The number of star-level hotels in China amounted to 8,880 by the end of 2002, according to statistics released by the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA).

There were 7,358 star-level hotels at the end of 2001.

According to the CNTA statistics, there were 175 five-star, 635 four-star, 2,846 three-star, 4,414 two-star and 810 one-star hotels in China by the end of 2002.

Business takings of the hotels totaled 91.443 billion yuan (US$11.06 billion), a year-on-year increase of 15.111 billion yuan (US$1.83 billion).

Star-level hotels contributed tax revenues valued at 4.865 billion yuan (US$587.2 million) in 2002, an increase of 899 million yuan (US$108.7 million).

In addition, the average hotel occupancy was 60.15 percent in 2002, up 1.7 percent compared to 2001.