Land Usage - China Statistics Census

Class	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Residential
Private Residential?	24	25	25	24	25
Public Residential?	16	17	17	17	17
Rural Settlements?	27	26	26	26	35
Commercial
Commercial/Business and Offices	3	3	3	3	3
Industrial
Industrial	5	5	5	6	7
Industrial Estates	3	3	3	3	3
Warehouse and Storage?	11	11	11	12	15
Institution
Government, Institution and Community Facilities	20	20	21	21	23
Transportation
Roads	35	35	36	37	38
Railways	1	1	1	2	2
Airport	13	13	13	13	13
Open Space?	20	20	20	20	21
Vacant Land
Vacant Development Land/Construction in Progress	27	31	33	31	29
Other Urban or Built-up Land
Cemeteries and Crematoriums	5	5	5	6	7
Public Utilities	6	6	6	6	6
Other Uses	14	14	14	16	18
Agricultural Land
Agricultural	57	55	54	58	56
Fish ponds/Gei wais	13	13	13	13	17
Woodland/ Shrubland/ Grassland
Woodland	190	190	190	285	268
Shrubland	241	241	241	230	214
Grassland	310	308	308	226	249
Wetland
Mangrove and Swamp?	6	6	4	5	1
Barren Land
Badland	16	16	16	11	5
Quarries	3	3	3	2	2
Rocky Shore	5	5	5	2	2
Water Area
Reservoirs	24	24	24	24	24
Streams and Nullahs	4	4	4	4	3
Total?	1099	1100	1101	1103	1104

Notes : Figures are as at December of the year.
?Residential land developed by private developers except village houses, Home Ownership Scheme (HOS)/Private Sector Participation
Scheme (PSPS) and temporary housing areas.
?Include HOS/PSPS and temporary housing areas.
?Include temporary structures.
?Include open storage areas.
?Include parks, stadiums and playgrounds.
?From 2002 onwards, Mangrove and Swamp areas which are below the High Water Mark are excluded from the calculation of the land area.

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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