Table 2
15.05.2007
Annual Percentage Changes in Real Wages in China
Average of all units
State-owned units
Urban collective units
Units of other ownership type
1978
6.0
6.2
5.1
1980
6.1
6.0
6.9
1985
5.3
4.8
6.6
22.5
1989
-4.8
-4.6
-6.1
-2.3
1990
9.2
9.7
6.6
8.9
1991
4.0
3.2
5.6
10.5
1992
6.7
7.0
4.1
5.3
1993
7.1
5.7
5.9
7.9
1994
7.7
8.7
0.2
1.5
1995
3.8
0.4
3.7
1.4
1996
3.8
2.6
0.6
1.7
1997
1.1
4.2
1.7
3.2
1998
7.2
6.7
3.1
-1.7
1999
13.1
12.9
9.7
11.0
2000
11.4
10.9
7.6
10.9
2001
15.2
16.2
8.9
9.7
2002
15.5
16.3
12.7
9.9
2003
12.0
12.3
12.2
9.3
2004
10.5
11.1
9.5
8.0
2005
12.8
13.6
13.2
10.4
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