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The income of Hangzhou people both in the urban area and rural area has had sustained increases. The life quality has been further improved. According to the sampling survey, the annual income of urban citizens is 7896 yuan, the amount of year end deposit of the urban citizens has reached 55833 million yuan. One million square meters of residential houses has been newly built in the cities and towns. The residential living space of urban citizens is 9.3 square per capita, the living space of farmers is 42 square meters per capita. The insurance for the old age has developed very quickly. According to the accumulated figures by the end of the year, 4588 enterprises have taken part in the basic pension insurance for 185,000 workers and staff members. 53 villages and towns have established social insurance system by civil administration of rural area, which is 23 % of the total number of villages and towns. The welfare course for the disabled is also greatly strengthened.

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