General View of Employment Data (2001- 2005)



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General View of Employment Data (2001- 2005)

Note:
* From 1990 to 2000, the total number of employed persons and that of the sub-total of urban and rural employed persons have been adjusted in accordance with the data obtained from the 5th National Population Census. Since 2001, these data are calculated based on the annual population sample survey. As a result, the total number of by region is not equal to that of the whole.

Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Item	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Economically Active Population (10 000 persons)	74432	75360	76075	76823	77877
Total Number of Employed Persons (10 000 persons)	73025	73740	74432	75200	75825
Primary Industry	36513	36870	36546	35269	33970
Secondary Industry	16284	15780	16077	16920	18084
Tertiary Industry	20228	21090	21809	23011	23771
Composition of Employed Persons (total=100)
Primary Industry	50.0	50.0	49.1	46.9	44.8
Secondary Industry	22.3	21.4	21.6	22.5	23.8
Tertiary Industry	27.7	28.6	29.3	30.6	31.4
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas (10 000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	23940	24780	25639	26476	27331
State-owned Units	7640	7163	6876	6709.9251	6488
Urban Collective-owned Units	1291	1122	1000	897.1599	810
Cooperative Units	153	161	173	192.4	188
Joint Ownership Units	45	45	44	44.1	45
Limited Liability Corporations	841	1083	1261	1436	1750
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	483	538	592	624.9	699
Private Enterprises	1527	1999	2545	2993.729	3458
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	326	367	409	469.8	557
Foreign Funded Units	345	391	454	563	688
Self-employed Individuals	2131	2269	2377	2521.2246	2778
Employed Persons in Rural Areas	49085	48960	48793	48724	48494
Township and Village Enterprises	13086	13288	13573	13866	14272
Private Enterprises	1187	1411	1754	2023.5223	2366
Self-employed Individuals	2629	2474	2260	2065.8835	2123
Number of Staff and Workers (10 000 persons)	10792	10558	10492	10576	10850
State-owned Units	7409	6924	6621	6438	6232
Urban Collective-owned Units	1241	1071	951	851	769
Units of Other Types of Ownership	2142	2563	2920	3287	3849
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	681	770	800	827	839
in Urban Areas (10 000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%)	3.6	4	4.3	4.2	4.2