16-1    Basic Conditions of Domestic Trade
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Number of Corporation Unit
Wholesale and Retail Trades			27115	25567	25543
Catering Services			3266	3508	4132
Number of Economic Active Unit
Wholesale and Retail Trades			42940	42438	47099
Catering Services			4966	5363	6386
Persons Employed                    (person)
Wholesale and Retail Trades			4922171	4485335	4045955
Catering Services			660850	664749	779370
Wholesale and Retail Trade
Total Purchases     (100 million yuan)	39788.3	24297.4	24580.8	29784.1	32489.0
Total Sales             (100 million yuan)	55168.7	56437.7	58780.1	66359.5	72415.2
Total Inventory     (100 million yuan)	7544.8	3789.7	3629.7	3569.9	3618.0
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods
（100  million yuan）	27298.9	29152.5	31134.7	34152.6	37595.2
By Location of Establishments
City	16650.4	17825.2	19091.6	21110.3	23543.4
County	3500.1	3681.9	3892.5	4217.2	4583.2
Under County Level	7148.4	7645.4	8150.6	8825.1	9468.6
By Sector
Wholesale and Retail Trade	18108.3	19185.8	20551.8	23042.3	25510.8
Catering Services	2433.3	2816.4	3199.6	3752.6	4368.9
Others	6757.3	7150.3	7383.3	7357.7	7715.5
Manufacturing	1987.9	2037.6	2094.5	2191.8	2304.7
Farm Producers	3744.9	4088.7	4205.0	4035.8	4191.7
a) Figures since 1998 on purchase, sales and inventory by wholesale and retail trade refer to units above designated size.
b) Data on total retail sales of consumer goods since 1997 exclude purchase of commodity housing by households.
c) Number of corporation unit, economic active units and persons employed since 1999 refer to those enterprise above designated size.
d) The wholesale trade above designated size in this table refers to that of 20 employees and above at the year-end, and annual sales amount of 20
million yuan and above,   The retail trade above designated size refers to that of 60 employees and  above, and annual sales amount of 5 million yuan
and above, and the catering services above designated size refers to that of 40 employees and above, and annual sales amount of 2 million yuan and
above. The same as in the chapter.