Statistical Communique on the National Economic & Social

Development of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region

In 2006 and the 10^th Five-year plan Period

In2006,under the correct leadership of the Autonomous Region Party Committee and the People,s Government,the people in different nationalities of the Autonomous Region followed the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important principle of the “Three Reprensents”,fulfilled the scientific concept of development strategy in full swing,energetically celerated economic restructurin,carefully carried out various macroeconomic regulation policy by the central government and the sprit of the central econmic meeting,promoted the construction of harmonious Xinjiang in all effort.National econmy kept rapid growth, quality and benefit remarkably grew,the living standard of urban and rural population continued to improve and every social undertakings witnessed thoroughly development.The anticipative main targets of new game set in 11th Five-year Plan have been achieved.

I General Outlook

Preliminary adjust accounts，Statistics showed that the gross domestic product(GDP) of Xinjiang was 304.526 billion yuan(passed through the co-census of the National Bureau of Statistics of China),up by 11.0 percent over the previous year. The value-added of the primary industry was 52.78 billion yuan，up by 5.7 percent over the previous year. The value-added of the secondary industry was 145.930 billion yuan，up by 11.2 percent over the previous year. The value-added of the tertiary industry was 105.816 billion yuan，up by 13.6 percent over the previous year. The per-capita GDP reached 15000 yuan，up by 8.7 percent over the previous year，equivalent to US$1882 at current exchange rate.

Entrepreneur Confidence Index reflecting macroeconomic operation quality in four quarters reached 132.0、133.1、133.9 and 133.8, respectively up by 1.3、9.6、5.8 and 6.3 percent over the previous year；Business Climate Index reflecting macroeconomic operation quality in the same period was 117.8、128.3、133.7 and 127.5, respectively up by 3.4、9.1、7.0 and 2.3 percent over the previous year.

The total consumer price index of the year was up by 1.3 percent over the previous year,of which，the urban consumer price index was up by 1.0 percent，the rural consumer price index was up by 2.0 percent；The service price index was up by 1.2 percent。Price index of agriculture production was up by 2.5 percent。Index of producers’ price for farm products was down by 1.6 percent。

The total Ex-Factory price index of industrial product of the year was up by 14.4 percent,Index of purchasing price of raw material,fuels and power was up by 11.1 percent,Price index of investment in fixed asset was up by 2.2 percent.Selling price index of house was up by 1.2 percent.

Table 1: Span of rise and decrease on the consumer price indices

previous year=100

Items	2006
Consumer price index	1.3
Urban	1.0
Rural	2.0
Food	2.4
Grain	2.0
Meat and poultry	-2.1
Eggs	-6.9
Aquatic product	-1.4
Tobacco and Wine	0.5
Clothing	-2.0
Household appliances and services	-0.7
Transportation and communication	0.5
Entertainment, educational, cultural Supplies & services	-0.2
Housing	5.7
Water, electricity and fuels	9.2
Rent	0.5
Building and building decoration materials	3.8

At the end of 2006,the employment population was 8.118 million，up by 2.5 percent over the previous year. Of which，urban employment population was 3.701 billion，up by 3.2 percent. According to the statistics of department of Labor and Social Security, The newly employed and re-employed wokers were 429 thousand this year, Of which，120 thousand were laid-off workers，17.2 thousand were “4050”person，Urban registered unemployment rate was 3.9 percentage points.

Table2: Span of rise and decrease on the Ex-Factory Price Index of Industrial Products

previous year=100

Items	2006
Tatal Industry Products	14.4
Light industry	3.6
Take agricultural product as raw material	3.6
Take non-agricultural product as raw material	3.6
Heavy industry	17.1
Mining & Quarrying	18.4
Raw materials	20.5
Manufacturing	-1.5
Meas of Production	15.4
Mining & Quarrying	18.4
Raw material	20.7
Manufacturing	1.1
Consumer Goods	3.5
Food	3.8
Clothing	0.6
Aticles for Daily Use	0.4
Durable Consumer Goods	0.2

II. Agriculture

The total output value of Farming，forestry，animal husbandry and fishery was 88.354 billion yuan，an increase of 7.5 percentage points over the previous year. Of which，the output value of Farming was 63.860 billion yuan，up by 7.7 percent；the output value of forestry was 1.720 billion yuan，up by 6.5 percent；the output value of animal husbandry was 18.907billion yuan，up by 7.8 percent；the output value of fishery was 469 million yuan，up by 5.3 percent；the service value of farming，forestry，animal husbandry and fishery was 3.398 billion yuan，up by 4.9 percent.

