Employment and Wages
Item Unit 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Employed Persons 10000
persons
72085 73025 73740 74432  
Primary Industry 10000
persons
36043 36513 36870 36546 35269
Secondary Industry 10000
persons
16219 16284 15780 16077 16920
Tertiary Industry 10000
persons
19823 20228 21090 21809 23011
By Urban and Rural Employed Persons 10000
persons
         
Urban Employed Persons 10000
persons
23151 23940 24780 25639 26476
  State-owned Units 10000
persons
8102 7640 7163 6876 6710
  Urban Collectively Owned Units 10000
persons
1499 1291 1122 1000 897
  Others 10000
persons
2011 2235 2700 3094 3492
Urban Employed Women 10000
persons
         
Rural Employed Persons 10000 persons 48934 49085 48960 48793  
  Township Enterprises
10000 persons 12820 13086 13288 13573  
  Private Enterprises 10000
persons
1139        
  Individual Firms 10000
persons
2934        
Number of Employees 10000
persons
11259 10792 10558 10492 10576
State-owned Units 10000
persons
7878 7409 6924 6621 6438
Urban Collectively Owned Units 10000
persons
1447 1241 1071 951 851
Others 10000
persons
1935 2142 2563 2920 3287
Number of Retirees and the Resigned 10000
persons
3876 4008 4223 4433 4675
Enterprises 10000
persons
2978 3081 3261 3423 3610
Institutions 10000
persons
647 671 688 713 767
Government Organs 10000
persons
251 257 274 297 298
Urban Registered Unemployed Persons 10000
persons
595 681 770 800 827
Urban Registered Unemployment Rate % 3.1 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.2
Total Payroll 100
million
yuan
10656.2 11830.9 13161.1 14743.5 16900.2
State-owned Units 100
million
yuan
7612.9 8355.6 8948.6 9693.8 10777.2
Urban Collectively Owned Units 100
million
yuan
919.0 864.6 828.1 829.4 838.4
Others 100
million
yuan
2124.3 2610.7 3384.4 4220.3 5284.6
Average Wage of Workers yuan 9371 10870 12422 14040 16024
State-owned Units yuan 9552 11178 12869 14577 16729
Urban Collectively Owned Units yuan 6262 6867 7667 8678 9814
Others yuan 10984 12140 13212 14574 16259
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.