16-37  Basic Conditions of Chain Retail Enterprises by Status of Registration
Status of Registration	Number of Stores		Operating Area		Engaged Persons		Total Sales
									Retail Value
	(unit)		(10 000 sq.m)		(10 000 persons)		of Commodities
	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008
Total	151694	168502	8892.1	10197.8	174.70	197.08	16931.5	20466.5	11683.0	14369.7
Domestic Funded Enterprises	138114	153789	7798.3	8800.6	143.65	161.49	14314.9	17242.6	9651.9	11869.7
State-owned Enterprises	19382	20012	668.3	727.5	13.37	13.74	2024.7	2511.3	1467.5	1856.7
Collective-owned Enterprises	1746	1881	49.9	58.6	1.31	1.57	75.8	83.1	68.9	76.7
Cooperative Enterprises	718	746	14.0	17.0	0.69	0.81	20.3	30.0	15.8	21.3
Joint Ownership Enterprises	468	489	3.5	4.0	0.29	0.25	13.2	14.4	5.0	5.9
State Joint Ownership Enterprises	214	205	2.4	2.4	0.17	0.13	10.8	11.9	3.4	4.3
Collective Joint Ownership Enterprises	76	83	0.5	0.9	0.04	0.04	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.2
Joint State-collective Enterprises	5	5	0.1	0.1	0.01	0.01	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1
Other Joint Ownership Enterprises	173	196	0.6	0.6	0.07	0.07	1.9	2.3	1.2	1.4
Limited Liability Corporations	50879	59591	2099.9	2479.2	50.23	58.77	2842.2	3395.8	2298.2	2792.8
State Sole Funded Corporations	353	358	55.3	63.7	1.14	1.17	124.8	136.0	77.3	84.9
Other Limited Liability Corporations	50526	59233	2044.7	2415.5	49.09	57.60	2717.4	3259.8	2220.8	2707.9
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	38989	41214	4244.4	4669.3	53.01	57.32	8337.5	9979.6	4934.1	6085.4
Private Enterprises	25651	29481	707.0	832.1	24.39	28.64	984.3	1209.6	846.3	1012.7
Private-funded Enterprises	1424	1583	23.9	25.8	1.00	1.05	24.9	29.4	23.5	26.4
Private Partnership Enterprises	221	243	15.1	19.0	0.47	0.51	13.0	16.2	13.0	16.2
Private Limited Liability Corporations	21811	24871	621.4	715.7	21.44	24.99	889.4	1075.3	759.5	892.8
Private Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	2195	2784	46.5	71.6	1.48	2.08	57.0	88.7	50.3	77.3
Other  Enterprises	281	375	11.3	12.9	0.36	0.39	17.0	18.8	16.2	18.2
Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong,	2059	2446	289.5	343.8	7.58	8.99	608.1	727.2	472.2	569.2
Macao and Taiwan
Joint-venture Enterprises	1339	1395	164.3	189.5	3.57	4.03	306.2	351.2	230.4	272.0
Cooperative Enterprises	68	218	9.2	9.2	0.32	0.28	24.7	30.3	24.7	30.3
Enterprises with Sole Fund	645	826	105.2	133.8	3.63	4.63	274.6	344.0	214.4	265.2
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	7	7	10.8	11.2	0.06	0.04	2.7	1.7	2.7	1.7
Foreign Funded Enterprises	11521	12267	804.4	1053.4	23.47	26.60	2008.4	2496.7	1559.0	1930.7
Joint-venture Enterprises	3776	4133	527.5	687.6	15.13	16.82	1179.7	1495.6	1030.2	1316.0
Cooperative Enterprises	770	749	79.3	82.5	3.01	3.13	406.8	496.9	120.9	132.2
Enterprises with Sole Fund	6973	7372	196.2	277.5	5.30	6.53	421.0	495.9	406.9	474.9
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	2	13	1.4	5.8	0.03	0.11	0.9	8.3	0.9	7.6