Total sown area was 3.8284 million hectares（57.426 million acres）of which，The planting area of grain was 1.4658 million hectares（21.9863 million acres），down by 0.4 percent；The planting area of cotton was 1.2866 million hectares（19.2983 million acres），up by 11.1 percent；The planting area of oil bearing was 151.7 thousand hectares（2.276 million acres），down by 18.2 percent；The planting area of sugar was 94.4 thousand hectares（1.416 million acres），up by 35.1 percent；The planting area of vegetable was 186.8 thousand hectares (2.8023 million acres)，up by 5.8 percent；The planting area of Melons and fruits was 74 thousand hectares（1110.3 million acres），up by 4.9 percent.

The total output of grain in 2006 was 895.22 ten thousand tons，up by 2.1 percent over the previous year；The output of cotton was 218.01 ten thousand tons，up by 11.4 percent over the previous year；The output of oil-bearing crops was 328.2 thousand tons，a decrease of 15.7 percentage points；The output of beetroot was 555.53 ten thousand tons，an increase of 32.6 percentage points over the previous year.

Table 2：Farm crops output for the year 2006

Unit: 10 000 tons 

Item	Outpu t(10,000 tons)	Increase over 2005(%)
Grain	895.22	2.1
#Summer grain	418.16	1.8
#Autumn grain	477.06	2.3
Oil-bearing crops	32.82	-15.7
Cotton	218.01	11.4
Beetroot	555.53	32.6
Fruit(including melons and gourds consumed as fruits)	580.42	13.4
#Gardening fruit	343.14	17.8
Vegetable	958.04	11.1

The year-end domesticated animals in stock numbered 53.397 million heads，up by 0.1 percent over the previous year；the domesticated animal out of stock 40.6352 million heads，up by 8.2 percent；the total output of meat reached 1.5821 million tons，up by 11.8 percent；that of sheep wool totaled 8.96 ten thousand tons，a decrease of 0.2 percentage points；the output of milk 1.7981 million tons，up by 18.1 percent；the output of poultry and egg 25.80 ten thousand tons，up by 3.2 percent；the output of aquatic product reached 8.45 ten thousand tons，up by 6.6 percent.

Total agricultural machinery power was 11.9004 million kilowatt，up by 6.6 percent over the previous year. There were 12.92 ten thousand large and medium-size tractors，up by 13.8 percent；and 35.83 ten thousand small-size tractors，up by 2.7 percent. The consumption of chemical fertilizer was 118.03 ten thousand tons(100 percent equivalent)，up by 9.5 percent. The amount of electricity consumed in rural areas was 4116 million kilowatt-hours，up by 12.9 percent. Over 12.20 ten thousand hectares（1.83 million acres equivalent）of land were converted into farmland with effective irrigation system，up by 34.8 percent.

III. Industry and Construction

In 2006，the total value-added of the industrial sector was 124.133 billion yuan，up by 12.5 percentage points over the previous year. Of which，the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 115.99 billion yuan，up by 15.0 percent.

The output of crude oils increased by 2.8 percent of the industrial enterprises above designated size over the previous year, and that of processed oil increased by 7.5 percent，the output of coal increased by 15.9 percent;that of natural gas increased by 54.0 percent,that of electricity increased by 16.4 percent，and the output of steel increased by 25.8 percent.

