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The latest edition in the China Statistics Series, China Statistical Abstract 1989 offers essential basic information on China's economic and social development in 1988. It also illustrates the major trends in this development since 1978. This book contains key statistics for principal sectors of the national economy by selected years since 1978. There are nine sections: General Survey; Population and Labor Force; Agriculture; Industry; Transportation, Postal and Telecommunication Services; Investment in Fixed Assets; Finance, Trade and Price; People's Livelihood; Education, Science, Culture, Public Health and Sports. A glossary of major indicators is included at the end of the book.

China Statistical Abstract 1989 is a revised and improved English language edition of the official China Statistical Abstract compiled by the State Statistical Bureau of the People's Republic of China (SSB). The English Language Editorial Board was responsible for the translation and annotation of this volume. The English Language Editorial Board is composed of representatives of the China Statistical Information and Consultancy Service Center, and affiliate of the SSB, and the China Statistical Archives, a research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. This is the fifth volume in a series of statistical annuals. The volumes so far published are China Statistical Abstract 1988, China Social Statistics 1986, China Trade and Prices Statistics 1988, and China Rural Statistics 1988.