21-12    Number of Institutions and Persons Engaged in News and
Publishing Undertakings by Region (2001)
	Publishing Houses		Printing Houses		Book Stores
Region	Institutions	Personnel	Institutions	Personnel	Institutions	Personnel
	(unit)	(person)	(unit)	(person)	(unit)	(person)
National Total	562	47128	286	128880	13471	153928
Center Institutions	218	20983	36	15470	22	2108
Local Institutions	344	26145	250	113410	13449	151820
Beijing	17	823	10	3657	179	3966
Tianjin	12	1123	6	4016	118	2053
Hebei	7	788	15	7133	589	8287
Shanxi	8	512	4	2279	442	4462
Inner Mongolia	7	467	5	1782	292	2587
Liaoning	18	1221	12	7043	256	5613
Jilin	14	927	6	2244	176	4362
Heilongjiang	12	692	6	3660	258	4841
Shanghai	36	3557	16	4953	344	4747
Jiangsu	16	1101	13	5885	955	8679
Zhejiang	13	829	8	2191	522	6709
Anhui	9	622	7	3480	618	4785
Fujian	11	670	6	2780	337	3894
Jiangxi	7	489	10	5856	343	4213
Shandong	17	1176	17	9087	1018	10121
Henan	12	827	13	7718	1510	12373
Hubei	13	1203	16	6250	647	7575
Hunan	12	1013	12	5181	559	6975
Guangdong	19	1263	15	4852	547	9539
Guangxi	8	749	6	2825	341	4733
Hainan	4	477	2	543	66	1289
Chongqing	3	554	2	1992	237	3530
Sichuan	16	1236	11	4124	746	9020
Guizhou	4	291	4	2094	482	2342
Yunnan	8	596	5	1935	522	3636
Tibet	2	78	2	468	72	245
Shaanxi	16	1309	6	3167	424	4654
Gansu	9	321	6	3364	395	2478
Qinghai	2	100	3	751	140	1126
Ningxia	3	128	2	346	79	667
Xinjiang	9	1003	4	1754	235	2319
a) There are 562 publishing houses in mainland, including 37 publishing houses with secondary names.