22-3  Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2004)
Item	Number of		Number of
	Performances	Shows in	Spectators (10 000
	(10 000 shows)	Rural Areas	person-times)
Total	42.5	23.48	38701
Troupes Sponsored by State-owned Units	29.4	15.5	28896
Troupes Sponsored by Collective Units	11.3	7.1	8402
Grouped by Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	2.0	0.6	1278
Song and Dance Drama Troupes	1.3	0.3	1671
Song and Dance, Light Music	3.8	1.2	4431
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	3.2	1.8	2677
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	0.2		225
Local Opera Troupes	22.3	16.7	24653
Local Beijing Opera Troupes	1.1	0.4	1069
Recitation and Ballad Troupes,	8.0	2.0	2249
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.