China Statistical Yearbook 2008(Chinese and English Edition)

     China Statistical Yearbook 2008 is an annual statistical publication, which reflects comprehensively the economic and socialhttp://www.bojianbook.com/book.asp?id=1868 China Statistical Yearbook 2008(Chinese and English Edition)

development of China. It covers data for 2007 and key statistical data in the most recent thirty years and some historically importanthttp://www.bojianbook.com/book.asp?id=1868 China Statistical Yearbook 2008(Chinese and English Edition)

years at the national level and the local levels of province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the Centralhttp://www.bojianbook.com/book.asp?id=1868 China Statistical Yearbook 2008(Chinese and English Edition)

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     Ⅱ. The Yearbook contains twenty-four chapters : 1. General Survey; 2. National Accounts; 3. Population; 4. Employment andhttp://www.bojianbook.com/book.asp?id=1868 China Statistical Yearbook 2008(Chinese and English Edition)

Wages; 5. Investment in Fixed Assets; 6. Energy; 7. Government Finance; 8. Price Indices; 9. People's Living Conditions; 10.

General Survey of Cities; 11. Resources and Environment; 12. Agriculture; 13. Industry; 14. Construction; 15. Transport, Postal and

Telecommunication Services; 16. Domestic Trade; 17. Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation; 18. Tourism; 19. Financial

Intermediation; 20. Education, Science and Technology; 21.Culture, Sports and Public Health; 22. Other Social Activities; 23. Main

Social and Economic Indicators of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR); 24. Main Social and Economic Indicators of

Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). Two chapters listed as Appendices are Main Social and Economic Indicators of Talwan

Province and A Comparison of Indicators of Economy and Society among the People's Republic of China and Other Countries/Areas.

To facilitate readers, the Brief Introduction at the beginning of each chapter provides a summary of the main contents of the chapter,

data sources, statistical scope, statistical methods and historical changes. At the end of each chapter, Explanatory Notes on Main

Statistical Indicators are included.

     Ⅲ. The national data in this book do not include those of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special

Administrative Region and the Talwan Province, except for the divisions of administrative areas, the area of the national territory and

forest resources.

      Ⅳ. In accordance with the principles set down in the Basic Law of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Basic

Law of Macao Special Administrative Region, statistically Hong Kong, Macao and the mainland of China are three mutually

independent regions, each following its own and different statistical systems and legal provisions in conducting statistical operations

independently. Statistics on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region as included

in this yearbook are provided by the Census and Statistics Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative

Region and the Statistics and Census Services of the Government of Macao Special Administrative Region respectively; and are

edited by the National Bureau of Statistics.

      Ⅴ. In comparison with China Statistical Yearbook 2007, following revisions have been made in this new version in terms of the

statistical contents and in editing:

      1. The original first chapter of Divisions of Administrative Areas and Natural Resources has been canceled.  The tables on

divisions of administrative areas have been put under the chapter of General Survey. The tables of natural resources have been

combined with the original chapter of Environment Protection to form a new chapter of Resources and Environment.

      2. In the chapter of National Accounts, there are new tables on value added at constant prices by three strata industries and major

divisions since 1978, which is the first publicized. The 2002's data of input-output were updated by the 2005's data.

      3. In the chapter of Government Finance, the relative tables were reedited according to the 2007's new revision of Classification

System for Government Revenue and Expenditure by the Ministry of Finance. The classifications of expenditure account have been

adjusted largely.

      4. In the chapter of Agriculture, the 2006's data which are not available because of the Second Agriculture Census, including

agricultural machinery, use of chemical fertilizer and use of electricity in villages, are resumed. Based on the result of the Second

Agriculture Census, the relative data of farming in 2006 and animal husbandry and aquatic products since 2000 have been modified.

Area of cultivated land is the 2007's figure from the Ministry of Land and Resources.

      5. In the chapter of Financial Intermediation, there are new tables on asset and capital use of insurance companies since 2004

and premium, claim and payment by region in 2007.

      6. In the chapter of Other Social Activities, the data on cases handled by the people's procuratorates are added.

      Ⅵ. The units of measurement used in this yearbook are internationally standard measurement units.

      Ⅶ. Statistical discrepancies on totals and relative figures due to rounding are not adjusted in the Yearbook.

      Ⅷ. Notations used in the yearbook: (blank space) indicates that the figure is not large enough to be measured with the smallest

unit in the table, or data are unknown, or are not available; "#" indicates a major breakdown of the total; and "*"or "①"indicates

footnotes at the end of the table.