China's private sector now provides more than 160 million jobs, according to the State Administration for Industry & Commerce.

The country registered about 40 million private businesses amidst robust growth during the 11th Five-Year period (2006-2010).

Further, the private sector has employed about 7.87 million workers laid off from state-owned or collective enterprises in the past five years.

Individually-operated businesses top 34.07 million, involving 1.27 trillion yuan (193.01 billion U.S. dollars) of registered capital and 69.82 million employees.

Of note, private enterprises topped 8.19 million with 17.73 trillion yuan of registered capital and 91.83 million employees, according to the administration.