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Government Agency: National Bureau of Statistics of China
National Bureau of Statistics http://www.stats.gov.cn
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There are 2,563 art ensembles across the nation. (by the end of 1997) Average Economic Growth:
Between 1993-1997 the annual average economic growth was 11%. 2001-2002 annual average economic growth was 8%.
Average Annual Income
, per capita $US 1,500 (May 2003)Employment:
740,000,000 actively employed. 250,000,000 employed in urban areas. Unemployment 4% (May 2003). New positions created 2002, 1,060,000. Unemployed urban areas, 5.800,000.
Drug Addicts:
Based on a report from Ministry of Public Security in Feb. 2000, the registered drug addicts in China in 1999 are 681,000, a 14.3% increase over last year; compared with 10.3% increase in 1998 over 1997 . Unofficial estimation: the total drug addicts currently is between 3.5 and 4 million. (Source:
http://www.cnd.org/) Education:
There are 52.49 million students in junior middle schools and 139.95 million pupils in primary schools.(by the end of 1997) Foreign Exchange Reserve (Unit: 1 billion US Dollar):
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* Numbers in the table are based on every year-end data;
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Based on data in 2000, China has the second largest foreign exchange reserve in the world;
***Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Reserve by the end of Oct. 1998: 88.7 billion (USD). (The only data available in this website.)
GNP: $1,000 billion USD Gold Production: 173 ton (the year of 2000)
Health and Medical: The total number of hospitals and clinics: 320,000, the total number of doctors: 1.39 million, nurses and technicians: 1,05 million.
About AIDS in China: First case found in 1985, and by now 173 had died, and HIV infections: 400,000, two third of them are regular drug users (July 1999 data).
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) population in China: 100 million. Nearsightedness (Myopia)
According to the most recent survey, about 50% Chinese teenagers are suffered from nearsightedeness compared with 15% in 1970's. (Source: http://www.cnd.org/ Feb. 25, 2000)
Smoking: (based on data collected in January 2000, by China Consumers Association) Smoking population in China: 350 million (about 50 million smokers are teen-agers), shared
about 1/4 of total smoking population in the world. 62% Chinese male and 3.8% Chinese female smoking. 37.6% of total Chinese population smoking.
For those smokers in China, 16 cigarettes on average per day; and the expense for smoking shared 15% of their income.The average age of first smoking in China is 25 years old, 3
years earlier than that of 1984. The total smoking population in China increased 3.5% compared with the statistics in the year of 1984 (Health Ministry of PRC Nov. 99 data.)
Suicide & Suicide Rate:
2002 statistic shows there are 287,000 people commit suicide in China every year (about 22 per 100 thousand population), which is 42% of total suicide in the
world. (Data of 2001) Suicide Rate (Per 100,000) (source: WHO):
Mainland China
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Mental disease and mental disorder population: 16 million (1999 data)
Insurance income: in 1997: 108 billion yuan RMB (about $13 billion U.S. dollars), 39.3% increase over last year. Internet & Computer: Total Number of Computers: 12 million (Nov. 1999 data). 67 million (March 2003)
Internet Account: 10 million, 79% users are male and average on-line time is 17 hours/week; 21.2% of the total Internet account are in Beijing; Email is the most often used service for Internet
customers. The Internet users share 2% of total population compared with USA 45%; South Korea 21% and Japan 15.5%.
By the end of 2002, China's total number of Internet users are the second in the world.
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*CNNIC data
Land Formation: Mountains 33%; Plateaux 26%; Basins 18.8%; Plains 12%; Hills 9.9%.
Mobile Telephone Owners: 324 million (December 2004) Natural Disasters Loss in 1998:
4610 people died; 380 million people have been negatively influenced; total loss: 307.2 billion RMB ($37.01 billion USD) (from official report ); Flooding: Loss in 1998:
3656 people died; 230 million people have been negatively influenced; Total loss: 264.2 billion RMB ($31.83 billion USD). (from official report ) Optical Fibre Information Network: 1 million km (Nov. 1999 data) Professionals in different fields of life:
29.14 million, 0.4% increase over last year. Independent R&D institutes: 5,399, the institutes affiliated to universities and colleges 3425. Religions: China has about 5.5 million Protestants and 3.5 million Catholics (not include underground house churches). Road Fatalities: Annual 105,000 (2003) Telecommunication:
The telephone penetration rate is up to 8.1 per 100 people and the number of telephones in use ranks the second in the world. TV Viewers: The total number of TV viewers (4 years old and up): 1.115 billions, sharing 93.9% of national population. (Dec. 2002 data) Unemployment Rate: 4% May 2003. With thanks, Chinatoday.com
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