Tianjin Reports Six-Year Negative Population Growth

����The population of Tianjin, the largest industrial city in north China, has reported a negative growth for six consecutive years.

����According to official statistics, the city's population registered an average negative growth of 3.2 percent every year since 1993.

����The negative growth has contributed a lot to the quality of the city's population and the rising cost of living standards.

����Some 760,000 babies are born each year in Tianjin. The mortality rate for babies is seven in every one thousand. Deafness and mentally-retarded babies is almost zero.

����The city's per-capita Gross Domestic Product is over 130,000 yuan (about 1,566 US dollars) and urban per-capita income is more than 6,600 yuan (about 795 dollars), ranking third and fifth among all cities in China.