22-3  Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2006)
Item	Number of		Number of
	Performances	Shows in	Spectators (10 000
	(10 000 shows)	Rural Areas	person-times)
Total	49	29	46115
Troupes Sponsored by State-owned Units	31	17	33217
Troupes Sponsored by Collective Units	9.9	7.1	7532.4
Grouped by Art Troupes
Drama, Plays for  Children and Comedy Troupes	1.5	0.3	1318.5
Song and Dance Drama Troupes	1.5	0.3	2149.2
Song and Dance Troupe, Light Music Troupes	5.1	1.7	5006.5
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	3.9	2.2	3354.4
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes			236.5
Local Opera Troupes	26.4	19.8	28729.4
Beijing Opera Troupes	1	0.3	1248.5
Recitation and Ballad Troupes,	7	1.3	2749.6
Acrobatics and Circus Troupes, Puppet
Show Troupes, and Shadow Play Troupes
General Art Performing Troupes	3.6	3.4	2807.4
a) Song and dance drama troupes include opera, pantomime and songing and dancing troupes. The same applies to the tables following.