21-12 Number of Institutions and Persons Engaged in News and
Publishing Undertakings by Region (2000)
Region	Publishing Houses		Printing Houses		Book Stores
	Institutions	Personnel	Institutions	Personnel	Institutions	Personnel
	(unit)	(person)	(unit)	(person)	(unit)	(person)
National Total	565	46408	301	146399	13633	152219
National Publishing	220	20788	38	16183	15	2327
House
Local Publishing	345	25620	263	130216	13618	149892
House
Beijing	16	809	9	4053	192	4318
Tianjin	12	1105	7	4136	116	2048
Hebei	7	719	15	7327	582	8018
Shanxi	8	470	4	2291	438	4209
Inner Mongolia	7	504	5	2062	295	2589
Liaoning	18	1175	13	7897	248	5995
Jilin	14	843	7	3225	179	4447
Heilongjiang	12	752	7	4632	252	4935
Shanghai	37	3666	17	5377	295	4471
Jiangsu	16	1092	13	6007	972	8922
Zhejiang	13	757	9	2952	513	5352
Anhui	9	499	7	3444	615	4672
Fujian	11	699	6	2833	350	3887
Jiangxi	7	485	10	7027	370	4662
Shandong	17	1101	19	10926	1023	10398
Henan	12	664	14	8530	1460	11526
Hubei	15	1397	16	6699	681	7565
Hunan	12	977	13	6073	590	6814
Guangdong	19	1360	16	5632	548	9407
Guangxi	8	802	8	4321	350	4496
Hainan	4	240	2	620	66	1289
Chongqing	3	512	3	2195	274	3950
Sichuan	16	1234	11	5436	782	8495
Guizhou	4	339	3	2137	489	2269
Yunnan	8	482	4	2299	544	3725
Tibet	2	75	2	461	72	245
Shaanxi	15	1363	8	4991	446	4526
Gansu	9	344	6	3439	396	2507
Qinghai	2	100	3	774	144	1178
Ningxia	3	127	2	505	81	735
Xinjiang	9	928	4	1915	255	2242
a)There are 565 publishing houses in mainland, including 37 publishing houses with secondary names.