1. China Urban-Rural Construction Statistical Yearbook, China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook and China County Seat Construction Statistical Yearbook are published annually in both Chinese and English languages to provide comprehensive information on urban and rural service facilities development in China. Being the source of facts, the yearbooks help to facilitate the understanding of people from all walks of life at home and abroad on China’s urban and rural development.
2. 2016 China Urban Construction Statistical Yearbook is complied based on statistical data on urban construction in year 2016 and past years that were reported by construction authorities of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. This yearbook is composed of 14 parts, including 1.Level of Urban Service Facilities, 2.Urban Population and Construction Land, 3.Revenue and Expenditure of Urban Maintenance and Construction Fund, 4. Fixed Assets Investment in Urban Service Facilities, 5.Urban Water Supply, 6.Urban Water Conservation, 7.Urban Gas, 8.Urban Central Heating, 9.Urban Rail Transit System, 10. Urban Roads and Bridges, 11.Urban drainage and Waste Water Treatment, 12.Urban landscaping, 13.State-level Scenic Spots and Historic Sites, and 14.Urban Environmental Sanitation. In each part, the data is classified by year, by region and by city.
3. Scope of the data collected from the survey covers urban area of cities, including (1) areas under the jurisdiction of neighborhood administration; (2) other towns (townships) connected to city public facilities, residential facilities and municipal utilities; (3) special areas like independent industrial and mining districts, development zones, research institutes, and universities and colleges with permanent residents of 3000 and above.
4. There were a total of 657 cities in all the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities (excluding Taiwan Province) across China by the end of 2016. In the yearbook, data are from 656 cities, 2 special zones. Baigouxincheng in Hebei Province and Yangling District in Shaanxi Province are classified as city; Yizhou City in Guangxi Autonomous Regions has been reorganized to become a district, but is still classified as city in the yearbook; Kekedala City in Xinjiang Autonomous Region is a new city, and the data has not been available at the moment.
5. Data from the county seats of 10 counties including Xingtai and Cangxian County in Hebei Province, Zezhou County in Shanxi Province, Fushun, Panshan, Tieling, and Chaoyang County in Liaoning Province, Anyang County in Henan Province, and Urumqi and Hetian County in Xinjiang Autonomous Region are included in the Urban Construction Yearbook due to the identity of the location between the county seats and the cities administering the above 10 counties respectively.
6. This yearbook does not include data of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Macao Special Administrative Region as well as Taiwan Province.
7. Grouping of cities
Group one: (by geographic location)
East China: Cities in 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, which are Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan
Central China: Cities in 9 provinces and autonomous regions which are Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Jilin,
Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
West China: Cities in 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities which are Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang
Group two: (by regional economic zone 1)
East China: Cities in 11 provinces and municipalities which are Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan
Central China: Cities in 8 provinces which are Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
West China: Cities in 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities which are Inner Mongolia, Guangxi , Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang
Group three: (by regional economic zone 2)
East China: Cities in 10 provinces and municipalities which are Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan
Central China: Cities in 6 provinces which are Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan
West China: Cities in 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities which are Inner Mongolia, Guangxi , Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Xinjiang
Northeast China : Cities in 3 provinces which are Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang
8. In this yearbook, “—” indicates that the figure is not large enough to be measured with the smallest unit in the table.
9. The calculation errors of the total or relative value of some data in this yearbook arising from the use of different measurement units have not been mechanically aligned.
10. Any comments to improve the quality of the yearbook are welcomed to promote the advancement in statistics in China’s construction industry.