| Areas | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
| Urban average | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
| Rural average | 18.9 | 20.7 | 20.2 | 21 | 21.7 |
| Beihai | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 8.9 | |
| Beijing | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.17 |
| Changchun | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.3 | |
| Changsha | 7 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | |
| Chengdu | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |
| Chongqing | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7 | |
| Dalian | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | |
| Fuzhou | 8 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.3 | |
| Guangzhou | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | |
| Guiyang | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.6 | |
| Haikou | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.1 | |
| Hangzhou | 7.9 | 8 | 8.1 | 8.5 | |
| Harbin | 6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7 | |
| Hefei | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.8 | |
| Huhhot | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.7 | |
| Jinan | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8 | 8.1 | |
| Kunming | 8.4 | 8.4 | 9 | 9.2 | |
| Lanzhou | 7 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.3 | |
| Lhasa | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 9 | |
| Lianyungang | 7 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.8 | |
| Nanchang | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8 | |
| Nanjing | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |
| Nanning | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 7.1 | |
| Nantong | 5.9 | 6 | 6.2 | 6.7 | |
| Ningbo | 10.1 | 9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | |
| Qingdao | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 8.1 | |
| Qinhuangdao | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 8 | |
| Shanghai | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.66 |
| Shantou | 6.3 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.9 | |
| Shenyang | 6 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.9 | |
| Shenzhen | 8.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 9.9 | |
| Shijiazhuang | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.5 | |
| Taiyuan | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8 | 8.2 | |
| Tianjin | 6.9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 7.73 |
| Urumqi | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8 | |
| Weihai | 9.4 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 11 | |
| Wenzhou | 8.1 | 8.2 | 9 | 10.2 | |
| Wuhan | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 7.2 | |
| Xi'an | 6.3 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 9 | |
| Xiamen | 8.1 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.7 | |
| Xining | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7 | 5.9 | |
| Yantai | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 6.8 | |
| Yinchuan | 8.1 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | |
| Zhanjiang | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | |
| Zhenzhou | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.9 | |
| Zhuhai | 7.3 | 9.9 | 10 | 8.9 | |
| By the year 2000, the per capita living space will reach 8 square meters. |
Last Updated on 10/16/98
By China Data Center