1. Women accounted for less than two percent of the total number of deputies to the National People's Congress in 1990 , compared with almost 12 percent in 1998 .
1990年,全國(guó)人民代表大會(huì)的婦女代表所占比例不到總?cè)藬?shù)的2%,1998年大約是12%。
2. Some 140 major state-owned companies have either declared bankruptcy or entered into mergers during 1998 , up a whopping 75 percent on the total number for the 10-year period between 1985-1995 .
1998年,已經(jīng)有大約140個(gè)大的國(guó)有公司宣布破產(chǎn)或被兼并,與1985年到1995年這十年間的總數(shù)相比超出75%。
3. China's illiteracy rate has dropped by some 60 percent over the past few years , but nonetheless remains at one of the highest levels for any developing nation .
在過去的幾年中,中國(guó)的文盲率下降了約60%,但仍是發(fā)展中國(guó)家中較高的。
4. The steady three-year annual rise in the export rate between 1995-1997 has been followed by steadily failling prices during 1998 and the trend is expected to continue indefinitely .
1995年到1997年,出口率持續(xù)穩(wěn)定增長(zhǎng)之后,1998年,價(jià)格穩(wěn)步下跌,預(yù)計(jì)這一趨勢(shì)會(huì)無限期地持續(xù)下去。