 676 1413 5601 4090
Average Loss Per Pollution Accident (yuan)     50549 66625
a) Figures of dependency ratio of children and the aged with (*) were data in 1982.
b) Since 1993, data on extrabudgetary receipt excluded the revenue of state-owned enterprises and their responsible departments.
c) Data on the public utilities of city are based on the non-agricultural population in urban areas, but based on the total population in 2001.