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BIZCHINA / Qinghai ABC

Population, Employment, Social Security and Living Standards
(china.org)
Updated: 2006-05-16 10:02

Population
The year 2004 saw births of 87,500, or a birth rate of 16.32��, and
deaths of 34,600, or a mortality rate of 6.45��. The natural growth rate
of the population stood at 9.87��. At the end of the year, the total
population stood at 5.386 million.

Employment
The employed population stood at 2.933 million at the end of 2004 at the
year-end. About 10,800 laid-off workers got re-employed during the year.

Registered unemployment rate
The registered urban unemployment rate was 3.9%.

Social security
In 2004, insurance plans for endowments, unemployment and medical
treatment covered a population of 585,000, 331,000 and 601,000
respectively. About 201,000 urban residents received minimum living
allowances from the government.

Residents' income
The disposable income of urban residents was 7,320 yuan per capita, up
8.7% from 2003. Rural residents' per capita net income was 2,005 yuan, a
growth of 10.3% from the previous year.

(Statistics as of 2004)

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