4-1 Employment
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Economically Active Population         (10 000 persons)	77877	78244	78645	79243	79812
Total Number of Employed Persons   (10 000 persons)	75825	76400	76990	77480	77995
Primary Industry	33970	32561	31444	30654	29708
Secondary Industry	18084	19225	20629	21109	21684
Tertiary Industry	23771	24614	24917	25717	26603
Composition of Employed Persons             (total=100)
Primary Industry	44.8	42.6	40.8	39.6	38.1
Secondary Industry	23.8	25.2	26.8	27.2	27.8
Tertiary Industry	31.4	32.2	32.4	33.2	34.1
Number of Employed Persons by Urban and
Rural Areas                                       (10 000 persons)
Urban Employed Persons	27331	28310	29350	30210	31120
State-owned Units	6488	6430	6424	6447	6420
Urban Collective-owned Units	810	764	718	662	618
Cooperative Units	188	178	170	164	160
Joint Ownership Units	45	45	43	43	37
Limited Liability Corporations	1750	1920	2075	2194	2433
Share-holding Corporations Ltd.	699	741	788	840	956
Private Enterprises	3458	3954	4581	5124	5544
Units with Funds from Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan	557	611	680	679	721
Foreign Funded Units	688	796	903	943	978
Self-employed Individuals	2778	3012	3310	3609	4245
Rural Employed Persons	48494	48090	47640	47270	46875
Township and Village Enterprises	14272	14680	15090	15451	15588
Private Enterprises	2366	2632	2672	2780	3063
Self-employed Individuals	2123	2147	2187	2167	2341
Number of Registered Unemployed Persons	839	847	830	886	921
in Urban Areas                                    (10 000 persons)
Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas    (%)	4.2	4.1	4.0	4.2	4.3
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.