Structure of China's Domestic Consumption: Analyses and Preliminary Forecasts

摘要

The paper is the final product of a cooperative research project. Mainly based on previously unpublished data, household consumption patterns in China are analyzed, emphasising changes over time and differences between urban and rural areas and among households at different points of the welfare distribution. though detailed data on the structure of both income and consumption is presented, the analytical focus is on household consumption and its likely development up to the year 2000. The report contains formal statistical analyses of consumption patterns as well as policy oriented sections that discuss existing problems in China's market for consumption goods, and include proposals for solutions.