Population
 The year 2005 saw births of 410,000, or a birth rate of 11.60¡ë; and deaths of 200,000, or a mortality rate of 5.62¡ë. The natural growth rate of the population stood at 5.98¡ë. At the end of the year, the total population stood at 35.35 million, an increase of 240,000 people.
 
Employment
 A total of 580,000 new jobs were created during the year, 30,000 more than expected. About 78,000 laid-off workers got re-employed.
 
Registered unemployment rate
 The registered urban unemployment rate was 4.0%.
 
Social security
 In 2005, insurance plans for endowments, unemployment and medical treatment covered a population of 4.101 million, 2.666 million and 3.325 million respectively. These figures were respectively 320,400, 1,800 and 465,400 more than those in 2004. About 203,000 urban residents and 742,000 rural residents received minimum living allowance from the government.
 
Residents' income
 The disposable income of urban residents was 12,321 yuan per capita, up by 8.2% from 2004. Rural residents' per capita net income was 4,450 yuan, up by 5.8%.

(Statistics as of 2005)

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