The China County-Level Data from Provincial Economic Yearbooks, Keyed to 1:1M GIS Map was provided by Professor Robert F. Dernberger (Director of the Center of China Studies, University of Michigan, USA)

The data were created from (1) Tabular data source; and (2) County boundary GIS data source:

(1) Tabular Data Source:

• Beijing Minicipality Statistical Bureau, Beijing Social and Economics Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Beijing Minicipality Statistical Bureau, Beijing Social and Economics Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Tianjin Municipality Statistical Bureau, Tianjin Statistical Yearbook: 1992;
• Hebei Province Statistical Bureau and Economics Institute of the Hebei Province Academy of Social Sciences, Hebei Economics and Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Hebei Province Statistical Bureau and Economics Institute of the Hebei Province Academy of Social Sciences, Hebei Economics and Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Shanxi Province Statistical Bureau, Shanxi Statistical Yearbook: 1991; China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Shanxi Province Statistical Bureau, Shanxi Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Inner Mongolia Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Inner Mongolia Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Liaoning Economics and Statistics Yearbook" Editorial Board, Liaoning Economics and Statistics Yearbook, 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Liaoning Economics and Statistics Yearbook" Editorial Board, Liaoning Economics and Statistics Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Jilin Province Statistical Bureau, Jilin Economics and Statistical Yearbook:,1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Jilin Province Statistical Bureau, Jilin Economics and Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Heilongjiang Province Statistical Bureau, Heilongjiang Economic and Statistical Yearbook: 1991 China Statistics Publishers, 1991
• Heilongjiang Province Statistical Bureau, Heilongjiang Economic and Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Shanghai Minicipality Statistical Bureau, Shanghai Statistical Yearbook, 1991 China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Shanghai Minicipality Statistical Bureau, Shanghai Statistical Yearbook, 1992 China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Jiangsu Provincial Statistical Bureau, Jiangsu Statistical Yearbook, 1991China Statistics Yearbook, 1991;
• Jiangsu Provincial Statistical Bureau, Jiangsu Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Yearbook, 1992;
• Zhejiang Province Statistical Bureau, Zhejiang Statistical Yearbook: 1991 China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Zhejiang Province Statistical Bureau, Zhejiang Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Anhui Province Statistical Bureau, Anhui Statistical Yearbook : 1991 China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Anhui Province Statistical Bureau, Anhui Statistical Yearbook : 1992 China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Fujian Province Statistical Bureau, Fujian Statistical Yearbook : 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Fujian Province Statistical Bureau, Fujian Statistical Yearbook : 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Jiangxi Province Statistical Bureau, Jiangxi Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Jiangxi Province Statistical Bureau, Jiangxi Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Shandong Province Statistical Bureau, Shandong Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Shandong Province Statistical Bureau, Shandong Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Henan Province Statistical Bureau, Henan Economic and Statistics Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Henan Province Statistical Bureau, Henan Economic and Statistics Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Hubei Province Statistical Bureau, Hubei Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Hubei Province Statistical Bureau, Hubei Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Hunan Province Statistical Bureau, Hunan Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Hunan Province Statistical Bureau, Hunan Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Guangdong Province Statistical Bureau, Guangdong Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Guangdong Province Statistical Bureau, Guangdong Statistical Yearbook: 1921, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Guangxi Zhuang Minority Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Guangxi Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Guangxi Zhuang Minority Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Guangxi Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Hainan Province Statistical Bureau, Hainan Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Hainan Province Statistical Bureau, Hainan Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Sichuan Province Statistical Bureau, Sichuan Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Sichuan Province Statistical Bureau, Sichuan Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Guizhou Province Statistical Bureau, Guizhou Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Guizhou Province Statistical Bureau, Guizhou Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Yunnan Province Statistical Bureau, Yunnan Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Yunnan Province Statistical Bureau, Yunnan Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992
• Shaanxi Province Statistical Bureau, Shaanxi Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Shaanxi Province Statistical Bureau, Shaanxi Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Gansu Province Statistical Bureau, Gansu Statistical Yearbook: 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Gansu Province Statistical Bureau, Gansu Statistical Yearbook: 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Qinghai Province Statistical Bureau, Qinghai Province Social and Economic Statistical Yearbook, 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Qinghai Province Statistical Bureau, Qinghai Province Social and Economic Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Ningxia Hui Minority Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Ningxia Statistical Yearbook, 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991; .
• Ningxia Hui Minority Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Ningxia Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Xinjiang Statistical Yearbook, 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991;
• Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Xinjiang Statistical Yearbook, 1992, China Statistics Publishers, 1992;
• Xizang (Tibian) Autonomous Region Statistical Bureau, Tibet Social, Economic, and Statistical Yearbook, 1991, China Statistics Publishers, 1991.
  (Provided by Prof. Robert F. Dernberger, 1996)

• Liu Chuang, Yao Xurong, and William Lavely: China Administrative Regions GIS Data: 1:1M, County Level, 1990, published by CIESIN, May 1996..

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