| 12-4 Rural Labor Force by Sector at the Year-end | ||||||
| The number of laborers by sector in this table is classified by main activity. For example, those engaged primarily in agriculture and secondarily in | ||||||
| commerce are classified under farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. | ||||||
| (10 000 persons) | ||||||
| Farming, | ||||||
| Year | Forestry, | Industry | Construction | Transport | Wholesale, | Other |
| Region | Animal | Storage, Post and | Retail Trade | Nonagricultural | ||
| Husbandry | Communication | and Catering | Trades | |||
| and Fishery | Services | Services | ||||
| 1978 | 28455.6 | |||||
| 1980 | 29808.4 | 916.3 | ||||
| 1985 | 30351.5 | 2741.0 | 1130.1 | 434.1 | 462.6 | 1945.8 |
| 1990 | 33336.4 | 3228.7 | 1522.8 | 635.3 | 693.2 | 2593.1 |
| 1991 | 34186.3 | 3267.9 | 1533.8 | 655.0 | 722.8 | 2726.7 |
| 1992 | 34037.0 | 3468.2 | 1658.8 | 706.3 | 813.7 | 3117.6 |
| 1993 | 33258.2 | 3659.0 | 1886.8 | 799.9 | 948.8 | 3703.1 |
| 1994 | 32690.3 | 3849.5 | 2057.3 | 908.3 | 1084.3 | 4064.5 |
| 1995 | 32334.5 | 3970.7 | 2203.6 | 983.0 | 1170.4 | 4379.7 |
| 1996 | 32260.4 | 4018.5 | 2304.3 | 1027.6 | 1261.5 | 4415.7 |
| 1997 | 32434.9 | 4031.3 | 2372.7 | 1057.8 | 1381.5 | 4683.9 |
| 1998 | 32626.4 | 3928.6 | 2453.5 | 1087.9 | 1461.9 | 4874.0 |
| 1999 | 32911.8 | 3953.0 | 2531.9 | 1115.8 | 1584.6 | 4799.3 |
| 2000 | 32797.5 | 4108.6 | 2691.7 | 1170.6 | 1751.8 | 5441.9 |
| 2001 | 32451.0 | 4296.0 | 2797.4 | 1205.4 | 1864.5 | 5614.6 |
| Beijing | 67.9 | 32.9 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 23.2 |
| Tianjin | 81.0 | 40.7 | 11.6 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 13.5 |
| Hebei | 1665.0 | 390.3 | 205.7 | 93.7 | 137.5 | 225.7 |
| Shanxi | 658.0 | 114.7 | 51.7 | 53.4 | 47.6 | 63.3 |
| Inner Mongolia | 518.4 | 18.8 | 23.5 | 11.5 | 17.2 | 43.1 |
| Liaoning | 649.0 | 77.2 | 57.9 | 37.5 | 50.7 | 105.3 |
| Jilin | 514.3 | 20.6 | 23.1 | 14.0 | 19.6 | 48.4 |
| Heilongjiang | 742.5 | 36.5 | 27.3 | 19.2 | 27.6 | 65.7 |
| Shanghai | 83.2 | 106.5 | 13.3 | 7.2 | 13.3 | 31.6 |
| Jiangsu | 1452.3 | 441.7 | 260.1 | 89.5 | 109.2 | 331.7 |
| Zhejiang | 985.1 | 531.9 | 116.5 | 72.8 | 158.5 | 305.3 |
| Anhui | 1975.6 | 173.8 | 186.0 | 64.1 | 114.1 | 308.0 |
| Fujian | 760.4 | 151.3 | 79.8 | 36.9 | 63.7 | 163.1 |
| Jiangxi | 977.4 | 86.2 | 60.9 | 23.1 | 33.6 | 371.0 |
| Shandong | 2434.3 | 362.7 | 296.6 | 116.7 | 160.7 | 282.8 |
| Henan | 3472.3 | 373.8 | 295.2 | 114.0 | 185.5 | 247.1 |
| Hubei | 1143.7 | 112.3 | 106.1 | 45.1 | 71.6 | 302.9 |
| Hunan | 2058.7 | 195.0 | 130.7 | 54.6 | 91.6 | 347.0 |
| Guangdong | 1566.4 | 479.2 | 200.7 | 77.5 | 145.1 | 389.8 |
| Guangxi | 1555.1 | 66.0 | 84.6 | 33.9 | 53.7 | 366.2 |
| Hainan | 179.9 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 19.2 |
| Chongqing | 884.6 | 57.9 | 78.3 | 19.0 | 34.9 | 270.4 |
| Sichuan | 2582.6 | 180.5 | 226.9 | 56.7 | 125.0 | 607.1 |
| Guizhou | 1368.3 | 68.7 | 37.5 | 19.6 | 36.2 | 291.4 |
| Yunnan | 1689.4 | 52.5 | 54.2 | 35.8 | 38.6 | 100.6 |
| Tibet | 88.8 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
| Shaanxi | 985.9 | 62.0 | 77.1 | 37.1 | 47.5 | 123.6 |
| Gansu | 696.8 | 30.0 | 42.9 | 19.5 | 21.1 | 132.0 |
| Qinghai | 141.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 12.5 |
| Ningxia | 151.7 | 8.9 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 10.6 |
| Xinjiang | 321.0 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 9.3 |
| a)The number of industrial laborers includes those working in enterprises at village and lower levels. | ||||||