22-3  Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2005)
Item
	Number of	Shows in	Number of
	Performances	Rural Areas	Spectators (10 000
	(10 000 shows)		person-times)
Total	45.9	26.9	38891
Troupes Sponsored by State-owned Units	29.9	15.9	28962
Troupes Sponsored by Collective Units	10.7	7.1	7141
Grouped by Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	0.9	0.1	1516
Song and Dance Drama Troupes	1.4	0.4	1407
Song and Dance Troupe, Light Music Troupes	4.0	1.2	3839
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	4.0	2.4	3079
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	0.2		231
Local Opera Troupes	25.9	20.3	24377
Local Beijing Opera Troupes	1.3	0.8	1181
Recitation and Ballad Troupes,	8.0	1.8	2783
Acrobatics and Circus Troupes, Puppet
Show Troupes, and Shadow Play Troupes
General Art Performing Troupes	1.5	0.7	1659
a) Song and dance drama troupes include opera, dance and light music troupes. The same as in the following table.