People?s Republic of China, 1978:  I need an array of per capita
statistics to demonstrate what life was like for the average Chinese
in 1978.  Anything you can come up with would be useful.  For example,
how many cars, TV?s, newspapers, movie theaters and so on were there? 
 Please also cite the source.

In 1978 millions of Chinese were attemmpting to put their lives back
together after the terrible ten years of the Cultural Revolution,
which officially ended in 1977; and "what life was like" may not be
fully reflected in statistics of TVs, cars etc.

You probably have a better chance of getting an answer if you raise
the price of your question  (see FAQs).  An array of statistics will
require some searching.

hi,
  It is an interesting question that very hard to answer.Please
forgive me that I can not answer it exactly. But some useful
information on the website of :
1,Chinese Academy of Social Science 
  http://www.cass.net.cn/  
2?National Bureau of Statistics of China
  http://www.stats.gov.cn/
  
I hope that information can help you:)