5-1  Employment
Item	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Economically Active Population         (10 000 persons)	75360	76075	76823	77877	78244
Total Number of Employed Persons   (10 000 persons)	73740	74432	75200	75825	76400
Primary Industry	36870	36546	35269	33970	32561
Secondary Industry	15780	16077	16920	18084	19225
Tertiary Industry	21090	21809	23011	23771	24614
Composition of Employed Persons             (total=100)
Primary Industry	50.0	49.1	46.9	44.8	42.6
Secondary Industry	21.4	21.6	22.5	23.8	25.2
Tertiary Industry	28.6	29.3	30.6	31.4	32.2
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas                                       (10 000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	24780	25639	26476	27331	28310
State-owned Units	7163	6876	6709.9251	6488	6430
Urban Collective-owned Units	1122	1000	897.1599	810	764
Cooperative Units	161	173	192.4	188	178
Joint Ownership Units	45	44	44.1	45	45
Limited Liability Corporations	1083	1261	1436	1750	1920
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	538	592	624.9	699	741
Private Enterprises	1999	2545	2993.729	3458	3954
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	367	409	469.8	557	611
Foreign Funded Units	391	454	563	688	796
Self-employed Individuals	2269	2377	2521.2246	2778	3012
Rural Employed Persons	48960	48793	48724	48494	48090
Township and Village Enterprises	13288	13573	13866	14272	14680
Private Enterprises	1411	1754	2023.5223	2366	2632
Self-employed Individuals	2474	2260	2065.8835	2123	2147
Number of Staff and Workers             (10 000 persons)	10558	10492	10576	10850	11161
State-owned Units	6924	6621	6438	6232	6170
Urban Collective-owned Units	1071	951	851	769	726
Units of Other Types of Ownership	2563	2920	3287	3849	4264
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	770	800	827	839	847
in Urban Areas                                    (10 000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas    (%)	4.0	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1
a) From 1990 to 2000, the total number of employed persons, the sub-total of urban and rural employed persons have been adjusted in accordance with
the data obtained from the 5th National Population Census. Since 2001, these data are derived from the annual sample survey on population changes.
As a result, the sum of the data by region, by ownership and by sector is not equal to the total. The same applies to the following tables.