2-1  Grassroots Units in Various Sectors
Sector	Grassroots Units		Increase Rate
	2003	2004	in 2004 over
			2003(%)
Rural Grassroots Units                 (10 000 units)
Basic Units
Township Governments	1.84	1.78	-3.3
Town Governments	1.96	1.92	-2.0
Village Committees	67.86	65.27	-3.8
Numbers of Rural Households	24793	24971	0.7
State-owned Farms                                     (unit)	1967	1928	-2.0
State-owned and Non-state-owned above Designated
Size Industrial Enterprises         (10 000 units)	19.62	21.94	11.8
Large Industrial Enterprises	0.20	0.21	5.0
Medium-sized Industrial Enterprises	2.16	2.12	-1.9
Small Industrial Enterprises	17.26	19.61	13.6
State-owned and State-holding Enterprises	3.43	3.18	-7.3
Collective-owned Industry	2.25	2.11	-6.2
	3.86	4.28	10.9
Taiwan and Foreign Funded
Construction Enterprises and Units         (unit)	48688	53309	9.5
Establishments of Postal and Telecommunications
(unit)
Post and Telecommunications Offices	63555	66393	4.5
Health Care                                               (unit)	291323	296492	1.8
Urban and Township Hospitals	62968	60867	-3.3
Sanatoriums	305	292	-4.3
Clinics	204468	207933	1.7
Specialized Prevention & Treatment Stations	1749	1581	-9.6
CDC (Epidemic Prevention Station)	3584	3586	0.1
Maternity and Child Care Centers	3033	2997	-1.2
Social Welfare Establishments                 (unit)
Social Welfare Institutions	87052	87462	0.5
Adopting Social Welfare Institutions	37294	38593	3.5
Social Welfare Enterprises	33976	32410	-4.6
Community Services Units	7520	7804	3.8
Education
Regular Institutions of Higher Education (unit)	1552	1731	11.5
Regular Secondary Schools	7.95	7.91	-0.5
Senior Secondary Schools	1.58	1.60	1.3
Junior Secondary Schools	6.37	6.31	-0.9
Primary Schools                        (10 000 units)	42.58	39.42	-7.4
Pre-school Education                (10 000 units)	11.64	11.79	1.3
Special Schools                                       (unit)	1551	1560	0.6
Science and Technology Institution    (unit)	25433	32724	28.7
Art Institutions                                     (unit)	5123	5172	1.0
Art Performance Troupes	2618	2580	-1.5
Art Show Centers	1912	1846	-3.5
Theaters	1869	1766	-5.5
Public Libraries                                    (unit)	2709	2720	0.4
Mass Cultural Establishments             (unit)	41816	41402	-1.0
Mass Art Centers	382	380	-0.5
Cultural Centers	2846	2841	-0.2
Cultural Stations	38588	38181	-1.1
Township Cultural Centers	35138	34834	-0.9
Arts Education Establishments            (unit)	195	193	-1.0
Other Cultural Establishments            (unit)	295903	312876	5.7
Art Creation Institutions	404	422	4.5
Art Research Institutions	185	188	1.6
Art Exhibition Institutions	53	36	-32.1
Cultural Relic Establishments             (unit)	3903	3965	1.6
Museums	1515	1548	2.2
Cultural Relic Agencies	2275	2151	-5.5
Cultural Relic Shops	113	106	-6.2
Broadcasting and Television Stations (unit)
Radio Stations	277	282	1.8
Television Stations	317	314	-0.9
Financial Intermediation                     (unit)	97864	88218	-9.9
Sub-total of Banking System	97802	88150	-9.9
Sub-total of Insurance System	62	68	9.7
a) Number of health institutions since 2002 are the number of registration.