Floor Space Completed and Housing Conditions of Urban and Rural Residents

	Floor Space of	Floor Space of	Per Capita	Per Capita
	New Residential	New Residential	Floor Space of	Floor
Year	Buildings in	Buildings in	Residential Building	Space in
	Urban Areas	Rural Areas	in Urban Areas	Rural Areas
	(100 million sq.m)	(100 million sq.m)	(sq.m)	(sq.m)

1978	0.38	1.00	6.7	8.1
1980	0.92	5.00	7.2	9.4
1985	1.88	7.22	10.0	14.7

1986	2.22	9.84	12.4	15.3
1987	2.23	8.84	12.7	16.0
1988	2.40	8.45	13.0	16.6
1989	1.97	6.76	13.4	17.2
1990	1.73	6.91	13.6	17.8

1991	1.92	7.54	14.2	18.5
1992	2.40	6.19	14.8	18.9
1993	3.08	4.81	15.2	20.7
1994	3.57	6.18	15.7	20.2
1995	3.75	6.99	16.3	21.0

1996	3.95	8.28	17.0	21.7
1997	4.06	8.06	17.8	22.5
1998	4.76	8.00	18.7	23.3
1999	5.59	8.34	19.4	24.2
2000	5.49	7.97	20.2	24.8

2001	5.75	7.29	20.8	25.7
2002	5.98	7.42	22.8	26.5
2003	5.50	7.52	23.7	27.2
2004	5.69	6.80	25.0	27.9

a)Data on the per capita floor space of residential buildings in urban areas are provided by the Ministry of Construction.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the National Bureau Of Statistics of the The Peoples Republic Of China and are subject to revision by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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Revised 26-April-2006