| Item | Units | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| Population | Million | 1143.33 | 1198.5 | 1211.21 | 1223.89 | 1236.26 |
| Employees | Million | 646.8 | 680.9 | 689.1 | 688.5 | 696 |
| Staff and Workers | Million | 140.59 | 148.49 | 149 | 148.45 | 146.68 |
| Gross Domestic Product | Billion Yuan | 1854.8 | 4662.2 | 5773.4 | 6779.5 | 7477.2 |
| Primary Industry | Billion Yuan | 501.7 | 945.7 | 1136.5 | 1355 | 1396.9 |
| Secondary Industry | Billion Yuan | 771.7 | 2237.2 | 2827.4 | 3314.8 | 3677 |
| Industry | Billion Yuan | 685.8 | 1936 | 2471.8 | 2858 | 3175.2 |
| Construction | Billion Yuan | 85.9 | 301.3 | 355.6 | 456.8 | 501.8 |
| Tertiary Industry | Billion Yuan | 581.4 | 1479.3 | 1809.4 | 2109.7 | 2403.3 |
| Trans. & Telecom. | Billion Yuan | 114.8 | 268.6 | 323.7 | 381.4 | 452.5 |
| Commerce | Billion Yuan | 142 | 407.6 | 509.4 | 599.1 | 628.2 |
| Total Investment in Fixed Assets | Billion Yuan | 444.93 | 1637.03 | 1944.52 | 2366 | 2530 |
| Volume of Freight Traffic | Billion tn km | 2620.7 | 3326.1 | 3538.1 | 3627.1 | 3818.2 |
| Cargo Handled at Major Ports | Million tn | 483.21 | 743.7 | 770.7 | 835 | 851.52 |
| Business Revenue of P & T Services | Billion Yuan | 8.17 | 68.82 | 98.89 | 133.5 | 177.3 |
| Total Retail Sales of Commer Goods | Billion Yuan | 725.03 | 1626.47 | 2059.79 | 2461.4 | 2684.3 |
| Total Value of Imports & Expo. | Billion USD | 115.44 | 236.62 | 280.85 | 289.9 | 325.1 |
| Total Value of Imports | Billion USD | 53.35 | 115.61 | 132.08 | 138.8 | 142.36 |
| Total Value of Exports | Billion USD | 62.09 | 121.01 | 148.77 | 151.1 | 182.7 |
| Output of Major Products | ||||||
| Aquatic Products | Million tn | 12.37 | 21.43 | 25.25 | 28 | 36.02 |
| Cement | Million tn | 209.71 | 421.18 | 445.61 | 490 | 492.6 |
| Cloth | Billion m | 18.88 | 21.13 | 18.43 | 17.48 | 20.37 |
| Coal | Billion tn | 1.08 | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.38 | 1.36 |
| Cotton | Million tn | 4.51 | 4.34 | 4.77 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| Crude Oil | Million tn | 138.31 | 146.08 | 149.02 | 158 | 162.1 |
| Electricity | Billion kwh | 621.2 | 928.1 | 986.1 | 107.5 | 110.5 |
| Grain | Million tn | 446.24 | 445.1 | 466.57 | 490 | 494.17 |
| Oil Bearing Crops | Million tn | 16.13 | 19.9 | 22.44 | 22 | 21.57 |
| Paper and Paper Board | Million tn | 13.72 | 21.38 | 20.3 | 26.38 | 21.66 |
| Pork Beef and Mutton | Million tn | 25.14 | 36.93 | 42.54 | 47.6 | |
| Rolled Steel | Million tn | 51.53 | 84.28 | 79.39 | 86.11 | 94.9 |
| Steel | Million tn | 66.35 | 92.61 | 92.97 | 101.1 | 107.57 |
| Sugar Crops | Million tn | 72.15 | 73.45 | 79.4 | ||
| Note: 1985 and 1990 at 1980 constant prices, since | ||||||
| 1991 at 1990 constant prices |
Last Updated on 10/23/98
By China Data Center