| Income and expenditure in urban and rural residents by region, 1998 | ||||
| (yuan) | ||||
| Region | Urban households | Rural households | ||
| Per capita annual disposable income | Per capita annual living expenditure | Per capita annual net income | Per capita annual living expenditure | |
| National | 5425.05 | 4331.61 | 2161.98 | 1590.33 |
| Beijing | 8471.98 | 6970.83 | 3952.32 | 2873.20 |
| Tianjin | 7110.54 | 5471.01 | 3395.70 | 1976.70 |
| Hebei | 5084.64 | 3834.43 | 2405.32 | 1298.54 |
| Shanxi | 4098.73 | 3267.70 | 1858.60 | 1056.45 |
| Inner Mongolia | 4353.02 | 3105.74 | 1981.48 | 1577.12 |
| Liaoning | 4617.24 | 3890.74 | 2579.79 | 1702.68 |
| Jilin | 4206.64 | 3449.74 | 2383.60 | 1471.46 |
| Heilongjiang | 4268.50 | 3303.15 | 2253.10 | 1464.64 |
| Shanghai | 8773.10 | 6866.41 | 5406.87 | 4206.89 |
| Jiangsu | 6017.85 | 4889.43 | 3376.78 | 2336.78 |
| Zhejiang | 7836.76 | 6217.93 | 3814.56 | 2890.65 |
| Anhui | 4770.47 | 3777.41 | 1863.06 | 1333.05 |
| Fujian | 6485.63 | 5181.45 | 2946.37 | 2025.09 |
| Jiangxi | 4251.42 | 3266.81 | 2048.00 | 1538.24 |
| Shandong | 5380.08 | 4143.96 | 2452.83 | 1595.09 |
| Henan | 4219.42 | 3415.65 | 1864.05 | 1240.30 |
| Hubei | 4826.36 | 4074.38 | 2172.24 | 1699.43 |
| Hunan | 5434.26 | 4370.95 | 2064.85 | 1889.17 |
| Guangdong | 8839.68 | 7054.09 | 3527.14 | 2683.18 |
| Guangxi | 5412.24 | 4381.09 | 1971.90 | 1414.76 |
| Hainan | 4852.87 | 3832.44 | 2018.31 | 1246.12 |
| Zhongqing | 5466.57 | 4977.26 | 1720.46 | 1343.35 |
| Sichuan | 5127.08 | 4382.59 | 1789.17 | 1440.77 |
| Guizhou | 4565.39 | 3799.38 | 1334.46 | 1094.39 |
| Yunnan | 6042.78 | 5032.67 | 1387.25 | 1312.31 |
| Tibet | — | — | 1231.50 | 710.26 |
| Shaanxi | 4220.24 | 3538.52 | 1405.59 | 1181.38 |
| Gansu | 4009.61 | 3099.36 | 1393.05 | 939.55 |
| Qinghai | 4240.13 | 3580.47 | 1424.79 | 1117.79 |
| Ningxia | 4112.41 | 3379.82 | 1721.17 | 1327.63 |
| Xinjing | 5000.79 | 3714.10 | 1600.14 | 1450.29 |