Communiqué on the Fourth National Economic Census (No. 4)

----Basic Information of the Tertiary Industry (Part 1)

National Bureau of Statistics of China

Office of the Leading Group of the State Council for the

Fourth National Economic Census

November 20, 2019

 I. Wholesale and Retail Trade

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 6.499 million corporate enterprises engaged in wholesale and retail trade with total number of 40.082 million persons employed, up by 131.2 percent and 20.9 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013.

Of the total number of corporate enterprises in wholesale and retail trade, wholesale accounted for 54.5 percent and retail trade accounted for 45.5 percent. Of the total number of persons employed, wholesale accounted for 54.8 percent and retail trade accounted for 45.2 percent. (Table 4-1)

Table 4-1 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Wholesale and Retail Trade by Group

Of the total number of corporate enterprises in wholesale and retail trade, domestic funded enterprises accounted for 99.2 percent, enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan accounted for 0.4 percent, and foreign funded enterprises accounted for 0.4 percent.

Of the total number of persons employed, those in domestic funded enterprises accounted for 94.8 percent, those in enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan accounted for 2.6 percent, and those in foreign funded enterprises accounted for 2.6 percent. (Table 4-2)

Table 4-2 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Wholesale and Retail Trade by Status of Registration

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in wholesale and retail trade reached 53.44515 trillion yuan, an increase of 56.1 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of the total, the assets of corporate enterprises in wholesale were 42.12634 trillion yuan, and that of corporate enterprises in retail trade were 11.31882 trillion yuan, up by 56.0 percent and 56.5 percent respectively over the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 36.38101 trillion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 88.15683 trillion yuan. (Table 4-3)

Table 4-3 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Wholesale and Retail Trade by Group

 II. Transportation, Storage and Post

 1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed 

At the end of 2018, there were 570 thousand corporate enterprises and 13.967 million persons employed in the transportation, storage and post industries, up by 126.2 percent and 12.0 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013. (Table 4-4)

Table 4-4 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Transportation, Storage and Post by Division

Of the total number of corporate enterprises engaged in transportation, storage and post, the domestic funded enterprises accounted for 99.1 percent, enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 0.5 percent, and foreign funded enterprises 0.4 percent.

Of the total number of persons employed, the proportion of those in domestic funded enterprises was 96.4 percent, those in enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 2.2 percent and those in foreign funded enterprises 1.4 percent. (Table 4-5)

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in transportation, storage and post reached 35,221.51 billion yuan, up by 86.7 percent over the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 21,366.36 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 8,636.55 billion yuan. (Table 4-6)

Table 4-5 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Transportation, Storage and Post by Status of Registration

Table 4-6 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Transportation,

Storage and Post by Division

III. Hotels and Catering Services

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 431 thousand corporate enterprises engaged in hotels and catering services with total number of 7.064 million persons employed, up by 115.5 percent and 2.1 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013.

Of the total number of corporate enterprises in hotels and catering services, hotels accounted for 29.1 percent and catering services accounted for 70.9 percent. Of the total number of persons employed, 38.8 percent worked in hotels and 61.2 percent in catering services. (Table 4-7)

Table 4-7 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Hotels and Catering Services by Group

Of the total number of corporate enterprises in hotels and catering services, domestic funded enterprises accounted for 99.0 percent, enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 0.5 percent and foreign funded enterprises 0.5 percent.

Among the total number of persons employed, the proportion of those in domestic funded enterprises was 87.4 percent, that in enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 6.1 percent and foreign funded enterprises 6.5 percent. (Table 4-8)

Table 4-8 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Hotels and

Catering Services by Status of Registration

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in hotels and catering services reached 2,769.21 billion yuan, an increase of 35.3 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of this total, the total assets of the corporate enterprises in hotels were 1,910.90 billion yuan and that of the corporate enterprises in catering services were 858.32 billion yuan, up by 39.0 percent and 27.8 percent respectively over the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 1,857.67 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 1,365.09 billion yuan. (Table 4-9)

Table 4-9 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Hotels and

Catering Services by Group

IV. Information Transmission, Software and Information Technology Services

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 913 thousand corporate enterprises engaged in information transmission, software and information technology services with a total number of 9.951 million persons employed, up by 316.2 percent and 84.5 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013. (Table 4-10)

Table 4-10 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Information Transmission, Software and Information Technology Services by Division

Of the total number of corporate enterprises engaged in information transmission, software and information technology services, the proportion of domestic funded enterprises was 98.5 percent, that of enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 0.9 percent and foreign funded enterprises 0.6 percent.

