Data in this chapter show s tatistics on participation in social activities, public security, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs,
civil affairs, labor protection, environment protection, disabled persons , survey on female cadres and female conditions and
so on.

I. Data on participation cover mainly information on representatives to the National People's Congress (NPC), members of
the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and trade unions. Data on number of NPC and CPPCC
representatives are provided by NPC and CPPCC information center. Data on expiration of office terms of NPC and CPPCC are
updated every five years. Data on trade unions are from All-China Federation of Trade Unions based on statistical reporting
scheme.

II. Data on public s ecurity, procuratorial, legal and judicial affairs cover information such as criminal cases registered and
offense cases handled by the public security agencies, traffic or fire accidents, cases handled by procurator's offices, cas es
accepted and settled by the people's courts , and statistics on lawyers, notarization and mediation. Data are from the Ministry
of Public Security, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice based on
statistical reporting scheme.

III. Data on civil affairs and labor protection include: condition of institutions and personnel, budget, social welfare relief,
urban welfare facilities, rural network of social s ecurity, marriage registration, retirement pensions, arbitration of labor
disputes, etc. Data on civil affairs and labor protection are from the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Labor and
Social Security bas ed on statistical reporting scheme.

Data on civil affairs refer to "Statistical Yearbook on Civil Affairs of China" (Department of Financial and Departmental Affair,
Ministry of Civil Affairs). Data on trade unions refer to "Statis tical Yearbook on Chines e Trade Unions" (All-China Federation
of Trade Unions).

IV. Data on environment protection include: the development of environment protection, i.e. the basic condition of
environment protection adminis trative agencies and institutions at various levels that are engaged in scientific researches,
monitoring, supervision, propaganda and education, information and so on. Data on environmental pollution and treatment
reflect the dis charge and disposal of the industrial "three wastes" (was tewater, was te gas and solid wastes). Data on
environmental protection and management reflect the condition of environmental pollution and accidents , inves tment in
anti-industrial pollution projects and natural protection in each region.

Statistical Scope: industrial enterprises with the emiss ion of pollutants in each region, urban units and other wastes discharge
units.

Survey Methodology: 1. Data on indus trial enterprises' wastes discharge and treatment are tabulated through key survey on
industrial enterpris es by reporting sys tem. Data on the condition of wastes discharge of those enterprises that are not
covered in the key survey are imputed.

The industrial enterprises covered in the key survey are the selected industrial enterprises with the total volume of pollutants
discharged accounted for over 85% of the total industrial discharge in each region. Imputation figures on the rest industrial
enterprises that accounted for 15% of the total pollutants discharged of the industry are based on es timation of the
discharge of wastewater, chemical oxygen consumption (COD), ammonia nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, soot, dust, solid wastes
and so on. Those two types of data are tabulated as the industrial pollutants discharged for each region.

2. Data on pollutants discharged from daily life and other types of pollution are estimated from related basic data and
technological parameters.

Moreover, since 1998, data on the condition of industrial and daily life pollutants are good enough for comparability.

Data on environmental protection are from the State Environment Protection Adminis tration.

V. Data on disabled persons cover information on the rehabilitation, education, employment and poverty alleviation of
disabled persons and ins titutions serving the needs of disabled persons. Data are from the All-China Federation of Disabled
Persons, VI. Data on female cadres mainly include the basic information of age, education, membership in political parties
and shift of work position. Data are from All-China Federation of Women.

Survey on the Social Status of Chinese Women covers the time allotment, employment and health care of women. Data are
from the s ample survey conducted jointly by All-China Federation of Women and National Bureau of Statistics in 2000.