Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Number of Corporation Units (unit)          
  Wholesale and Retail Trades 25567 25543 26605 27340  
  Catering Services 3508 4132 5021 5935  
Number of Economic Active Units (unit)          
  Wholesale and Retail Trades 42438 47099 60019 57237  
  Catering Services 5363 6386 7424 8908  
Persons Employed (person)          
  Wholesale and Retail Trades 448.5 404.6 419.1 406.8  
  Catering Services 66.5 77.9 97.8 113.3  
Wholesale and Retail Trades          
  Total Purchases (100 million yuan) 29784.1 32489.0 36885.9 45383.9  
  Total Sales (100 million yuan) 66359.5 72415.2 81266.2 99446.1 114071.0
  Total Inventory (100 million yuan) 3569.9 3618.0 3577.9 3898.2 3528.0
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods
( 100 million yuan )
34152.6 37595.2 42027 45842.0 53950.0
  By Location of Establishments          
    City 21110.3 23543.4 25897.6 29777.3 35573.0
    County 4217.2 4583.2 4880.4 5247.8 6161.0
    Under County Level 8825.1 9468.6 10132.5 10816.9 12216.0
  By Sector          
    Wholesale and Retail Trades 23042.3 25510.8 34514.0 37692.5 44840.0
    Catering Services 3752.6 4368.9 5433.0 6065.7 7486.0
    Others 7357.7 7715.5 2080.0 2083.8 1624.0
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.