| 13-4 Rural Laborers at the Year-end | ||||||
| The number of laborers by sector in this table is classified by main economic activity. For example, those engaged primarily in agriculture and | ||||||
| secondarily in commerce are classified as the laborers under farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery. | ||||||
| (10 000 persons) | ||||||
| Farming, | Industry | Construction | ||||
| Year | Forestry, | Transport | Wholesale, | Other | ||
| Region | Animal | Storage, Post and | Retail Trade | Nonagricultural | ||
| Husbandry | Communication | and Catering | Trades | |||
| and Fishery | Services | Services | ||||
| 1978 | 28455.6 | |||||
| 1980 | 29808.4 | 916.3 | ||||
| 1985 | 30351.5 | 2741.0 | 1130.1 | 434.1 | 462.6 | 1945.8 |
| 1989 | 32440.5 | 3255.6 | 1501.8 | 614.2 | 652.4 | 2474.3 |
| 1990 | 33336.4 | 3228.7 | 1522.8 | 635.3 | 693.2 | 2593.1 |
| 1991 | 34186.3 | 3267.9 | 1533.8 | 655.0 | 722.8 | 2726.7 |
| 1992 | 34037.0 | 3468.2 | 1658.8 | 706.3 | 813.7 | 3117.6 |
| 1993 | 33258.2 | 3659.0 | 1886.8 | 799.9 | 948.8 | 3703.1 |
| 1994 | 32690.3 | 3849.5 | 2057.3 | 908.3 | 1084.3 | 4064.5 |
| 1995 | 32334.5 | 3970.7 | 2203.6 | 983.0 | 1170.4 | 4379.7 |
| 1996 | 32260.4 | 4018.5 | 2304.3 | 1027.6 | 1261.5 | 4415.7 |
| 1997 | 32677.9 | 4031.3 | 2373.7 | 1059.0 | 1386.8 | 4705.6 |
| 1998 | 32626.4 | 3928.6 | 2453.5 | 1087.9 | 1461.9 | 4874.0 |
| 1999 | 32911.8 | 3953.0 | 2531.9 | 1115.8 | 1584.6 | 4799.3 |
| 2000 | 32797.5 | 4108.6 | 2691.7 | 1170.6 | 1751.8 | 5441.9 |
| 2001 | 32451.0 | 4296.0 | 2797.4 | 1205.4 | 1864.5 | 5614.6 |
| 2002 | 31990.6 | 4505.6 | 2959.0 | 1259.1 | 1996.8 | 5815.8 |
| 2003 | 31259.6 | 4937.1 | 3201.1 | 1328.2 | 2059.2 | 6185.9 |
| 2004 | 30596.0 | 5438.9 | 3380.5 | 1475.9 | 2701.6 | 6102.4 |
| Beijing | 57.9 | 32.2 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 19.3 | 27.9 |
| Tianjin | 80.5 | 46.8 | 12.6 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 9.8 |
| Hebei | 1600.4 | 481.5 | 259.4 | 113.7 | 183.7 | 133.3 |
| Shanxi | 640.3 | 134.7 | 59.6 | 61.1 | 59.3 | 66.6 |
| Inner Mongolia | 523.8 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 13.6 | 26.4 | 60.9 |
| Liaoning | 685.8 | 94.9 | 71.2 | 43.2 | 68.9 | 119.9 |
| Jilin | 496.7 | 28.5 | 33.9 | 18.9 | 34.4 | 58.5 |
| Heilongjiang | 706.1 | 47.9 | 47.2 | 24.5 | 56.7 | 60.9 |
| Shanghai | 65.2 | 113.8 | 12.2 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 32.0 |
| Jiangsu | 1134.9 | 555.7 | 301.1 | 100.3 | 141.2 | 431.7 |
| Zhejiang | 826.6 | 700.7 | 138.3 | 89.9 | 203.5 | 293.3 |
| Anhui | 1794.7 | 262.1 | 254.0 | 84.1 | 183.9 | 332.1 |
| Fujian | 722.7 | 192.8 | 84.8 | 42.1 | 81.3 | 187.9 |
| Jiangxi | 961.0 | 173.1 | 91.2 | 34.9 | 66.3 | 279.0 |
| Shandong | 2180.1 | 475.6 | 343.0 | 150.9 | 250.3 | 354.3 |
| Henan | 3235.0 | 473.5 | 349.3 | 145.2 | 258.7 | 256.3 |
| Hubei | 1105.7 | 115.3 | 116.0 | 49.3 | 89.7 | 401.1 |
| Hunan | 1975.9 | 243.0 | 156.0 | 75.7 | 157.8 | 343.2 |
| Guangdong | 1525.0 | 544.5 | 201.3 | 86.5 | 216.1 | 371.3 |
| Guangxi | 1516.1 | 78.8 | 95.1 | 41.0 | 72.6 | 441.7 |
| Hainan | 190.8 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 17.2 | 18.6 |
| Chongqing | 800.8 | 94.8 | 112.1 | 23.5 | 56.3 | 274.0 |
| Sichuan | 2367.0 | 235.9 | 283.1 | 72.3 | 178.2 | 637.4 |
| Guizhou | 1288.5 | 76.3 | 45.3 | 25.6 | 55.2 | 412.2 |
| Yunnan | 1693.7 | 56.3 | 60.0 | 39.4 | 53.3 | 127.2 |
| Tibet | 85.2 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 7.4 |
| Shaanxi | 957.1 | 76.8 | 97.2 | 41.4 | 64.7 | 188.4 |
| Gansu | 763.2 | 35.3 | 58.0 | 24.3 | 35.6 | 141.5 |
| Qinghai | 131.9 | 9.7 | 13.3 | 5.6 | 9.5 | 14.6 |
| Ningxia | 144.0 | 14.1 | 19.1 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 10.6 |
| Xinjiang | 339.4 | 10.6 | 7.7 | 11.9 | 16.4 | 9.0 |
| a) Number of employed persons of industry includes those working in enterprises at village and lower levels. | ||||||