Cultural Institutions  refer to units which have their own organizational system and independent accounting system and
specialize in or serve cultural development. They exclude other establishments run by these cultural institutions and amateur
cultural groups established by various departments.

Art Troupe  refers to the troupe which is engaged in drama, opera, music, dance, acrobatics or other art performance,
opens independent accounts with banks and has self-supporting accounting system; excluding the troupes which are engaged
partly in industrial or agricultural activities, partly in art performance and the professional troupes organized by the people.

Film Projection Units  refer to units with film projection equipment, full or part time projectionists, permanent or non
permanent places, approved by related administrative departments to show films regularly for certain groups of audience,
including those film projection units which have been approved to give commercial shows and run business with independent
accounting system as well as those film-renting units of the military system.

Number of Spectators at Art Performance  refers to the number of attendants at commercial shows, completely
booked shows or free shows given in minority national areas, and does not include the number of spectators at rehearsals for
examination  and internal shows for study.

Net Sales of Books   refers to books sold directly to readers and directly exported.

Typesetting of Books   refers to the volume of work (characters) of manual or laser typesetting ready for printing.

Printing of Books  refers to printing of books by stereotype or offset printing method.

Offset Printing  refers to mono or multi color materials printed by offset press.

Small Piece Printing  refers to printing of single-sheet products in small quantity.

Number of Athletes in Grades  refers to the number of athletes who have been given titles through examination. The
titles of athletes include international masters of sports, masters of sports, first-grade, second-grade and third-grade
sportsmen and young athletes.

Number of Referees in  Grades  refers to the number of referees who have been given titles after examination. They are
classified as international referees, national referees and referees of the first, second and third grades.

Stadiums  refer to stadiums for track and field events with six lane 400-meter tracks around soccer fields, permanent track
marks and permanent bleachers. Stadiums are classified according to seating capacity. They include: Class A stadiums
seating 25000 people each. Class B stadiums seating 15000 to 25000 people each. Class C stadiums seating 5000 to 15000
people each, and Class D stadiums seating fewer than 5000 people.

Gymnasiums  refer to indoor sports grounds with permanent seats in which basketball, volleyball. badminton, table tennis
and gymnastics competitions can be held. Gymnasiums are classified according to seating capacity. They include Class A
gymnasiums seating over 6000 people. Class B gymnasiums seating 4000 to 6000 people. Class C gymnasiums seating
2000 to 4000 people, and Class D gymnasiums seating fewer than 2000 people.

Hospitals  refer to medical institutions with permanent hospital beds, which are able to take in patients and provide them
with  medical and nursing services. Hospitals are classified into three categories: hospitals at or above the county level,
hospitals of rural townships, and other hospitals. According to their ownership, hospitals can be classified into three
categories: hospitals under the public health departments, hospitals under industrial and other departments and collective-
owned hospitals. Hospitals at or above county level are divided into comprehensive and specialized hospitals.

Medical Technical Personnel  refers to all medical staff and workers employed by medical institutions, including doctors
of Chinese and Western medicine, senior doctors who integrate traditional Chinese therapeutics with Western therapeutics in
practice, senior nurses, pharmacists of Chinese and Western medicine, laboratory specialists, other specialists, paramedics of
Chinese and Western medicine, nurses, midwives, druggists in Chinese and Western medicine, laboratory technicians, other
technicians, other practitioners of Chinese medicine, nursing attendants, pharmacological workers of Chinese and Western
medicine, laboratory workers, and other primary medical personnel.

Doctors  refer to qualified professional medical workers approved to practice by public health departments. They are
classified into doctors of Chinese medicine, doctors of Western medicine, senior doctors who integrate traditional Chinese
therapeutics with Western therapeutics in practice, paramedics of Chinese medicine and Western medicine, and other
specialists of Chinese medicine.

Total Cost of Health Services reflects the total expenditures on medical and health care services for the whole country,
calculated on basis of sources of funding. Health expenditure from government budget refers to budgetary allocation for
health undertakings by governments at all levels. Social health expenditure refers to non-government budgetary capital
input, mainly the health insurance. It includes expenditure on health institutions run by enterprises and rural collective
entities, expenditure on medical and health care of employees of enterprises, and excessive health expenditure of
government employees that could be covered by the government health care system. Health expenditure on individuals
refers to expenditure on health service and health insurance paid by residents from their disposable income.