Total Population refers to the total
number of people alive at a certain point of time within a given area.
The annual statistics on total population is taken at midnight, the
3lst of December.
City,Town and
There are two definitions.The first definition (according to the administrative organizational
system):
City Population Total population
under the jurisdiction of City (including population of the town under the
jurisdiction of City. excluding the population of counties under the
jurisdiction of City).
Town Population Total population of
town under the jurisdiction of County (excluding the population of town under
the jurisdiction of City).
The second definition (classified by the
permanent population):
City Population Total population of
districts under the jurisdiction of City with
district establishment and the population of street under the
jurisdiction of City without district establishment.
Town Population Total
resident-committees population of towns under the jurisdiction of City without
district establishment and the resident-committees population of towns under
the jurisdiction of County.
Birth Rate (or Crude Birth Rate) refers to the ratio
of the number of births to the average population during a certain period of
time(usually a year) which is often expressed in‰. The following formula is
used:
Brith Rate= Number of
Births/Annual Average Number of Population
Number of births refers to live births i.e. the births when babies
had showed any vital phenomena regardless of the length of pregnancy.
Annual average number of population is the average of the number
of population at the beginning of the year and that at the end of the year.
Sometimes it is substituted for with the mid year population.
Death Rate(or Crude Death Rate) refers to the ratio of the number of
deaths to the average population (or mid year population) during a certain
period of time (usually a year) which is often expressed in‰. The following
formula is used:
Death Rate =Number of Deaths/ Annual Average Number of Population
Natural Growth Rate of Population refers to the ratio
of natural increase in population(number of births minus number of deaths)in a
certain period of time(usually a year)to the average population(or mid year
population)of the same period which is often expressed in‰. The following
formula is applied:
Natural Growth Rate of Population= Number of
Births-Number of Deaths / Average Number of Population
Natural Growth Rate of Population=Birth Rate-Death Rate
Economically Active Population refers to the population aged 16 and over who are capable to
work, are participating in or willing to participate in economic
activities, including employed persons and unemployed persons.
Employed Population refers to population
aged 15 or over engaging in social labour which
generates income.
Persons
Employed in Various Units refer to all
the persons working in government agencies of various levels， political and party organizations， social organizations，enterprises and
institutions, and receiving wages or other forms of payment. They include
fully-employed staff and workers， re-employed retirees， teachers in
schools run by the local people，foreigners and
Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong， Macao，and Taiwan working in
various units, part-time employees, employees of other units working
temporarily at current posts, and employees holding the second job, but exclude
staff and workers who have left their working units while keeping their labour contract (employment relation) unchanged．This indicator
reflects the total number of laborers actually engaged in production or other
operations in various units.
State-owned Units
refer to economic units whose assets are owned by the state.Included
are non-corporation units registered
according to Regulation of the People’s Republic of China on the Registration of Enterprises and
Corporation ,state argans,
institutions and social organizations at the central and local levels.
Collective-owned Units refer to economic units
registered according to Regulation of the People’s Republic of
Units of Other Types of Ownership refer to units registered with other
types of ownership, including cooperative units, joint ownership units, limited
companies, share holding corporation, units invested by entrepreneurs from Hong
Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and foreign-invested units.
Persons
Employed in Private Enterprises and Self-Employed
Individuals in Urban Areas Persons employed in
private enterprises refer to the persons employed in the private enterprises
which have been registered at the departments of industrial and commercial
administration and are situated at a County town (i.e. a town where the County
government is located) for business operation or at urban areas with the level
higher than a County town. The self-employed individuals in urban areas refer
to persons who hold the certificates of residence in urban areas or have
resided in the urban areas for a long time and have been registered at the
departments of industrial and commercial administration and approved to be
engaged in individual industrial or commercial business, including self-employed persons as well as helpers and hired labourers who work in the individual households engaged in
industrial or commercial business.
Staff
and Workers refer to the
persons who work in(and receive payment
there from)enterprises and institutions of state ownership，
collective ownership， joint ownership， share
holding， foreign ownership， and
ownership by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong， Macao， and
Taiwan， and other types of
ownership and their affiliated units，excluding the retired persons invited to work in the units again,
teachers in the schools run by the local people and foreigners and persons
coming from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and working in the state-owned economic
units. (Number of staff and workers in this yearbook include only fully
employed staff and workers, excluding those who have left their working units
while keeping their labour contract/employment
relation unchanged)．
Total
Wages refer to the total
remuneration payment to staff and workers in various units during a certain
period of time．The calculation of total wages is based on the total remuneration
payment to the staff and workers. Therefore， all the wages and
salaries and other payments to staff and workers are included in the total
wages regardless of their sources， category， and forms (in
kind or cash)．(Total wages of staff and workers in this yearbook include only
total wages of fully employed staff and workers, excluding the living
allowances distributed to those who have left their working units while keeping
their labour contract/employment relation unchanged)．
Average Wage refers to the
average wage in money terms per person during a certain period of time for
staff and workers in enterprises, institutions, and government agencies, which
reflects the general level of wage income during a certain period of time and
is calculated as follows:
Average Wage of Staff and Workers =Total Wages of Staff and
Workers in Reference Period/Average Number of Staff and Workers in Reference
Period
Index of Average Wage refers to the ratio
of average wage of staff and workers at the
report time to that at the reference time. It reflects the relative changing
degree of average wage in money terms at the various
of time, which is calculated as following:
Index of Average Wage of Staff and Worker = average wage of staff and
workers at the report time/average wage of staff and workers at the reference
time
Index of Average Real Wage refers to the
average wage which has removed the factor of price change. Index of average real wage of staff and
worker reflects the relative changing degree of average real wage, and
indicates the degree of the rising or declining degree of real wage of staff
and worker, which is calculated as following:
Index of Average Real Wage of Staff and Worker = Index of Average
Wage of Staff and Worker at the Report Time/Urban consumer prices
index at the report time
Registered Unemployed Persons in Urban Areas refer to the
persons with non-agricultural household registration at certain working ages
(16 years old to retirement age), who are capable of working, unemployed and
willing to work, and have been registered at the local employment service
agencies to apply for a job.
Registered
Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas refers to the ratio of the number of the
registered unemployed persons to the sum of the number of persons employed in
various units (minus the employed rural labour force,
re-employed retirees, and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan or foreign employees),
laid-off staff and workers in urban units, owners of private enterprises in
urban areas, owners of self-employed individuals in urban areas, employees of
private enterprises in urban areas, employee of self-employed individuals in
urban areas, and the registered unemployed persons in urban areas. The formula
is as follows:
