2-3 INDICATORS ON PROPORTIONS AND EFFICIENCY IN  NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Item 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Population
Birth Rate () 17.1 16.6 15.7 14.6 13.8
Death Rate 7.2 7.3 7.0 7.1 7.0
Natural Growth Rate 9.9 9.3 8.7 7.5 6.8
Employment
Dependency Ratio (person) 0.77 0.78 0.79 0.83 0.86
Employment Ratio by Type of Industry (Employment in primary industry=100) (%)
     Primary Industry 100 100 100 100 100
    Secondary Industry 31.4 31.7 31.7 29.2 23.1
    Tertiary Industry 30.4 28.5 29.1 31.4 40.1
Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.7 3.7
National Accounting
Ratio of Value-added by Type of Industry (Value added in primary industry=100) (%)
    Primary Industry 100 100 100 100 100
    Secondary Industry 140.7 142.9 150.7 162.2 165.4
    Tertiary Industry 104.6 104.2 110.5 118.1 129.0
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person) 5 453 6 478 7 196 7 825 8 233
    Primary Industry 2 548 2 990 3 200 3 333 3 426
    Secondary Industry 11,427 13,461 15,212 18,536 24,560
    Tertiary Industry 8 753 10 918 12 168 12 558 11 021
Per Capita GDP (yuan) 3 081 3 646 4 029 4 319 4 452
Agriculture
Per Capita Cultivated Land (hectare) 0.056 0.055 0.055 0.054 0.053
Cultivated Land per Agricultural Laborer 0.155 0.159 0.157 0.158 0.160
Total Power of Agricultural Machinery per Hectare of Cultivated Land (kw) 2.653 2.781 2.983 3.267 3.607
Electric Power Consumption per hectare of Cultivated Land (10 000 kwh) 1 342 1 411 1 513 1 635 1 769
Chemical Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare of Cultivated Land (kg) 401 424 445 457 472
Agricultural Output Value per Hectare of Cultivated Land (yuan) 14,147 16,510 17,660 18,326 32,435
Output of Farm Products per Agricultural Laborer
    Grain (kg) 1,154.0 1,217.3 1,236.7 1,273.1 1,316.8
    Cotton 3.8 4.3 3.7 3.6 2.7
    Oil-bearing Crops 49.3 46.6 46.7 51.4 54.4
    Port, Beef and Mutton 140.7 151.7 157.9 168.9 180.4
    Aquatic Products 10.1 11.6 12.9 15.0 16.7
Output of Farm Crops per Hectare of Sown Area
    Grain (kg) 4 813 4 880 4 929 4 942 5 027
    Cotton 802 803 769 731 808
    Oil-bearing Crops 1 715 1 621 1 679 1 752 1 701
Industry
Assets Liability Ratio (%) 42.91 63.69
Ratio of Pre-Tax Profits to Total Capital 5.53 5.11
Ratio of Pre-Tax Profits to Gross Output Value 9.09 9.54
Annual Turnover Times of Circulating Funds (times/year) 1.13 1.10
Overall Labor Productivity (yuan/person-year) 23 459 27 575
Construction
Power of Machinery per Laborer (kw/person) 3.64 3.46
Ratio of Per-tax Profits to Gross Output Value (%) 3.84 4.13
Overall Labor Productivity (in terms of gross output value per employee) (yuan/person) 37 548 40 561
Investment in Fixed Assets
Proportion of Investment in fixed Assets to GDP (%) 27.0 26.9 28.6 33.1 32.9
Rate of Total Floor Space of Buildings Completed in Construction 67.3 71.1 76.5 68.8 71.7
Rate of Fixed Assets Completed in Capital Construction and Put into Use 70.7 54.8 68.7 83.1 91.9
Rate of Projects Completed in Capital Construction and Put into Use 54.2 56.5 55.4 48.7 56.3
Finance
Proportion of Local Government Intra-budgetary Ordinary Revenue to GDP (%) 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.7
Proportion of Local Government Intra-budgetary Ordinary Expenditures to GDP 8.4 8.3 8.3 9.0 9.8
Production and Consumption of Energy
Energy Consumption per 10 000 yuan GDP (ton) 2.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.7
Domestic Trade
Per Capita Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan) 1 147 1 329 1 467 1 562 1 654
Finance and Insurance
Deposits as Percentage of GDP (%) 51.6 55.1 82.4 92.9 105.7
Loans as Percentage of GDP 64.3 64.7 88.8 88.0 105.7
Proportion of Cash Outlay to Cash Receipt 101.8 101.1 100.9 100.0 100.3
Education
Student-teacher Ratio
    Institutions of Higher Education (person) 7.7 7.8 8.4 8.8 10.1
    Specialized Secondary Schools 14.6 16.0 17.4 19.1 19.1
    Regular Secondary Schools 14.2 14.3 14.0 14.6 16.2
    Primary Schools 22.9 24.1 25.0 25.2 24.6
Culture
Number of Art Performance Troupes per Million Persons (unit) 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Number of Public Libraries per Million Persons 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5
Number of Cultural Centers and Stations per Million Persons 46.4 43.3 45.3 46.4 45.9
Annual Number of Newspaper Published per Capita (copy) 12.3 13.3 15.3 15.1 15.3
Annual Number of Books and Magazines Published per Capita (copy) 2.5 3.9 4.6 4.3 4.2