21-3    Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2001)
	Number of		Number of
	Performances	Shows in	Spectators(10 000
Item	(10 000 shows)	Rural Areas	person-times)
		(10 000)
Total	42.3	24.3	47384.8
Troupes Sponsored by State-owned Units	28.2	14.4	32190.4
Troupes Sponsored by Collective Units	13.9	9.8	14945.2
Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	1.6	0.2	1848.9
Song and Dance Drama Troupes	1.6	0.7	2056.1
Song and Dance, Light Music	4.4	1.3	4527.2
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	3.9	2.2	4365.8
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	0.1		148.9
Local Opera Troupes	23.1	17.4	31079.6
Local Beijing Opera Troupes	1.2	0.4	1218.3
Recitation and Ballad Troupes,	7.6	2.4	3358.3
Acrobatics and Circus Troupes, Puppet
Show Troupes, and Shadow Play Troupes
a) Song and dance drama troupes include opera, dance and light music troupes. The same as in the following table.