8-1 IMPROVEMENT IN PEOPLE'S MATERIAL AND CULTURAL LIFE
Item 1998 1999
Income of Rural and Urban Residents (yuan)
Annual Per Capita Net Income of Rural Residents 1 789 1 843
Annual Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents 5 127 5 478
Annual Average Wage of Staff and Workers 5 939 7 249
Annual Per Capita Consumption (yuan)
Per Capita Consumption of All Residents 2 121 2 191
Rural Residents 1 578 1 610
Urban Residents 4 702 4 876
Per Capita Living Expenditure of Rural Households 1 441 1 426
Per Capita Annual Living Expenditure of Urban Households 4 383 5 478
Savings
Balance of Savings Deposit of Residents(year-end) (100 million yuan) 2 002.09 2 385.20
Rural Residents 525.54 609.63
Urban Residents 1 476.55 1 775.57
Per Capita Balance of Saving Deposit (yuan) 2 415 2 861
Traffic and Housing Conditions
Number of Bicycles per 100 Persons in Urban Areas 38.2 38.7
Per Capita Area of Roads in Cities (sq.m) 6.6 6.9
Per Capita Living Floor Space of Urban Residents 9.4 9.9
Per Capita Living Floor Space of Rural Residents 24.7 25.5
Major Durable Consumer Goods
Number of Color TV Sets per 100 Persons in Urban Areas 35.9 38.2
Number of Radio-tape Recorders per100 Persons in Urban Areas 15.9 16.2
Number of Refrigerators per 100 Persons in Urban Areas 26.9 26.8
Number of Washing Machines per 100 Persons in Urban Areas 30.7 31.1
Number of TV Sets per 100 Persons in Rural Areas 93.2 96.5
Number of Bicycles per 100 Persons in Rural Areas 69.6 69.0
Education and Culture
Enrollment Ratio of School-Age Children (%) 99.1 99.4
Number of University Students per 10 000 Persons (person) 18.3 21.6
Per Capita Newspapers Publishedper Year (copy) 15.1 15.3
Per Capita Books and Magazines Published per Year (volume) 4.3 4.2
Domestic Trade
Per Capita Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (yuan) 1 566 1 658