The annual net consumption level of the people increased from 80 RMB yuan per capita in 1952 to 2,972 RMB yuan in 1998, and the savings deposits of both urban and rural residents grew from 860 million RMB yuan to 5,340.8 billion RMB yuan.

• 居民实际消费水平由1952年的每人80元提高到1998年的2972元，城乡居民储蓄存款由8.；6亿元增加到53408亿元。