Basic Statistics on Urban Public Utilities

Item		1990	1995	2000	2003	2004

Urban Areas and Floor Space of Buildings
Developed Areas	(sq.m)	12856	19264	22439	28308	30406
Population Density of Urban Districts	(persons/sq.km)	279	322	442	847	865
Total Floor Space of Buildings (year-end)
	(100 million sq.m)	39.8	57.3	76.6	140.9	149.1
Total Floor Space of Residential Buildings
(year-end)	(100 million sq.m)	20.0	31.0	44.1	89.1	96.2
Water Supply, Gas Supply and Heating
Annual Supply of Tap Water	(100 million tons)	382.3	481.6	469.0	475.3	490.3
Water Consumption for Residential use		100.1	158.1	200.0	224.7	233.5
Per Capita Water Consumption for Residential Use		67.9	71.3	95.5	77.1	76.9
	(ton)
Percentage of Population with Access to Tap		48.0	58.7	63.9	86.2	88.8
Water	(%)
Gaswork Gas Supply	(100 million cu.m)	174.7	126.7	152.4	202.1	213.7
Consumption of Gaswork Gas for Residential Use		27.4	45.7	63.1	58.4	51.2
Natural Gas Supply	(100 million cu.m)	64.2	67.3	82.1	141.6	169.3
Consumption of Coal Gas for Residential Use		11.6	16.4	24.8	37.5	45.4
Liquefied Petroleum Gas	(10 000 ton)	219.0	488.7	1053.7	1126.3	1126.7
Consumption of Liquefied Gas for Residential Use		142.8	370.2	532.3	781.7	704.1
	(10 000 ton)
Length of Gas Pipelines	(10 000 km)	2.4	4.4	8.9	13.0	14.8
Percentage of Urban Population with Access to Gas	(%)	19.1	34.3	45.4	76.7	81.5
Area of Centralized Heating	(100 million sq.m)	2.1	6.5	11.1	18.9	21.6
Municipal Infra-structure
Length of Paved Roads	(10 000 km)	9.5	13.0	16.0	20.8	22.3
Length of Paved Roads Per 10 000 Population	(km)	3.1	3.8	4.1	6.2	6.5
Area of Paved Roads	(100 million sq.m)	8.9	13.6	19.0	31.6	35.3
Area of Paved Roads Per 10 000 Persons	(sq.m)	3.1	4.4	6.1	9.3	10.3
Length of Sewage Pipes	(10 000 km)	5.8	11.0	14.2	19.9	21.9
Density of Sewage Pipes	(km/sq.m)	4.5	5.7	6.3	7.0	7.2
Public Traffic
Number of Public Vehicles under Operation
(Buses and Trolley Buses, etc.)	(10 000 units)	6.2	13.7	22.6	26.4	28.2
Number of Public Transportation Vehicles
Per 10 000 Population	(unit)	2.2	3.6	5.3	7.7	8.4
Taxi	(10 000 units)	11.1	50.4	82.5	90.3	90.4
Afforestation in Cities
Public Green Areas	(10 000 hectare)	47.5	67.8	86.5	121.2	132.2
Per Capita Public Green Areas	(sq.m)	1.8	2.5	3.7	6.5	7.4
Number of Park and Zoo	(unit)	1970	3619	4455	5832	6427
Area of Park and Zoo	(10 000 hectare)	3.9	7.3	8.2	11.3	13.4
Environmental Sanitation
Volume of Garbage Disposal	(10 000 tons)	6767	10671	11819	14857	15509
Volume of Disposal of Excrement and Urine		2385	3066	2829	3475	3576
	(10 000 tons)
Number of Public Lavatories per 10 000 Population		3.0	3.0	2.7	3.2	3.2

a) Per capita data and popularization data are calculated by city population, which refers to population permanently registrated in urban districts
exluded counties.

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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