Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Number of Corporation Units (unit)
Wholesale and Retail Trades		27115	25567	25543	26605
Catering Services		3266	3508	4132	5021
Number of Economic Active Units (unit)
Wholesale and Retail Trades		42940	42438	47099	60019
Catering Services		4966	5363	6386	7424
Persons Employed (person)
Wholesale and Retail Trades		4922171	4485335	4045955	4191096
Catering Services		660850	664749	779370	978043
Wholesale and Retail Trades
Total Purchases (100 million yuan)	24297.4	24580.8	29784.1	32489.0	36885.9
Total Sales (100 million yuan)	56437.7	58780.1	66359.5	72415.2	81266.2	95507.0
Total Inventory (100 million yuan)	3789.7	3629.7	3569.9	3618.0	3577.9	3148
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods ( 100 million yuan )	29152.5	31134.7	34152.6	37595.2	42027	45842
By Location of Establishments
City	17825.2	19091.6	21110.3	23543.4	25897.6	29777
County	3681.9	3892.5	4217.2	4583.2	4880.4	5248
Under County Level	7645.4	8150.6	8825.1	9468.6	10132.5	10817
By Sector
Wholesale and Retail Trades	19185.8	20551.8	23042.3	25510.8	34514.0	37693.0
Catering Services	2816.4	3199.6	3752.6	4368.9	5433.0	6066.0
Others	7150.3	7383.3	7357.7	7715.5	2080.0	2084.0
Manufacturing	2037.6	2094.5	2191.8	2304.7	2392.9
Farm Producers	4088.7	4205.0	4035.8	4191.7	4292.2
a) Figures on purchases, sales and inventory by wholesale and retail trades refer to units with annual sales exceeding 5 million yuan. b) Data on total retail sales of consumer goods exclude purchase of commercial housing by households. c) Number of corporation units, economic active units and persons employed refer to those enterprise with annual sales exceeding 5 million yuan.