Total Income of Urban Households  refers to the total actual income of the sample households, including regular or
fixed income and occasional income. The income of a circulating nature such as withdrawal from bank deposits, loans
borrowed from relatives or friends, repayment of loans received and various temporary collection of money is excluded.

Disposable Income of Urban Households  refers to the actual income of the sample households which can be used for
daily expenses, i.e., total income minus personal income tax, sample household subsidy and expenditure on household
sideline production.

Expenditure for Consumption of Urban Households  refers to total expenditure of the sample households for
consumption in daily life,  including expenditure for various commodities and expenses for non-commodity items such as
culture and service, etc. ,but excluding fines and confiscation, loss, tax payments (such as income tax, license tax, real
estates tax, etc.) and various expenses by individual laborers for business purposes.

Expenditure for Purchases of Commodities of Urban Households  refers to total expenses of the sample
households for the purchases of commodities from shops, factories, catering trade, canteens, markets and from the
peasants. Such expenditure is classified into eight categories: food, clothing, household appliances and services, health care
and medical services, transport and communications, recreation, education and cultural services, housing, miscellaneous
goods and services.

Net Income of Rural Households  refers to the total income of the permanent residents of the rural households during a
year after the deduction of the expenses for productive and non-productive business operation, the payment for taxes and
the payment for collective units for their contracted tasks, which can then be spent for investments in productive and non-
productive construction,  for consumption  in daily life and for savings deposit. It is a comprehensive indicator to show the
actual level of the income of the peasants household. The net income of the rural households includes not only the income
from the productive and non-productive business operation, but also the income from the non-business operation, such as
the money remitted or brought back by the members of the household who are in other places, the government relief
payment and various subsidies. It includes not only the money income, but also the income in kind. But the income from
borrowing from banks, friends and relatives is excluded.

Expenditure of Rural Households for Consumption  refers to total expenses of rural households on daily life, including
expenses on food, clothing, housing, fuel, articles for daily use, and expenses on cultural life and services. This indicator is
used to show the actual consumption level of peasants.

The Savings Deposits of Urban and Rural Residents refers to the total value of savings deposits of urban and rural
households in banks and rural credit cooperatives at a given point of time, including the savings deposit of urban residents
and the savings deposit of rural residents. The cash in hand by residents and the deposits of organizations such as
enterprises, military units, government agencies, institutions, etc. are not included.