COMPUTERSOFTWARECOMPUTERSOFTWAREINCHINA:INCHINA:AMARKETANALYSISAMARKETANALYSIS©AccessAsiaLimited,2001ComputerSoftwareinChina:AMarketAnalysis©AccessAsiaLtd.,2001PageiChinaContactPublicationdate:August2001Publishedby:AccessAsiaLtd.UKAddress:19,BramfordCourt,HighStreet,Southgate,LondonN146DH,UKTelephone:+44-020-8350-7150Fax:+44-020-8882-4986Chinaaddress:Room702-2,HuaizhongBuilding,1162HuaihaiMiddleRoad,Shanghai200031,PRChina.Telephone:+86-2164727888Fax:+86-2164728206E-mail:chinacontact@accessasia.co.ukCopyright:AllrightsreservedtoChinaContactDisclaimer:AccessAsiaLimitedhasundertakenstringenteffortstoensuretheaccuracyofallinformationcontainedinthisreport.However,duetothefactthatnotalldatacanbeverified,itispossiblethaterrorsofomissionsmayoccur.AccessAsiaLimiteddoesnotacceptresponsibilityforsucherrorsoromissions.DetailssuppliedbyChinaContactshouldonlybeusedasanaidtoassistthemakingofbusinessandinvestmentdecision,notasthesolebasisforsuchdecisions.�ChinaContact(animprintofAccessAsiaLtd)Allrightsreserved.Thisdocumentisstrictlycopyrightandanyreproductioninanyformswhatsoeverisprohibited.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copied,storedinanelectronicretrievalsystemortransmittedwithoutwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988.ComputerSoftwareinChina:AMarketAnalysis©AccessAsiaLtd.,2001PageiiContentsINTRODUCTION1ReportCoverage11MARKETBACKGROUND21.1FastFacts21.2ExchangeRates31.2.1ExchangeRates:China3Table1.1AVERAGEANNUALEXCHANGERATESBETWEENRMBANDUS$1994–200031.2.2ExchangeRates:HongKong4Table1.2AVERAGEANNUALEXCHANGERATESBETWEENHK$,RMB&US$1994–200041.3RegionsofChina5Map1.1CHINA:PROVINCESANDMUNICIPALITIES61.4Demographics71.4.1Demographics:TotalPopulation7Table1.3TOTALPOPULATION1994–200081.4.2Demographics:PopulationbyLocation8Table1.4POPULATIONBYURBAN-RURALDIVIDE1994–200081.4.3Demographics:PopulationBreakdownbyLocation8Table1.5POPULATIONBREAKDOWNBYURBAN-RURALDIVIDE1994–200091.4.4Demographics:PopulationbyProvince9Table1.6POPULATIONBYPROVINCE1999/2000101.4.5Demographics:PopulationDensitybyProvince10Table1.7POPULATIONDENSITYBYPROVINCE2000111.4.6Demographics:PopulationConcentration11Map1.2CONCENTRATIONOFPOPULATIONBYPROVINCE2000121.4.7Demographics:PopulationbyGender13Table1.8TOTALPOPULATIONBREAKDOWNBYGENDER1994–2000131.4.8Demographics:PopulationbyAgeGroup13Table1.9POPULATIONBYAGEGROUP1994–2000141.4.9Demographics:PopulationbyAgeGroup14Table1.10POPULATIONBYAGEGROUP1994–2000141.5ConsumerWealth15ComputerSoftwareinChina:AMarketAnalysis©AccessAsiaLtd.,2001Pageiii1.5.1ConsumerWealth:GDPandCostofLiving15Table1.11GDPANDCOSTOFLIVINGINDEX1994–2000161.5.2ConsumerWealth:ProvincialDifferencesinGDP16Table1.12GDPBYPROVINCE1994–2000171.5.3ConsumerWealth:GDPGrowthbyProvince18Table1.13GDPGROWTHBYPROVINCE1994–2000181.5.4ConsumerWealth:GDPPerCapitabyProvince19Table1.14PERCAPITAGDPBYPROVINCE1999/2000191.5.5ConsumerWealth:ConcentrationofWealthbyProvince20Map1.3VALUEOFGDPPERCAPITABYPROVINCE2000201.5.6ConsumerWealth:TheMajorCities21Table1.15LEADINGCITIESKEYECONOMICINDICATORS2000221.5.7ConsumerWealth:TheSignificanceofChina’sAccessiontoWTO221.6Households241.6.1Households:OverviewofHouseholdConditions241.6.2Households:TotalHouseholdsbySize25Table1.16NUMBEROFHOUSEHOLDSBYSIZE1994–2000251.6.3Households:TotalhouseholdsbyUrban/RuralDivide25Table1.17NUMBERANDSIZE...
