Appendix 1.14: Employment

Item	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Total Number of Employed Persons (10,000 persons)	68,850	69,600	69,957	70,586	71,150
Primary Industry	34,769	34,730	34,838	35,364	35,575
Secondary Industry	16,180	16,495	16,440	16,235	16,009
Tertiary Industry	17,901	18,375	18,679	18,987	19,566
Composition of Employed Persons (total=100)
Primary Industry	50.5	49.9	49.8	50.1	50.0
Secondary Industry	23.5	23.7	23.5	23.0	22.5
Tertiary Industry	26.0	26.4	26.7	26.9	27.5
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas (10,000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	19,815	20,207	20,678	21,014	21,274
State-owned Units	11,244	11,044	9,058	8,572	8102
Urban Collective-owned Units	3,016	2,883	1,963	1,712	1,499
Cooperative Units		“	“	136	144 155
Joint Ownership Units	49	43	48	46	42
Limited Liability Corporations	“	“	484	603	687
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	363	468	410	420	457
Private Enterprises	620	750	973	1,053	1,268
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	265	281	294	306	310
Foreign Funded Units	275	300	293	306	332
Self-employed Individuals	1,709	1,919	2,259	2,414	2136
Rural Employed Persons	49,035	49,393	49,279	49,572	49,876
Township and Village Enterprises	13,508	13,050	12,537	12,704	12,820
Private Enterprises	551	600	737	969	1,139
Self-employed Individuals	3308	3,522	3,855	3,827	2,934
Number of Staff and Workers (10,000 persons)	14,845	14,668	12,337	11,773	11,259
State-owned Units	10,949	10,766	8,809	8,336	7,878
Urban Collective-owned Units	2,954	2,817	1,900	1,652	1,447
Units of Other Types of Ownership	942	1,085	1,628	1,785	1,935
Number of Female Employment	“	“	“	4,613	4,411
in Urban Units (10,000 persons)
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	553	570	571	575	595
in Urban Areas (10,000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%)	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1
a) Since 1990 data on economically active population, the total employed persons and the sub-total of employed persons in urban and rural areas have been adjusted in accordance with the data obtained from the sample surveys on population changes. As a result, the sum of the data by region, by ownership or by sector is not equal to the total. The same as in the following tables. b) Statistical coverage of staff and workers employed in urban units has adjusted since 1998. Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001