Employment
 
Item
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total Number of Employed              
Persons (10 000 persons) 67947 68850 69600 69957 70586 72085 73025
Primary Industry
35468 34769 34730 34838 35364 36043 36513
Secondary Industry
15628 16180 16495 16440 16235 16219 16284
Tertiary Industry
16851 17901 18375 18679 18987 18923 20228
Composition of





   
Employed Persons (total=100)





   
Primary Industry
52.2 50.5 49.9 49.8 50.1 50.0 50.0
Secondary Industry
23.0 23.5 23.7 23.5 23.0 22.5 22.3
Tertiary Industry
24.8 26.0 26.4 26.7 26.9 27.5 27.7
Number of Employed Persons by




   
Urban and Rural Areas (10 000 persons)




   
Urban Employed Persons
19093 19815 20207 20678 21014 23151 23940
State-owned Units
11261 11244 11044 9058 8572 8102 7640
Urban Collectively Owned Units
3147 3016 2883 1963 1712 1499 1291
Share Holding Units
- - - 136 144 155 153
Jointly Owned Units
53 49 43 48 46 42 45
Limited Liability Corporations
- - - 484 603 687 841
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.
317 363 468 410 420 457 483
Private Enterprises
485 620 750 973 1053 1268  
Units Funded by Entrepreneurs
             
from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan 272 265 281 294 306 310 326
Foreign -Funded Units
241 275 300 293 306 332 345
Self-employed Individuals
1560 1709 1919 2259 2414 2136  
Rural Employed Persons
48854 49035 49393 49279 49572 49876 49085
Township and Village Enterprises
12862 13508 13050 12537 12704 12820 13086
Private Enterprises
471 551 600 737 969 1139  
Self-employed Individuals
3054 3308 3522 3855 3827 2934  
Number of Staff and              
Workers (10 000 persons) 14908 14845 14668 12337 11773 11259 10791.8
State-owned Units
10955 10949 10766 8809 8336 7878 7409.0
Urban Collectively Owned Units
3076 2954 2817 1900 1652 1447 1240.8
Units of Other Types of Ownership
877 942 1085 1628 1785 1935  
Number of Female Employment
- - - - 4613 4411  
in Urban Units (10 000 persons)




   
Number of Registered Unemployed
             
Persons in Urban Areas (10 000 persons)
520 553 570 571 575 595 681
Registered Unemployment
             
Rate in Urban Areas (%)
2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.6