Total Retail Sale of Consumer Goods by Location of Retailers
(100 million yuan)
Year		Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods		City		County		Under Coun- ty Level
1952		276.8
1957		474.2
1962		604.0
1965		670.3
1970		858.0
1975		1271.1
1978		1558.6
1980		2140.0		733.6		399.4		1007.0
1985		4305.0		1874.5		737.2		1693.3
1986		4950.0		2018.0		902.0		2030.0
1987		5820.0		2427.0		1030.0		2363.0
1988		7440.0		3260.8		1264.3		2914.9
1989		8101.4		3666.8		1329.5		3105.1
1990		8300.1		3888.6		1337.4		3074.1
1991		9415.6		4529.8		1491.2		3394.6
1992		10993.7		5470.3		1689.8		3833.6
1993		12462.1		7224.9		2039.5		3197.7
1994		16264.7		9661.2		2407.2		4196.3
1995		20620.0		12376.7		2919.6		5323.7
1996		24774.1		14951.2		3280.0		6542.9
1997		27298.9		16650.4		3500.1		7148.4
1998		29152.5		17825.2		3681.9		7645.4
1999		31134.7		19091.6		3892.5		8150.6
2000		34152.6		21110.3		4217.2		8825.1
2001		37595.2		23543.4		4583.2		9468.6
a) Figures before 1993 referred to retail sales of commodities. Same in following tables.
b) The sum of provincial figures do not add up to the national total, as the national total was
adjusted. Same in following tables.