This polygon datalayer shows China province boundaries for 1982. The 1982 administrative maps (county and province) was primarily based on 'China Map of Population' published by China Statistical Press, and some other yearly administrative maps. This datalayer is part of the Historical county population census data with maps: 1953, 1964, 1982, 1990, 2000 data set produced by the All China Marketing Research Co. and distributed by the University of Michigan, China Data Center (2005). The historical county population Census data include population Census data for China at county level for 1953, 1964, 1980, 1990, and 2000, which are integrated with associated county GIS maps.