| 5-36 Registered Urban Unemployment Persons and Unemployment Rate by Region | ||||||||
| Region | Unemployment (10 000 persons) | Unemployment Rate (%) | ||||||
| 1990 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 1990 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |
| Beijing | 1.7 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Tianjin | 8.1 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Hebei | 7.7 | 22.2 | 25.7 | 28.0 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Shanxi | 5.5 | 14.5 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
| Inner Mongolia | 15.2 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 18.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| Liaoning | 23.7 | 75.6 | 72.0 | 70.1 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Jilin | 10.5 | 23.8 | 28.4 | 28.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Heilongjiang | 20.4 | 41.6 | 35.0 | 32.9 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| Shanghai | 7.7 | 28.8 | 30.1 | 27.4 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| Jiangsu | 22.5 | 42.2 | 41.8 | 42.9 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Zhejiang | 11.2 | 27.7 | 28.3 | 30.1 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| Anhui | 15.2 | 22.6 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Fujian | 9.0 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.5 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Jiangxi | 10.3 | 17.8 | 21.6 | 22.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Shandong | 26.2 | 39.7 | 41.3 | 42.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| Henan | 25.1 | 25.4 | 26.3 | 31.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Hubei | 12.7 | 44.7 | 49.3 | 49.4 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| Hunan | 15.9 | 30.4 | 37.1 | 43.0 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.4 |
| Guangdong | 19.2 | 36.5 | 35.5 | 35.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
| Guangxi | 13.9 | 14.7 | 14.9 | 17.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| Hainan | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Chongqing | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | ||
| Sichuan | 38.0 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 33.3 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| Guizhou | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| Yunnan | 7.8 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| Tibet | 1.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 4.0 | ||||
| Shaanxi | 11.2 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 18.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Gansu | 12.5 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| Qinghai | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
| Ningxia | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| Xinjiang | 9.6 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 13.3 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |