22-3 Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2003)
Item
	Number of	#Shows in	Number of
	Performances	Rural Areas	Spectators (10 000
	(10 000 shows)	(10 000)	person-times)
Total	38.5	21.5	39163
Troupes Sponsored by State-owned Units	25.9	13.2	28086.7
Troupes Sponsored by Collective Units	12.2	12.0	10560.6
Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	0.1		1141.4
Song and Dance Drama Troupes	0.1		2021.5
Song and Dance, Light Music	0.3	0.1	4021.5
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	0.3	0.2	2989.3
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	0.1		523.5
Local Opera Troupes	21.6	15.7	25489.8
Local Beijing Opera Troupes	0.1		1084.5
Recitation and Ballad Troupes,	0.7	0.2	2976
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.