Employment and Wages
Item Unit 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Employed Persons 10,000 persons 70586 72085 73025 73740 74432
Primary Industry 10,000 persons 35364 36043 36513 36870 36546
Secondary Industry 10,000 persons 16235 16219 16284 15780 16077
Tertiary Industry 10,000 persons 18987 19823 20228 21090 21809
By Urban and Rural Employed Persons 10,000 persons          
Urban Employed Persons 10,000 persons 21014 23151 23940 24780 25639
State-owned Units 10,000 persons 8572 8102 7640 7163 6876
Urban Collectively Owned Units 10,000 persons 1712 1499 1291 1122 1000
Others 10,000 persons 1846 2011 2235 2700 3094
Urban Employed Women 10,000 persons 4613        
Rural Employed Persons 10,000 persons 49572 48934 49085 48960 48793
Township Enterprises
10,000 persons 12704 12820 13086 13288 13573
Private Enterprises 10,000 persons 969 1139      
Individual Firms 10,000 persons 3827 2934      
Number of Employees 10,000 persons 11773 11259 10792 10558 10492
State-owned Units 10,000 persons 8336 7878 7409 6924 6621
Urban Collectively Owned Units 10,000 persons 1652 1447 1241 1071 951
Others 10,000 persons 1785 1935 2142 2563 2920
Number of Retirees and the Resigned 10,000 persons 3699 3876 4008 4223 4433
Enterprises 10,000 persons 2868 2978 3081 3261 3423
Institutions 10,000 persons 580 647 671 688 713
Government Organs 10,000 persons 251 251 257 274 297
Urban Registered Unemployed Persons 10,000 persons 575 595 681 770 800
Urban Registered Unemployment Rate % 3.1 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.3
Total Payroll 100 million yuan 9875.5 10656.2 11830.9 13161.1 14743.5
State-owned Units 100 million yuan 7160.8 7612.9 8355.6 8948.6 9693.8
Urban Collectively Owned Units 100 million yuan 962.7 919.0 864.6 828.1 829.4
Others 100 million yuan 1752 2124.3 2610.7 3384.4 4220.3
Average Wage of Workers yuan 8346 9371 10870 12422 14040
State-owned Units yuan 8543 9552 11178 12869 14577
Urban Collectively Owned Units yuan 5774 6262 6867 7667 8678
Others yuan 9829 10984 12140 13212 14574
1. The total number of employed persons and the sub-totals of urban and rural employed persons for 1990 and years thereafter were adjusted according to the changes of population shown by sample surveys. Therefore, the breakdown figures by region, type and industry do not add up to the total.
2. There are adjustments to the item of urban employed persons, number of employees and related statistical indicators for 1998 and years thereafter.
3. The number of retirees and those who resigned for 1998 and years thereafter include figures of ministries and commissions under the Central Government covered by the social security system.
4. The number of retirees and that of institutions exclude the number of those receiving retirement pensions and severance pay from civil affairs departments and institutions under the General Logistics Department of the People’s Liberation Army.