Table 4：Main Means of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size by Category

100 million yuan

Item	Value added	Increase over 2005(%)
Value added of Industry	1159.90	15.0
Light industry	82.20	10.6
Heavy industry	1077.70	15.3
State-owned and State-holding Enterprises	1032.06	16.9
Collective-ownedes	2.49	14.5
Share-holding Enterprises	1048.32	15.2
Enterprises With Funds from Foreign,HongKong, Macao and Taiwan	11.78	8.1

Table5: Output of Major Industrial Products 2006

Item	Unit	Output	Increase over 2005(%)
Coal	10000 tons	4518.52	15.9
Crude oil	10000 tons	2474.74	2.8
Processed oil	10000 tons	1616.08	7.5
Natural gas	100 million cubic meters	164.21	54.0
Electricity	100million kilowatt-hours	357.15	16.4
Crude steel	10000 tons	394.19	28.6
Rolled steel	10000 tons	411.45	25.8
Pig Iron	10000tons	324.08	25.3
Cement	10000 tons	1334.50	7.5
Yarn	10000 tons	35.73	4.8
Machine-made sugar	10000 tons	53.79	25.3
Chemical fertilizers(100 percent equivalent)	10000 tons	129.08	0.4
Transformer	10000 kilovolt-ampere	1327.61	2.7
Ethylene	10000 tons	24.72	-5.4
Machine-made paper and paperbord	10000 tons	31.87	10.1
Can	10000 tons	54.35	31.3

The export delivery value of industrial enterprises above designated size in 2006 was 3.537 billion yuan，up by 9.1 percent over the previous year. The proportion of industrial products sold was 98.8 percent，a decrease of 0.4 percentage points. Of which，the sales rate of light industrial products was 97.9 percent，up by 0.2 percentage points over the previous year；and that of heavy industrial products was 98.9 percent，a decrease of 0.5 percentage points.

The profits were achieved by industrial enterprises above designated sized reached to 58.563 billion yuan，up by 49.0 percent over the previous year. The overall economic benefit index of industrial enterprises above designated size was 373.0，up by 65.2 percent. Of which，the ration of total assets to industrial output value was 26.9 percent，up by 5.1 percent；the preservation and increment ratio of the value of state-owned assets were 121.1 percent，down by 5.0 percent；assets liability ratiothe ratio was 51.6 percent，down by 0.7 percent；Ratio of turnover working capital was 2. 8 times per year，accelerated 0.2 times；the ratio of profit to cost was 28.4 percent，up by 5.8 percent；and overall labor productivity was 242.0 thousand yuan per person per year，increased 51.8 thousand yuan per person per year.

Total output value of construction of general contractors with qualification was 38.562billion yuan,up by 6.7;floor space under construction was 28.8964 million sq.m,up by 4.4,total profit was 546 million yuan,up by 16.4 percent,total tax was 1.225 billion yuan,up by 3.6 percent.

IV. Investment in Fixed Asset

The completed investment in fixed assets in 2006 was 156.705 billion yuan，up by 15.9 percent over the previous year. Of the total investment，that in urban areas was 141.801 billion yuan，up by 15.9 percent；and that in rural areas was 14.904 billion yuan，up by 15.5 percent. Of the total investment in rural areas，investment made by rural households was 7.913 billion yuan，up by 10.4 percent；and that made by non-rural households was 6.991 billion yuan，up by 21.9 percent.

In terms of investment in different industry，the investment in the primary industry was 13.242 billion yuan，up by 1.8 percent；The investment in the secondary industry was 70.05 billion yuan，up by 30.1 percent，Of the total investment in the secondary industry，the investment in industry was 68.187 billion yuan，up by 30.2 percent. Of which，that in oil and natural gas exploitation was 30.847 billion yuan，up by 17.7 percent，that in processing of petroleum,coking was8.133 billion yuan,up by 1.2times; The third industry invest 73.413 billion yuan，up by 9.8 percent，among which the investment in transportation was 18.257 billion yuan，down by 13.7 percent.

In 2006，the investment in real estate development was 12.088 billion yuan，up by 18.9 percent over the previous year. The total sales area of commercial buildings for the whole year reached 8.9241 million square meters，up by 29.9 percent. Of which，that of residential building sales was 80.646 ten thouarsand square meters，up by 33.0 percent. The vacancy area of commercial buildings was 4.0625 million square meters，down by 11.9 percent. The sales of commercial building was 16.582 billion yuan，up by 34.2 percent.

