| Item | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| Employment | ||||
| Dependents per rural laborer | person | 1.56 | 1.55 | 1.56 |
| Dependents per urban employee | person | 1.73 | 1.73 | 1.74 |
| Urban unemployment rate | % | 2.9 | 3 | 3.1 |
| Income of rural and urban residents | ||||
| Annual per capita net income of farmers | yuan | 1577.7 | 1926 | 2090.1 |
| Index of annual per capita net income of farmers | % | 375.4 | 409.2 | 437.4 |
| Annual per capita income available for living of urban households | yuan | 3893 | 4377 | 5160.3 |
| Index of annual per capita income available for living of urban households | % | 287.2 | 296.7 | 311.9 |
| Annual average wage of staff and workers | yuan | 5500 | 6210 | 6470 |
| Annual per capita consumption | ||||
| Per capita consumption of all residents | yuan | 2186 | 2675 | 2936 |
| Agriculture residents | yuan | 1395 | 1718 | 1930 |
| Nonagriculture residents | yuan | 4790 | 5736 | 6048 |
| Savings | ||||
| Savings deposit balance of rural and urban residents | billion yuan | 2966.2 | 38521 | 46280 |
| Per capita saving deposit balance | yuan | 2461.9 | 3163.8 | 3743.5 |
| Per capita living floor space | ||||
| Rural areas | sq. m | 21 | 21.7 | 22.5 |
| Urban areas | sq. m | 8 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| Urban public services | ||||
| Rate of household gas use | % | 68.4 | 73.2 | 75.7 |
| Green area per 1,000 persons | ha | 52 | 35 | |
| Culture | ||||
| Color TV sets per 100 urban households | 89.8 | 93.5 | 100.5 | |
| TV sets per 100 rural households | 80.7 | 88 | 92.4 | |
| Newspapers, 100 persons per day | 4.21 | 4.07 | 4.3 | |
| Books and magazines per person per day | 7.15 | 7.82 | 7.77 | |
| Public health | ||||
| Hospital beds per 10,000 persons | 23.4 | 23.4 | 23.5 | |
| Doctors per 10,000 persons | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.1 |
Last Updated on 10/23/98
By China Data Center