21-3 Basic Statistics on Performance of Art Troupes (2009)
Item	Plays	Number			Number of
	Showed	of	Domesitc		Spectators	Rural
	this	Perfor-	Perfor-	Shows in	for Domestic
	Year	mances	mances	Rural	Performances
		(1000		Areas	(1000 person
	(unit)	shows)			-times)
Total	1578	1201	1126	741	817159	515891
By Status of Registration
State-owned	1149	353	333	198	374870	247114
Collective-owned	120	93	91	65	84739	57395
Other	309	755	703	477	357550	211382
By Jurisdiction of Management
Central Level	103	3	3	1	4130	637
Provincial Level	207	54	49	15	46278	20417
Prefecture Level	368	149	138	54	125447	67503
County or City Level	900	996	936	671	641304	427334
By Department of Management
Cultural Department	1209	449	422	262	448592	301907
Other Department	369	752	704	478	368567	213984
By Art Troupes
Drama, Children's Play and Comedy Troupes	87	13	12	3	11898	2863
Opera, Ballet and Dance Troupe	64	28	23	8	21374	7326
Song and Dance Troupe, Light Music Troupe	246	198	172	76	119791	45391
Philharmonic and Chorus Troupes	100	6	6	1	3308	285
Cultural and Performance Troupes and	58	39	37	23	39590	22335
Ulanmuchi (equestrian art troupes)
Local Opera Troupes	728	454	435	359	456600	355604
Beijing Opera Troupes	48	21	20	11	17788	10911
Recitation and Ballad Troupes, Acrobatics	71	355	342	220	82506	44871
and Circus Troupes,  Puppet Show
Troupes, and Shadow Play Troupes
Comprehensive Art Performance Troupes	224	109	100	51	82092	37216