4-1  Employment
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Economically Active Population         (10 000 persons)	76823	77877	78244	78645	79243
Total Number of Employed Persons   (10 000 persons)	75200	75825	76400	76990	77480
Primary Industry	35269	33970	32561	31444	30654
Secondary Industry	16920	18084	19225	20629	21109
Tertiary Industry	23011	23771	24614	24917	25717
Composition of Employed Persons             (total=100)
Primary Industry	46.9	44.8	42.6	40.8	39.6
Secondary Industry	22.5	23.8	25.2	26.8	27.2
Tertiary Industry	30.6	31.4	32.2	32.4	33.2
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas                                       (10 000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	26476	27331	28310	29350	30210
State-owned Units	6710	6488	6430	6424	6447
Urban Collective-owned Units	897	810	764	718	662
Cooperative Units	192.4	188	178	170	164
Joint Ownership Units	44.1	45	45	43	43
Limited Liability Corporations	1436	1750	1920	2075	2194
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	624.9	699	741	788	840
Private Enterprises	2994	3458	3954	4581	5124
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	469.8	557	611	680	679
Foreign Funded Units	563	688	796	903	943
Self-employed Individuals	2521	2778	3012	3310	3609
Rural Employed Persons	48724	48494	48090	47640	47270
Township and Village Enterprises	13866	14272	14680	15090	15451
Private Enterprises	2024	2366	2632	2672	2780
Self-employed Individuals	2066	2123	2147	2187	2167
Number of Staff and Workers             (10 000 persons)	10576	10850	11161	11427	11515
State-owned Units	6438	6232	6170	6148	6126
Urban Collective-owned Units	851	769	726	684	623
Units of Other Types of Ownership	3287	3849	4264	4595	4766
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	827	839	847	830	886
in Urban Areas                                    (10 000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas    (%)	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.2
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.