Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

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 County Population Urban Population and Rural Population.

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).

County Population Total population of country under the jurisdiction of County).

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.

County Population Total population except City population and town population.

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 China on the Registration of Enterprises and Corporations where the means of production are collectively owned.

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 therefrom)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: