Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

Gross Output Value of Construction refers to total of construction products and services, expressed in money terms, completed by construction and installation enterprises during a given period of time. It includes: output value of construction works, output value of installation works and other output value.

(1) Output Value of Construction Works means the value of works involved in project budgets.

(2) Output Value of Installation Works means the costs of installation works incurred for equipment installation. Output value of equipment installation does not include the value of installed equipment itself.

(3) Other Output Value means, of the total output value of construction, the output value other than that of construction and installations works. It includes the repair output value of houses and structures, manufacturing output value of non-standard equipment, management charges collected by general contracting enterprises from subcontracting enterprises, as well as the output value of construction activities falling in no specific categories.

Year-end Employed Persons refers to the number of employed persons who work during the 24 hours of the last day in a year and acquire wage or other forms of labor income. This time-spot index, which does not include persons who terminate their labor contracts at or before the last day of the year, is the sum of fully employed persons, dispatched personnel of labor service and other employed persons.

House Construction Area means the building area of all houses in the reporting period, including: the area of houses newly started in current period, area of houses built in the previous period and continued in current period, area of houses suspended in the previous period and restarted in current period, area of houses started and suspended in current period, and area of houses completed in current period.

Area of Houses Completed means the area of houses and buildings entirely completed in line with requirements of design, meeting conditions of living and use, satisfactorily accepted by relevant authorities or reaching standards for completion inspection and officially delivered and used in the reporting period.

Value of Signed Contracts means total price of contracts signed directly between construction and installation enterprises and builders in the  reporting period and the balance of total price of contracts signed with builders in previous year and continued the implementation in the current year.

Main Business Income means the income recognized by an enterprise from main business such as sale of commodities and rendering of service.

Main Business Cost means the total cost incurred in an enterprise for the operation of main business.

Main Business Tax and Surtax means the sales tax, excise, urban maintenance and construction tax, educational surcharge, etc. to be paid by an enterprise for the operation of main business.

Total Profits mean the operating result of an enterprise in certain accounting period. It is the surplus of all revenues deducting all costs in its production and operation, reflecting its total profit and loss realized in the reporting period.