V. Domestic Trade

In 2006，the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 72.759 billion yuan，up by 14.1 percent over the previous year. Of this total，the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas reached 50.919 billion yuan，up by 15.1 percent；and the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas reached 21.840 billion yuan，up by 11.7 percent. In terms of different sectors，the sales of the wholesale and retail trade reached 57.782 billion yuan，up by 13.9 percent；the sales of the accommodation and catering service was 11.07 billion yuan，up by 19.7 percent；and the sales of others were 3.907 billion yuan，up by 2.8 percent.

VI. Foreign Economic Coorperation

The total value of import and export in 2006 reached US$ 9.103 billion，up by 14.6 percent over the previous year. Of which，the value of export was US$ 7.139 billion，up by 41.7 percent；and the value of import was US$ 1.964 billion，down by 32.3 percent.

Of the total value of export，the value of general trade was US$ 1.588 billion，up by 80.4 percent；that of processing trade was US$ 270 million，down by 3.8 percent；and that of small border trade was US$ 5.22 billion，up by 35.2 percent. The value of export of mechanical and electrical products was US$ 1.164 billion，up by 57.3 percent；and that of high and new-tech products was US$ 59 million，up by 37.6 percent.

Of the total value of import，the value of general trade was US$ 619 million，down by 43.1 percent；that of processing trade was US$ 47 million，up by 27.2 percent；and that of small border trade was US$ 1.264 billion，down by 24.6 percent. The value of import of mechanical and electrical products was US$ 243 million，down by 26.3 percent；and that of high and new-tech products was US$ 66 million，down by 59.9 percent.

In 2006，newly-signed foreign directly investment contracted projects were 99，up by 30.3 percent over the previous year；with a contracted value of US$ 364 million，up by 33.8 percent；Foreign directly investment actually utilized this year stood at US$ 104 million，up by 1.2 times；the contracted value of overseas engineering projects was US$ 422 million，up by 6.9 times，the accomplished business revenue totaled US$ 130 million，up by 20.3 percent.

VII. Transportaition, Post & Telecommunication and Tourism

The total freight turnover reached 114.331 billion ton-kilometers in 2006，up by 10.7 percent over the previous year. Of the total，the freight turnover by railways was 64.71 billion ton-kilometers，up by 10.3 percent；that by highways 42.568 billion ton-meters，up by 5.1 percent；that by civil aviation 89 million ton-kilometers，up by 5.0 percent；that by pipelines 6.964 billion ton-kilometers，up by 74.1 percent. Total passenger traffic by various means reached 49.83 billion passenger-kilometers，up by 8.9 percent. Of which，passenger traffic by railways was 13.89 billion passenger-kilometers，up by 10.9 percent；that by highways 29.21billion passenger-kilometers，up by 7.7 percent；that by civil aviation 6.73 billion passenger-kilometers，up by 10.3 percent.

The total volume of post and telecommunication was 22.892 billion yuan，up by 32.8 percent over the previous year. Of which，the volume of telecommunication stood at 21.95 billion yuan，up by 33.6 percent；the volume of post stood at 942 million yuan，up by 17.0 percent. By the end of 2006，the number of fixed telephone subscribers reached 7.069 million，up by 15.5 percent，and there were 34.5 fixed telephones per 100 persons，up by 13.1 percent. Number of mobile phone users 6.711 million，up by 26.3 percent，there were 32.7 mobile phones per 100 persons. The capacity of office exchanges reached 9.12 million gates，up by 10.4 percent. Year-end Internet customer 1.237 million，up by 16.9 percent.

In 2006，domestic tourists to Xinjiang numbered 16.61 million，up by 13.4 percent over the previous year；incomes from domestic tourists were 14.914 billion yuan，up by 14.2 percent. Overseas tourists to Xinjiang numbered 362.5 thousand，up by 9.5 percent；foreign exchange incomes from overseas tourists stood at US$ 128 million，up by 28.0 percent.

