Explanatory Notes for Major Statistical Indicators

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) refers to the final products of all resident units in a country (or a region) during a certain period of time. Gross domestic product is expressed in three different forms, i.e. value, income, and products respectively. The form of value refers to the total value of all products and services produced by all resident units during a certain period of time minus total value of intimidate input of materials and services of the nature of non-fixed assets or the summation of the value-added of all resident units; the form of income includes all the income created by all resident units and distributed primarily to all resident and non-resident units; the form of products refers to the value of all final goods and services for final use by all resident units plus the value of net exports of goods and services during a given period of time. In the practice of national accounting, gross domestic product is calculated with three approaches, i.e. production approach, income approach, and expenditure approach, which reflect gross domestic product and its composition from different aspects.

Three Industries Industrial structure has been classified according to the historical sequence of development. Primary industry refers to extraction of natural resources; secondary industry involves processing of primary products; and tertiary industry provides services of various kinds for production and consumption. The above classification is universal although it varies to some extent form country to country. Industry in China comprises:

Total Population refers to the total number of people alive at a certain point of time within a given area.

Permanent Population refers to the persons who hold the nationality of, and have permanent residing place in the People's Republic of China.

Employed Persons refers to the persons who are engaged in social labor and receive remuneration payment or earn business income, including: (1)Total staff and woekers; (2)Employed persons in private enlerprises in urban areas; (3)Self-employed individuals in urban areas; (4)Social laborers in rural areas; (5)Other social laborers. It reflects the utilization of toal labor force during a given period of time.

Total Investment in Fixed Assets in the Whole Country Investment in fixed assets is the essential means for social reproduction of fixed assets. By means of construction and purchase of fixed assets, more advanced technologies and equipment are adopted in the national economy, and new sectors are established, which promote the adjustment of economic structure and the regional distribution of productive forces and enhance the economic strengths so as to provide the material conditions for improving peoples livelihood. This is significant for speeding up the drive of socialist modernization in China.

Government Revenue refers to the revenue of the government finance by means of participating in the distribution of the social products, which is the financial resources for ensuring the government to function. The contents of government revenue have been changed several times.

Resident's Consumer Price Index As relative index which measures the change in price level of a group of representative consumer goods and services with the passage of time, reflecting the changes in prices of consumer goods and services purchased by residents. It is an important index of macroscopic economic analysis and decisions, general price level monitoring, adjustment and control, and national business accounting. Its changing rate by the year is usually regarded as reflecting the degree of inflation (or tightens).

Business Index of Enterprise also called “ comprehensive production and management index of enterprise ” . It is usually drawn up according to the entrepreneurs' judgement and anticipation to the operation status of enterprise, so as to reflect the status of production and operation of enterprises.