Although this represents only 12 per cent of the 1,098 municipalities, the increase has been significant given that there were only 20 such councils at the beginning of the five-year period.
尽管在1 098个城镇中，成立青年委员会的城镇仅占12%，然而同五年前只有20个委员会的情况相比，提高幅度委实不小。