4-1  Employment
Item	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Economically Active Population         (10 000 persons)	76075	76823	77877	78244	78645
Total Number of Employed Persons   (10 000 persons)	74432	75200	75825	76400	76990
Primary Industry	36546	35269	33970	32561	31444
Secondary Industry	16077	16920	18084	19225	20629
Tertiary Industry	21809	23011	23771	24614	24917
Composition of Employed Persons             (total=100)
Primary Industry	49.1	46.9	44.8	42.6	40.8
Secondary Industry	21.6	22.5	23.8	25.2	26.8
Tertiary Industry	29.3	30.6	31.4	32.2	32.4
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas                                       (10 000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	25639	26476	27331	28310	29350
State-owned Units	6876	6710	6488	6430	6424
Urban Collective-owned Units	1000	897	810	764	718
Cooperative Units	173	192.4	188	178	170
Joint Ownership Units	44	44.1	45	45	43
Limited Liability Corporations	1261	1436	1750	1920	2075
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	592	624.9	699	741	788
Private Enterprises	2545	2994	3458	3954	4581
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	409	469.8	557	611	680
Foreign Funded Units	454	563	688	796	903
Self-employed Individuals	2377	2521	2778	3012	3310
Rural Employed Persons	48793	48724	48494	48090	47640
Township and Village Enterprises	13573	13866	14272	14680	15090
Private Enterprises	1754	2024	2366	2632	2672
Self-employed Individuals	2260	2066	2123	2147	2187
Number of Staff and Workers             (10 000 persons)	10492	10576	10850	11161	11427
State-owned Units	6621	6438	6232	6170	6148
Urban Collective-owned Units	951	851	769	726	684
Units of Other Types of Ownership	2920	3287	3849	4264	4595
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	800	827	839	847	830
in Urban Areas                                    (10 000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas    (%)	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0
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.