| 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, | ||||||
| Year | Forestry, | Industry | Construction | 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 | 3703.0 |
| 1994 | 32690.3 | 3849.5 | 2057.3 | 908.3 | 1084.3 | 4064.4 |
| 1995 | 32334.5 | 3970.7 | 2203.6 | 983.0 | 1170.4 | 4379.6 |
| 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 | 4799.4 |
| 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 |
| 2005 | 29975.5 | 6011.5 | 3653.2 | 1567.3 | 2937.7 | 6242.0 |
| Beijing | 58.6 | 33.3 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 22.5 | 32.8 |
| Tianjin | 79.6 | 49.2 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 15.0 | 9.5 |
| Hebei | 1552.8 | 518.9 | 275.2 | 119.4 | 202.9 | 136.8 |
| Shanxi | 637.4 | 141.9 | 62.7 | 62.7 | 61.9 | 69.1 |
| Inner Mongolia | 529.2 | 25.8 | 32.2 | 14.1 | 39.3 | 50.2 |
| Liaoning | 686.4 | 106.1 | 77.1 | 44.5 | 70.0 | 129.4 |
| Jilin | 502.1 | 30.8 | 40.4 | 19.2 | 37.3 | 55.4 |
| Heilongjiang | 696.7 | 50.7 | 53.2 | 26.9 | 60.6 | 60.8 |
| Shanghai | 59.1 | 116.4 | 12.0 | 9.3 | 15.4 | 31.3 |
| Jiangsu | 1058.3 | 598.5 | 316.4 | 107.8 | 156.1 | 425.4 |
| Zhejiang | 786.9 | 754.9 | 145.4 | 92.2 | 216.8 | 302.4 |
| Anhui | 1766.9 | 299.3 | 281.6 | 92.8 | 202.1 | 296.4 |
| Fujian | 692.2 | 209.2 | 87.4 | 43.5 | 88.4 | 192.4 |
| Jiangxi | 951.0 | 206.6 | 101.2 | 38.1 | 70.9 | 270.9 |
| Shandong | 2045.9 | 534.4 | 383.7 | 166.4 | 272.8 | 379.0 |
| Henan | 3127.7 | 543.8 | 377.1 | 153.5 | 285.8 | 264.4 |
| Hubei | 1101.8 | 123.1 | 128.5 | 51.9 | 95.2 | 432.4 |
| Hunan | 1951.9 | 266.9 | 165.4 | 78.9 | 164.9 | 347.5 |
| Guangdong | 1533.5 | 632.1 | 214.4 | 94.9 | 245.8 | 368.8 |
| Guangxi | 1503.1 | 86.2 | 96.7 | 43.1 | 77.2 | 469.2 |
| Hainan | 193.4 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 18.6 | 18.9 |
| Chongqing | 775.9 | 109.8 | 125.0 | 26.7 | 61.1 | 268.4 |
| Sichuan | 2317.7 | 259.1 | 301.9 | 76.0 | 189.4 | 657.4 |
| Guizhou | 1268.1 | 81.8 | 50.3 | 27.7 | 57.4 | 448.9 |
| Yunnan | 1690.1 | 58.9 | 63.0 | 40.2 | 54.4 | 144.2 |
| Tibet | 85.5 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 9.3 |
| Shaanxi | 949.2 | 90.9 | 106.6 | 44.5 | 71.4 | 174.4 |
| Gansu | 761.4 | 35.3 | 63.3 | 24.6 | 38.8 | 160.9 |
| Qinghai | 128.7 | 10.1 | 15.2 | 5.7 | 11.2 | 15.1 |
| Ningxia | 140.6 | 14.2 | 23.2 | 10.0 | 13.8 | 10.2 |
| Xinjiang | 344.1 | 11.4 | 9.3 | 11.1 | 18.1 | 10.1 |
| a) Number of employed persons of industry includes those working in enterprises at village and lower levels. | ||||||