VIII. Finance, Banking and Insurance

The overall-caliber fiscal revenue stood at 48.475 billion yuan，up by 22.1 percent over the previous year. Local government revenue was 26.565 billion yuan，up by 20.2 percent，of which，the general budgetary revenue was 21.946 billion yuan，up by 21.7 percent. Local government expenditure reached 72.786，up by 30.9 percent，of which，the general budgetary expenditure was 67.847 billion yuan，up by 30.7 percent.

By the end of 2006，savings deposits of all kinds in financial institutions reached 404.078 billion yuan，up by 17.9 percent over the previous year. Of which，enterprise savings deposits were 110.642 billion yuan，up by 21.7 percent；Loans of all kinds were 241.269 billion yuan, up by 6.2;of which,the short-term loans were 116.822 million yuan,up by 2.6 percent;the medium and long-term loans were 106.699 million yuan,up by 7.3 percent. Of the short-term loans, industrial loans was 27.29 million yuan,up by 9.8 percent; business loans were 44.303 billion yuan，down by 10.1 percent；agriculture loans were 17.586 billoion yuan，up by 3.6 percent.

The total premium of insurance companies reached 8.541 billion yuan，up by 17.8 percent over the previous year. Of the total，life insurance premium was 4.963 billion yuan，up by 19.5 percent；health and casualty insurance premium 1.116 billion yuan，up by 11.5 percent；and property insurance premium 2.461 billion yuan，up by 17.6 percent. The insurance companies paid an indemnity of 2.326 billion yuan，up by 14.9 percent.

IX. Education and Scientific Technology

By the end of 2006，there were totally 31 general colleges and universities in the Autonomous Region，with 59.2 thousand new entrants of undergraduate and associate graduate，up by 6.3 percent over the previous year；The enrollment of undergraduates and associate graduates was 199.3 thousand，up by 10.0 percent；graduates were 44.2 thousand，up by 19.9 percent. The enrollment of postgraduate students was 3.1 thousand，up by 8.4 percent；the enrollment of postgraduate students was 8.4 thousand，up by 21.4 percent；and 1.6 thousand graduates，up by 52.7 percent. The enrollment of vocational secondary education was65.8 thousand，up by 27.8 percent；enrollment were 146.4 thousand, up by 26.3 percent；and 31.3 thousand graduates,up by 9.4 percent. The enrollment of regular senior secondary schools were 142.9 thousand, down by 1.5 percent；enrollment were 402.3 thousand,up by 3.8 percent,with 115.4 thousand graduates, up by 11.1 percent. Students enrolled in junior secondary schools totaled 1.1702 million，down by 2.5 percent,with 386.3 thousand graduates. up by 4.2 percent. Regular primary schools had an enrollment of 2.098 million，down by 2.1 percent,with 373.9 thousand graduates, down by 6.0 percent. There were 4.8 thousand students in special education schools，down by 2.4 percent；and 350.9 thousand children in Kindergartens，up by 19.6 percent.

The enrollment rate of school-age children reached 99.2 percent，up by 0.5 percent over the previous year，of them，rural was 98.9 percent. The graduates enjoyed the access to junior secondary school reached 100 percent，enrollment rate of junior secondary school-age youth was 92.3%，54.0 percent of junior secondary school graduates continued their study in senior secondary school.

By the end of 2006,expenditure on R&D were 847.64million yuan,up by32.3 percent over the previous year,to GDP 0.28 percent.There were 116 science research and development institutions above city,of which,natural science research and development institutions were 108,important laboratory were 11,centre on research science and technology were 21,. There were 2256 patent applications in the year,of which，381 patents were invention examined,1187 patents were authorized，117 patent were invention granted. A total of 1764 technology contracts were singed， involving a transaction value of 760.84 million.

