Education
 The number of students enrolled in postgraduate schools and institutions of higher learning during the year stood at 14,800 and 264,600 respectively.
 
Culture
 By the end of 2004, the province had a total of 142 arts performance organizations, 142 cultural and arts centers, 128 public libraries, and 143 museums.
 
Public health
 At the end of 2004, there were 15,394 health and medical institutions staffed with 278,100 people and equipped with 178,000 beds.
 
Sports
 Athletes from the province won first prize in 23 world sports events and 17 Asian events.
 
Welfare and aid
 The province put in 105 million yuan as disaster relief fund. By the year-end, 1.159 million people had been covered by the system to guarantee their minimum living standard, an increase of 120,000 people compared with the 2003 figure. Various welfare units across the province put up 62,126 homeless and vagrant people. The funds raised through selling welfare lottery totaled 1.07 billion yuan in 2004.

(Statistics as of 2004)