Social Security
Item	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
1.Social relief and assistance
Number of people receiving subsidies and relief funds	10,000	4015	4293	4767	7307	9257	8584
Number of people receiving allowances from minimum
standard of living guarantee program for urban residents	10,000		85	88	184	246	382
Number of people receiving allowances from minimum
standard of living guarantee program for rural residents	10,000					280	319
Number of people covered by State consolation funds	10,000	449	447	448	447	446	468
2.Social welfare undertakings
Adopting institutions		43074	42829	42385	42131	40305	42103
State-owned		2182	2202	2216	2288	2536	3490
Collective and private		40892	40627	40169	39843	37769	38613
Number of beds in adopting institutions	10,000	97.6	100.8	103.1	105.8	108.7	112.4
State-owned	10,000	17.3	17.9	18.7	19.7	21.2	24.6
Collective and private	10,000	80.2	82.9	84.4	86.1	87.5	87.8
Year-end number of inmates	10,000	75	77	79	80	83	84.3
State-owned	10,000	13.4	13.7	14.4	15	16	18.8
Collective and private	10,000	61.4	63.2	64.2	65	66.6	65.5
3.Social welfare enterprises
Number of units		6	5.9	5.6	5.1	4.6	4.2
Number of the disabled		94	93.6	91	85.6	82.6	88.4
4.Community service
Community service facilities in urban areas	10,000	11	13	13	15	16	20
Community service centers	10,000	4380	5055	5113	6154	6572	8101
Number of rural social security networks		15377	15751	17795	18749	19152	19492
5.Social security
Number of staff and workers participating
in basic pension insurance program	10,000	7338	8760	8770	8476	9502	10448
Number of retirees participating in
basic pension insurance program	10,000	1882	2280	2450	2727	2984	3170
Number of workers and retirees covered
by unified medical program for major diseases	10,000	-	855	1255	1187	1471	1045
Number of the unemployed receiving unemployment pensions	10,000	261	300	380	158	101	330
Number of people covered by social
pension insurance program in rural areas	10,000	5143	6594	7035	8025	8000	6172