X. Culture, Public Health and Sports

At the end of 2006，there were 118 art-performing groups，108 culture centers，98 public libraries，28 museums and 121 archives in the Autonomous Region，there were 441.0 thousand opening archives. There were 6 radio broadcasting stations，10 television stations，and 45 radio transmission stations and relaying stations, 910 television transmission stations and relaying stations. Radio broadcasting coverage rate was 93.4 percent and television broadcasting coverage rate was 93.1 percent. Subscribers to cable television programs reached 1.5406 million. The Autonomous Region shot 1 feature movie，translated and edited 65 feature movies of minority language；Produced 50 episodes of teleplay and translated and edited another 82 episodes. A total of 489 million copies of newspapers and 25 million copies of magazines of all kinds were issued，and 90.19 million copies of books were published.

By the end of 2006，there were 8,175 health care institutions in the Autonomous Region，up by 1.1 percent over the previous year，of which,including 1560 hospitals and health care stations，up by 2.9 percent；211 epidemic/disease prevention centers，up by 7.1 percent；and 50 health monitoring institutions，up by 61.3 percent. There were 99.8 thousand health workers，up by 3.7 percent，including 42.8 thousand practicing doctors and assistant doctors，up by 3.3 percent；and 32.1 thousand registered nurses，up by 4.8 percent. The total health care institutions possess 83.7 thousand beds，up by 4.9percent，of which，general hospitals and health care stations possess 80.1 million beds，up by 5.4 percent；There were 854 rural health care institutions，up by 3.5 percent，employing 14.0 thousand health workers，up by 4.2 percent.

Athletes from the Autonomous Region won 5 first，7 second and 9 third prizes in international and intercontinental matches；and 29 first，25 second and 26 third prizes in national matches.

XI. Resources and Environment

According to the statistics of Department of Land and Resources，by the end of 2006，the total surface area of the Autonomous Region was 1.6649 million square kilometers. Of the total，the area of land for farming use was 63.0761 million hectares（946.1415 million acres），of which the area of farmland was 4.1071 million hectares（61.6065 million acres）；that of land for construction purpose was 1.2266 million hectares（18.399 million acres）；and that of undeveloped land was 102.1871 million hectares（1532.8065 million acres）. Land utilization rate was 38.6 percent,up by 0.01 percentage points over the previous year.

With approval of the people’s government of the Autonomous Region,newly construction land were11.4 thousand hectares (170.7 thousand acres). of this total，4.3 thousand hectares（63.9 thousand acres）of land for farming purpose were changed for the purpose of construction，of which 1.3 thousand hectares（19.6 million acres）were farmland.

Total funds invested in land and resources surveys and geological explorations were 10.095 billion yuan. Of which，9.203 billion yuan were put into oil and natural gas explorations，and 892 million yuan were put into survey and geological exploitations for non-gas minerals. Minerals involving in geological exploitation were more than 20.

According to the statistics of environment protection，in 2006，total amount of sulfur dioxide emitted into the air was restricted to 549 thousand tons，up 30.1 thousand tons over the previous year；and total amount of Chemical Oxygen Demand in sewage was controlled at 287 thousand tons，up 15.5 thousand tons.

In the 19 monitored cities，6 cities had their air quality reach national standard GradeⅡ，6 cities attained GradeⅢand 7 cities exceeded GradeⅢ. In the Autonomous Region about 83.2 percent of the year the air quality was better than GradeⅡ，down by 3.1 percent over the previous year. And 67.4 percent of the year in Urmqi the air quality was better than GradeⅡ，down by 2.7 percent over the previous year.

Monitoring of water quality on 144 sections of the 59 rivers showed that good quality water of standard GradeⅠ~Ⅲaccounted for 71.5 percent；slightly and moderately polluted water meeting standard GradeⅣ～Ⅴaccounted for 22.9 percent；heavy polluted water below standard GradeⅤaccounted for 5.6 percent.

The Autonomous Region has established 28 natural reserves，the area of natural reserves totaled 216.2 thousand square kilometers，accounting for 13.0 percent of the surface area of the Autonomous Region，of which，9 national natural reserved；the region has also approved 8 national ecological demonstration zones，with an area of 127.6 thousand square kilometers，accounting for 6.7 percent of the surface area of the Autonomous Region；and 2 national ecological function reserves，with an area of 180.9 thousand square kilometers.

