Government Expenditure for Pensions and Social Welfare
(100 million yuan)
Year   Total   Pension for
Handicapped and
Bereaved Families 		  Pension for
Retires 		  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

a) Prior to 1978, the pension for retires was included in the pension for handicapped and bereaved families.

Since 1996, the pension for retires had excluded the local pension for retires which had been transferred
to the pension of administration operationand run by the department of civil affairs.
b) Since 1976, expense on disaster relief include the expense on earthquake relief.