The level of decentralization and property rights protection––a sociological analysis of property rights

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 1 Output share of privately run coal mines as a proportion of the province’s total coal output before and after the mergers and reorganizations campaign and its fluctuation rate

	Output share of privately run coal mines as a proportion of the province’s total coal output (%)						Fluctuation rate of output share (%)
	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Fluctuation rate of output share (%)
Beijing	16.3	26.1	2.6^a	0	0	0	−100
Hebei	3.53	2.60	1.46	1.06^a	0	0	−100
Shanxi	28.24	19.04^a	0	0	0	0	−100
Inner Mongolia	57.08	63.50	85.25	82.52^a	80.47	–	−5.6
Henan	34.54	27.94	0^a	0	0	0	−100
Heilongjiang	30.49	29.80	33.50^a	31.10	26.66	21.0	−29.5
Jilin	35.07	28.42	27.34	27.34	17.87	–^a	Uncertain
Liaoning	15.74	15.00	17.50	18.69	17.01^a	16.27	−12.9
Anhui	4.51	3.50	3.30	3.60	2.47^a	0	−100
Jiangxi	56.17	56.00	56.10	57.20	61.00^a	–	Uncertain
Fujian	76.80	72.50	77.00	79.00^a	78.00	72.84	−5.7
Hubei	82.36	85.52	88.30	89.30^a	90.10	87.43	−1.0
Hunan	81.87	91.19	90.34	91.41^a	93.62	–	+3.5
Sichuan	77.14	76.17	76.65	74.74	—	–^a	Uncertain
Chongqing	69.45	69.20	68.50	67.30	63.05^a	62.86	−6.9
Guizhou	75.22	74.66	75.29	76.43^a	75.78	87.43	+16.1
Yunnan	79.06	79.80	81.60	78.55^a	79.37	–	−2.7
Guangxi	16.23	23.20	18.50	18.30	16.80^a	–	Uncertain
Shaanxi	35.13	43.35	52.06	51.74^a	49.05	49.04	−5.8
Gansu	10.46	12.72	17.78	15.28^a	13.83	16.11	−9.4
Ningxia	6.93	4.26	5.22^a	2.90	0	0	−100
Xinjiang	36.80	47.26	50.74^a	62.65	65.41	–	+38.4
Qinghai	53.59	57.8	47.8^a	55.8	58	–	+0.3

Note: (1) “–” indicates missing data; (2) “^a” indicates the starting year of mergers and reorganizations
Source: China Coal Industry Yearbook (National Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau, 2008-2013); it excludes Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, as these provinces had almost no privately run coal mines a year before mergers and reorganizations