XII．Safety Produce

In the 2006，there were 12635 accidents,of which,3122 people were death, 8953 were injured,the direct economic loss hit 76.3218 million yuan, respectively down by 14.1 percent,16.9 percent,15.3percent and 2.9percent.Mortality rate of work safety accident average 100 Billion Yuan GDP was 1.01 percent, down by 27.9 percent; Mortality rate of work safety accident of employment in industrial mining and commercial & trade enterprises average 100000 persons was 9.68 percent, down by 12.1 percent; Mortality rate of highway traffic accident average 10000 vehicles was 14.2 percent, down by 34.0 percent; Mortality rate of coal production average 1 million tons was 3.15 percent, down by 49.0 percent.

XIII．Population

The data are estimated on the basis of the annual national sample sruvey on population changes. The year-end population of the Autonomous Region was 20.5 million，an increase of 396.5 thousand，or an increase of 2.0 percent over the previous year. Of this total，urban population was 7.7777 million，up by 4.1 percent，rural population was 12.7223 million，up by 0.7 percent，urbanization rate was 37.9 percent; the male reached 10.5001 million，accounting for 51.2 percent，and the female numbered 9.9999 million，accounting for 48.8%。This year saw a birth rate of 15.97 per thousand，and a death rate of 5.03 per thousand，and thus the natural growth rate 10.94 per thousand.

XIV．People’s Living and Social Security

By the end of 2006，the per capital disposable income of urban residents reached 8871 yuan，up by 7.9 percent over the previous year；the per capital consumption expenditure was 6,730 yuan，up by 8.4 percent；the per capital usable floor space of houses was 20.33 square meters，up by 0.9 percent. Engle cofficient of urban households was 35.5 percent, down by 0.9 percent.

In the year，the per capital annual net income of rural households was 2,737 yuan，an increase of 255 yuan，or an increase of 10.4percent as compared with the previous year，of which,income of wages and salaries were 254 yuan, up by 30.0 percent，Income from household operations were 2323 yuan, up by 8.5 percent. The per capital consumption expenditure totaled 2,032 yuan，up by 5.6 percent，of which，expenditure of food were 811 yuan, up by 0.9 percent；The per capital usable floor space of living houses reached 21.96 square meters，up by 3.9 percent. Engle cofficient of rural households was 39.9, down by 1.9 percent.

The saving deposits of urban and rural households totaled 203.563 billion yuan，up by 12.1 percent. Of this total，the fixed saving deposits were 127.016 billion yuan，up by 8.5 percent；and the current saving deposits were 76.547 billion yuan，up by 18.6 percent.

According to the statistics of department of labor and social securities，a total of 1.45 million people participated in unemployment insurance programs，up by 3.2 percent over the previous year；1.9197 million people participated in the basic pension programs，up by 5.5 percent，Among them，1.461 million were employees，458.7 thousand were retirees；The population covered by basic health insurance programs was 2.2715 thousand，an increase of 7.2 percent，among them， 162.56 ten thousand were wokers，576 thousand were retirees；1024 thousand people participated in work injury insurance, 1359 thousand covered maternity insurance.

According to the statistics of department of Civil Affairs， A total 629.4 thousand urban residents have been covered by a government system of guaranteeing their minimum standard of living，and 22.6 thousand people enjoyed government Commiseration and subsidies. There were 404 social welfare institutions of various types，possessing 14 thousand beds and accommodating 10.6 thousand inmates. The Autonomous Region sold 1.419 billion yuan worth of social welfare lottery tickets，raising about 494 million yuan of social welfare funds，another 37 million yuan were received from direct donations.

Note：1.Figures in absolute value terms on gross domestic product of Xinjiang，value-added of various industries and total output value of Farming，Forestry，Animal husbandry，Fishery were at current prices，whereas growth rate was calculated at comparable prices.

2.Industry above designated size enterprises with annual main revenue above 5 million yuan.

3.Entrepreneur Confidence Index and Prosperity index on enterprises above 100 means boom，or else 100 means recession.