Communiqué on Major Data of the Third National Economic Census (No. 2)

In 2013, the asset contribution rate of industrial corporate enterprises above designated size was 14.8 percent, 0.8 percentage point higher than that in 2008. The profit margin from the principal activities was 6.6 percent, or 0.5 percentage point higher than that in 2008.The asset contribution rate of mining industry was 12.7 percent, 11.1 percentage points lower than that in 2008; manufacturing, 6.1 percent, 1.1 percentage points higher; and production and supply of electricity, heat power, gas and water, 7.2 percent, 5.2 percentage points higher. (Table 2-4)

Table 2-4  Asset Contribution Rate of Industrial Corporate Enterprises above Designated Size by Division

Figure 2-2  Changes of Profit Margin from the Principal Activities of Industrial Corporate Enterprises above Designated Size

4. Research and Experimental Development of Enterprises

There were 54,832 industrial corporate enterprises above designated size engaged in R&D activities in 2013, an increase of 101 percent compared with that in 2008, accounting for 14.8 percent of all the industrial corporate enterprises above designated size.

In 2013, the full-time equivalent of R&D personnel in industrial corporate enterprises above designated size was 2.494 million man-year, an increase of 102.8 percent compared with that in 2008. 

In 2013, industrial corporate enterprises above designated size invested 831.84 billion yuan in R&D, an increase of 170.7 percent compared with that in 2008. The R&D input intensity was 0.8 percent, 0.23 percentage point higher than that in 2008. See Table 2-5 for R&D expenditures and input intensity in R&D by industrial corporate enterprises above designated size.

Table 2-5  R&D Expenditures and Input Intensity of Industrial Corporate Enterprises above Designated Size by Division

In 2013, there were 561 thousand patent applications accepted from industrial corporate enterprises above designated size, among which 205 thousand were invention patents, an increase of 223.2 percent and 368.7 percent respectively compared with that in 2008; and the share of invention patent was 36.6 percent, 11.4 percentage points higher than that in 2008.

5. High Technology Industry (Manufacturing)

At the end of 2013, there were 26,894 high technology (manufacturing) corporate enterprises above designated size, an increase of 4.2 percent compared with that at the end of 2008, accounting for 7.8 percent of manufacturing corporate enterprises above designated size, an increase of 1.3 percentage points.

In 2013, the R&D expenditures by high technology (manufacturing) corporate enterprises above designated size was 203.43 billion yuan, an increase of 178.2 percent compared with that in 2008, accounting for 25.6 percent of investment in R&D made by manufacturing corporate enterprises above designated size, an increase of 0.6 percentage point. The R&D input intensity was 1.75 percent, 0.44 percentage point higher than that in 2008 and 0.87 percentage point higher than the average of manufacturing industry above designated size. (Table 2-6).

Table 2-6  R&D Expenditures and Input Intensity of High Technology (Manufacturing) Corporate Enterprises above Designated Size by Division

Figure 2-3  R&D Expenditures and Input Intensity of High Technology (Manufacturing) Corporate Enterprises above Designated Size by Divison

In 2013, there were 143 thousand patent applications accepted from high technology (manufacturing) corporate enterprises above designated size, among which 74 thousand were invention patents, 194.9 percent and 179 percent higher respectively than that in 2008, accounting for 51.8 percent of all patents accepted, 15.2 percentage points higher than the average of manufacturing industry above designated size.

II. Construction

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2013, there were 347,503 construction corporate enterprises with 53.206 million persons employed, up by 53.2 percent and 36.4 percent respectively than that at the end of 2008.

Among the construction corporate enterprises, 99.6 percent were domestic funded enterprises, 0.2 percent enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and 0.2 percent foreign funded enterprises. Among domestic funded companies, state owned enterprises took up 1.6 percent of all corporate enterprises, collectively owned enterprises 2 percent and private enterprises 65.1 percent.

In terms of persons employed by construction corporate enterprises, domestic funded enterprises accounted for 99.5 percent, 0.3 percent for enterprises with funds from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and 0.2 percent for foreign funded enterprises. Among domestic funded enterprises, 4.7 percent of the persons employed worked for state owned enterprises, 3.4 percent for collectively owned enterprises and 42.5 percent for private enterprises. (Table 2-7)

Table 2-7  Number of Construction Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed, by Status of Registration

Figure 2-4  Number of Construction Corporate Enterprises by Status of Registration

Among construction corporate enterprises, 21.5 percent were house building enterprises, 18.3 percent civil engineering enterprises, 17.6 percent installation enterprises and 42.7 percent decoration and other enterprises.

In terms of persons employed by construction corporate enterprises, house building enterprises took up 67 percent, civil engineering enterprises 17 percent, installation enterprises 6.4 percent, and decoration and other enterprises 9.6 percent. (Table 2-8)

Table 2-8  Number of Construction Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed, by Branch

2. Total Assets

At the end of 2013, the total amount of assets of construction corporate enterprises reached 16,761.65 billion yuan, an increase of 180.9 percent compared with that at the end of 2008. (Table 2-9)

Table 2-9  Total Assets of Construction Corporate Enterprises by Branch

Notes:

[1] Industrial enterprise above designated size refers to industrial corporate enterprises with annual revenue of 20 million yuan or above from principal activities.

[2] High technology (manufacturing) industry includes manufacture of medicine, manufacture of aerospace vehicle and equipment, electronic and communication equipment, manufacture of computer and office equipment, manufacture of medical equipment and manufacture of measuring instrument and equipment according to the Classification of High Technology Industry (Manufacturing) (2013).

[3] Research and experimental development refers to systematic and innovative activities with the purpose of increasing knowledge and using the knowledge to create new applications in the science and technology field, including fundamental research, applied research and experimental development.

[4] R&D input intensity refers to the ratio of R&D expenditures to the revenue from principal activities.

[5] The errors of the total numbers and some results in the table caused by the rounding-off of decimals are not mechanically adjusted. 

(In case of any divergence in the interpretation of this Communiqué, the Chinese version shall prevail.)