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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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