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Table 2 - General Price Indexes (1950 = 100)
General index
of retail prices
General index of cost of living of staff and workers
1951
112.2
112.5
1952
111.8
115.5
1957
121.3
126.6
1962
152.6
155.3
1965
134.6
139.0
1970
131.5
137.8
1975
131.9
139.5
1976
132.3
139.9
1977
135.0
143.7
1978
135.9
144.7
1979
138.6
147.4
1980
146.9
158.5
1981
150.4
162.5
1982
153.3
165.8
1983
155.6
169.1
1984
160.0
173.7
1985
174.1
194.4
Average annual
rate of increase :
1951-1978
0.7
0.9
(27 years)
1978-1985
3.6
4.3
(7 years)
Source: Statistical Yearbook of China 1986
G.F. 326
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