Brief Introduction

I. Main Contents

Data in this chapter reflect the basic conditions of the industrial sector, presenting main industrial economic indicators of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities:

(1) Main economic indicators of industrial enterprises above designated size; as well as their main economic indicators and efficiency indicators classified by type of registration, by light and heavy industries, by size of enterprise, by branch of industry and by province.

(2) Main economic indicators and efficiency indicators of State-owned industrial enterprises and enterprises where the State holds the majority of shares; private industrial enterprises, foreign-funded industrial enterprises and enterprises funded by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan classified by branch of industry and by province;

(3) Main economic indicators and efficiency indicators of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises classified by branch of industry and by province.

(4) Output and production capacity of key industrial products.

II. Scopes of Statistics

The scopes of industrial statistics are all State-owned industrial enterprises and non-State-owned industrial enterprises with revenue from principal business over 5 million yuan from 1998 to 2006. For 2007 and 2008, the scopes of industrial statistics are all industrial enterprises with revenue from principal business over 5 million yuan, (or the industrial enterprises above designated size).

Data by branch of industriy in this chapter are based on the 2002’s National Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities, and data by size of enterprise are based on the 2003’s Preliminary Standards of Enterprises by Size.

III. Sources of Data and Methods of Survey

The data on enterprises statistics in this Chapter are collected mainly based on the relevant data in the annual industrial statistics reporting forms.