21-3  Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2008)
Item	Plays	Number			Number of
	Showed	of	Domesitc		Spectators	Rural
	this	Perfor-	Perfor-	Shows in	for
	Year	mances	mances	Rural	Domestic
				Areas	Performances
Total	44051	905	852	472	631868	416580
By Status of Registration
State-owned	15944	397	373	218	368354	241199
Collective-owned	3201	96	92	62	78046	61020
Other	24906	412	386	192	185468	114361
By Jurisdiction of Management
Central Level	448	3	3	1	6195	2618
Provincial Level	2864	54	48	15	43533	19473
Prefecture Level	5640	146	131	56	127783	65942
County or City Level	35099	703	670	400	454357	328547
By Department of Management
Cultural Department	17968	427	402	258	418944	290558
Other Department	26083	478	450	214	212924	126022
Grouped by Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	5241	43	39	19	26940	16330
Opera, Ballet and Dance Troupe	704	17	16	5	17669	5467
Song and Dance Troupe, Light Music Troupe	7912	90	76	28	78467	33024
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	1305	4	3	1	2075	262
Cultural and Performance Troupes and Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)	1810	49	48	36	36342	23995
Local Opera Troupes	18435	324	320	249	327683	261370
Beijing Opera Troupes	1233	13	12	5	12144	6563
Recitation and Ballad Troupes, Acrobatics	1946	273	256	86	67710	32965
and Circus Troupes,  Puppet Show
Troupes, and Shadow Play Troupes
Comprehensive Art Performance Troupes	6698	106	94	47	74982	43167