Of the total number of persons employed, the proportion of those in domestic funded enterprises was 87.8 percent, that in enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 7.0 percent and in foreign funded enterprises 5.2 percent. (Table 4-11)

Table 4-11 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Information Transmission, Software and Information Technology Services by Status of Registration

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in information transmission, software and information technology services reached 15,202.55 billion yuan, up by 95.5 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 7,186.35 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 7,007.81 billion yuan. (Table 4-12)

Table 4-12 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Information

Transmission, Software and Information Technology Services by Division

V. Financial Intermediation

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 137 thousand corporate enterprises engaged in financial intermediation with a total number of 18.180 million persons employed. (Table 4-13)

Table 4-13 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Financial Intermediation by Division

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in financial intermediation reached 321,830.90 billion yuan, and the total liabilities were 274,343.96 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 13,718.59 billion yuan. (Table 4-14)

Table 4-14 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Financial

Intermediation by Division

VI. Real Estate

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 742 thousand corporate enterprises engaged in real estate in China, an increase of 119.5 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of this total, the number of enterprises for real estate development and management was 206 thousand, that for property management 234 thousand and that for real estate intermediary services 206 thousand, up by 55.6 percent, 122.8 percent and 212.7 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013.

At the end of 2018, there were 12.635 million persons employed by the corporate enterprises in real estate, up by 44.0 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of this total, the number of persons employed in real estate development and management enterprises was 3.715 million, that in property management 6.369 million, and that in real estate intermediary services 1.583 million, up by 10.9 percent, 54.8 percent and 103.9 percent respectively over the end of 2013. (Table 4-15)

Table 4-15 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Real Estate

 by Group

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in real estate sector reached 115,948.75 billion yuan, an increase of 120.5 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of the total, the assets of enterprises for real estate development and management were 100,594.74 billion yuan, that of property management 3,066.67 billion yuan, and that of real estate intermediary services 1,330.52 billion yuan, up by 112.0 percent, 124.4 percent and 142.4 percent respectively as compared with that at the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 88,948.92 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 14,369.60 billion yuan. (Table 4-16)

Table 4-16 Main Economic Indicators of Corporate Enterprises in Real Estate

by Group

VII. Leasing and Business Services

1. Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed

At the end of 2018, there were 2.506 million corporate enterprises engaged in leasing and business services with total employment of 22.368 million people, up by 207.5 percent and 84.0 percent respectively as compared with those at the end of 2013.

Of the total number of corporate enterprises in leasing and business services, leasing accounted for 8.9 percent and business services accounted for 91.1 percent. Of the total number of persons employed, 6.3 percent worked in leasing and 93.7 percent in business services. (Table 4-17)

Table 4-17 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Leasing and

Business Services by Division

Of the total number of corporate enterprises engaged in leasing and business services, the proportion of domestic funded enterprises was 99.0 percent, enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 0.6 percent and foreign funded enterprises 0.4 percent.

Of the total number of persons employed, the proportion of those in domestic funded enterprises was 97.2 percent, that in enterprises funded by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 1.2 percent and that in foreign funded enterprises 1.5 percent. (Table 4-18)

Table 4-18 Number of Corporate Enterprises and Persons Employed in Leasing and

Business Services by Status of Registration

2. Main Economic Indicators

At the end of 2018, the total assets of the corporate enterprises engaged in leasing and business services reached 110,825.31 billion yuan, up by 105.4 percent as compared with that at the end of 2013. Of the total, the assets of enterprises for leasing were 1,532.01 billion yuan, and that of enterprises for business services were 109,293.29 billion yuan, up by 102.3 percent and 105.4 percent respectively as compared with that at the end of 2013. The total liabilities were 58,426.55 billion yuan. The business revenue of the year reached 8,540.49 billion yuan. (Table 4-19)

Note:

[1] Corporate enterprises in the Communiqué include the legal entities registered as enterprises, as well as institutions, private non-enterprise legal entities and foundations that follow the Accounting System for Business Enterprises, specialized farmer cooperatives, rural collective economic organizations and legal entities that are categorized as other organizations excluding places for religious activities.

[2] No mechanical adjustment is made for the round-off errors in aggregate totals or part of the calculations in the tables.

(In case of any difference between English translation and the original Chinese text, the Chinese edition shall prevail.)