X. Culture, Public Health and Sports

At the end of 2009, there were 2,478 art-performing groups, 3,214 culture centers, 2,833 public libraries, 1,996 museums, 251 radio broadcasting stations, 272 television stations, 2,087 radio broadcasting and television stations and 44 educational television stations throughout China. Subscribers to cable television programs numbered 173.98 million. Subscribers to digital cable television programs were 62.00 million. Radio broadcasting and television broadcasting coverage rates were 96.3 percent and 97.2 percent respectively. The country produced 456 feature movies and 102 science, educational, documentary, cartoon and special movies. A total of 43.7 billion copies of newspapers and 3.1 billion copies of magazines were issued, and 7.0 billion copies of books published. By the end of the year, there were 4,035 archives in China and 79.91 million documents were made accessible to the public.

By the end of 2009, there were 289 thousand health institutions in China, including 60 thousand general hospitals and health centers, 26 thousand community health service centers, 3,013 maternal and child health-care institutions, 1,315 specialized health institutions, 3,543 epidemic disease prevention centers (stations) and 2,706 health monitoring institutions and 193 thousand clinics. There were 5.22 million health workers in China, including 2.16 million practicing doctors and assistant practicing doctors and 1.74 million registered nurses. General hospitals and health centers in China possessed 3.96 million beds. The number of rural health care centers was 39 thousand, possessing 910 thousand beds and employing 898 thousand health care workers. In 2009, 3.776 million people were infected by A or B class infectious diseases, with 15,105 reported deaths. The incidence of infectious disease was 284.34 per 100 thousand, with the death rate standing at 1.14 per 100 thousand.

In 2009, Chinese athletes won 142 world championships on 30 sports events. Eleven athletes and 3 teams broke 22 world records on 22 occasions. On the eleventh National Sports Games 7 athletes broke 5 world records on 9 occasions, 12 athletes and 3 teams broke 16 Asia records on 21 occasions and 29 athletes and 5 teams broke 39 national records on 52 occasions.

XI. Population, Living Conditions and Social Security

At the end of 2009, the total number of Chinese population reached 1,334.74 million, an increase of 6.72 million over that at the end of 2008. The year 2009 saw 16.15 million births, a crude birth rate of 12.13 per thousand, and 9.43 million deaths, or a crude death rate of 7.08 per thousand. The natural growth rate was 5.05 per thousand. The sex ratio at birth was 119.45.

Table 15: Composition of Population in 2009

Unit: 10,000 persons

 

 

In 2009, the annual per capita net income of rural households was 5,153 yuan, or a real increase of 8.5 percent over the previous year when the factors of price increase were deducted. The annual per capita disposable income of urban households was 17,175 yuan, or a real increase of 9.8 percent. The proportion of expenditure on food to the total expenditure of households was 41.0 percent for rural households and 36.5 percent for urban households. According to the 2009 rural poverty line with annual per capita net income below 1,196 yuan, the population in poverty in rural areas numbered 35.97 million at the end of the year.

 

 

At the end of 2009, a total of 234.98 million people participated in basic pension program, a year-on-year increase of 16.07 million. Of this total, 177.03 million were staff and workers, and 57.95 million were retirees. A total of 400.61 million people participated in urban basic health insurance program, an increase of 82.39 million, of whom 219.61 million people participated in urban basic health insurance program for staff and workers, 181.00 million people participated in programs for residents. A total of 43.35 million people participated in urban health insurance programs were migrant workers coming from the rural areas, an increase of 690 thousand. Some 127.15 million people participated in unemployment insurance programs, an increase of 3.16 million. A total of 148.61 million people participated in work accident insurance, an increase of 10.74 million, of which 55.80 million were migrant workers coming from the rural areas, an increase of 6.38 million. A total of 108.60 million people participated in maternity insurance programs, an increase of 16.06 million. A total of 2,716 counties (cities, districts) conducted the new cooperative medical care system in rural areas, with a participation rate of 94.0 percent. The total expenditure of the new cooperative medical care system in rural areas reached 64.6 billion yuan, benefiting 490 million people. The pilot of new rural social pension insurance started smoothly. The number of people receiving unemployment insurance payment stood at 2.35 million in 2009.

By the end of 2009, there were all together 39 thousand social welfare institutions of various types providing 2,754 thousand beds, accommodating 2,088 thousand inmates. Of this total, 30 thousand were rural elder-caring organizations providing 1,885 thousand beds, accommodating 1,511 thousand inmates. There were 140 thousand community service facilities without accommodations, of which there were 9,726 community service centers and 25 thousand community service stations. A total of 23.477 million urban residents received the government minimum living allowances, or 129 thousand more than the previous year. About 47.593 million rural residents received the government minimum living allowance, an increase of 4,538 thousand and 5,543 thousand rural residents received government five-guarantees relief, an increase of 57 thousand. Medial aid was provided to 4,172 thousand needy people in cities and 6,884 thousand needy people in rural areas. Another 10.478 million needy people in urban areas were financed to participate in urban medical insurance system, and 36.898 million needy people in rural areas were financed to participate in new type of rural cooperative medical care system. A total of 75.6 billion yuan worth of social welfare lottery tickets were sold and a total of 4.1 billion yuan were received from direct donations.