1-8  Number of Legal Entities by Region and Sector
	(10 000 units)
Year								Information	Wholesale	Hotels	Financial	Real Estate	Leasing	Scientific	Management	Services to	Education	Health,	Culture,	Public	International
		Agriculture,						Transmission,	and	and	Intermediation		and	Research,	of Water	Households		Social	Sports	Management	Organizations
	Total	Forestry,	Mining	Manufacturing	Production	Construction	Transport,	Computer	Retail	Catering			Business	Technical	Conservancy,	and		Securities	and	and Social
Region		Animal			and Supply		Storage	Services and	Trades	Services			Services	Services, and	Environment	Other		and Social	Entertainment	Organizations
		Husbandry			of Electricity,		and Post	Software						Geological	and Public	Services		Welfare
		and Fishery			Gas and Water									Prospecting	Facilities
1996	440.23	14.80	10.04	125.63	3.05	12.67	6.38	2.04	68.19	8.14	7.38	3.97	9.66	4.20	2.95	5.27	21.54	11.23	4.11	118.58	0.39
1997	434.43	14.83	9.96	122.19	2.99	12.55	6.29	1.85	67.85	7.18	7.41	4.09	10.95	4.13	2.87	4.57	21.93	11.28	3.65	117.48	0.39
1998	441.75	14.77	10.23	129.03	3.03	12.55	6.29	2.21	66.88	7.93	7.39	4.46	10.04	4.33	3.03	5.18	21.55	11.27	4.14	117.05	0.39
1999	422.20	14.21	9.10	119.23	3.00	11.30	5.78	2.28	65.49	7.88	6.90	4.41	9.74	4.26	2.93	4.89	21.40	11.24	4.01	113.78	0.38
2000	436.61	14.21	9.05	124.36	3.08	11.82	5.97	2.54	69.31	8.30	7.02	4.84	10.72	4.50	3.02	5.44	21.83	11.44	4.11	114.66	0.38
2001	510.70	17.15	7.14	122.06	3.70	12.32	8.22	5.74	80.75	10.08	6.40	9.24	23.43	7.57	5.10	9.47	30.78	20.04	5.74	125.45	0.34
2002	517.08	17.10	7.09	123.95	3.71	12.91	8.35	5.94	82.90	10.22	6.48	9.68	24.21	7.84	5.14	9.62	30.83	20.08	5.79	125.02	0.23
2003	521.41	15.60	7.25	129.89	3.36	13.21	8.60	5.83	84.02	10.35	6.48	9.89	21.96	11.07	4.78	6.44	30.41	19.89	7.77	124.40	0.21
2004	516.83	0.18	8.24	132.90	3.98	12.82	8.04	7.29	88.37	9.29	2.38	12.92	24.92	13.66	4.44	8.36	29.94	18.19	6.47	124.46
2005	564.78	6.88	8.94	145.16	4.31	14.95	9.16	8.55	99.50	10.19	2.68	14.81	29.15	15.31	4.68	9.39	30.54	18.38	6.95	125.26
2006	606.89	7.82	9.40	157.94	4.59	17.02	10.46	10.06	112.25	10.99	2.92	16.59	33.19	16.62	4.88	10.22	30.88	18.50	7.29	125.27
2007	649.51	9.85	9.77	170.25	4.91	19.05	11.72	11.51	124.60	11.82	3.18	18.74	36.88	17.67	5.10	11.05	31.23	18.74	7.64	125.80
2008	709.88	0.20	9.73	181.84	5.79	22.68	15.76	15.33	140.31	14.53	2.87	21.44	42.70	20.17	5.76	12.05	33.51	20.65	8.19	136.39
2009	800.39	18.48	10.34	195.93	6.20	26.17	17.59	17.63	167.03	15.49	3.69	24.40	51.17	23.32	6.17	14.19	34.20	20.90	9.09	138.38
2010	875.46	24.24	10.41	209.84	6.42	30.22	19.58	19.12	196.51	16.48	4.55	28.47	59.05	25.69	6.48	15.82	34.24	20.58	9.56	138.20
Beijing	38.45	0.31	0.02	3.53	0.05	1.23	0.78	2.09	11.64	1.29	0.13	1.42	7.17	3.40	0.24	1.46	0.82	0.30	1.18	1.39
Tianjin	16.85	0.18	0.01	4.30	0.04	0.76	0.73	0.23	5.18	0.32	0.09	0.47	1.45	0.75	0.12	0.62	0.32	0.14	0.14	1.00
Hebei	34.58	1.18	0.86	8.92	0.13	0.80	0.65	0.49	7.27	0.42	0.17	0.91	1.14	0.54	0.19	0.43	1.90	0.72	0.23	7.63
Shanxi	20.52	2.33	0.78	2.44	0.10	0.57	0.41	0.28	3.97	0.33	0.13	0.50	0.84	0.45	0.20	0.36	0.88	0.51	0.26	5.18
Inner Mongolia	13.85	0.57	0.47	1.72	0.13	0.40	0.38	0.20	3.16	0.35	0.16	0.53	0.75	0.40	0.17	0.24	0.55	0.45	0.18	3.04
Liaoning	36.90	1.10	0.58	8.94	0.18	1.86	1.02	0.87	8.89	0.60	0.21	1.37	2.45	1.27	0.29	0.67	1.15	1.01	0.38	4.06
Jilin	11.80	0.42	0.15	2.16	0.11	0.40	0.26	0.17	2.53	0.17	0.08	0.36	0.61	0.40	0.13	0.19	0.53	0.33	0.16	2.64
Heilongjiang	17.58	0.43	0.24	3.07	0.11	0.71	0.38	0.30	4.38	0.30	0.12	0.58	1.02	0.61	0.16	0.34	0.77	0.48	0.18	3.40
Shanghai	39.95	0.28		8.66	0.03	2.01	1.44	1.21	13.02	1.07	0.09	1.35	5.08	1.75	0.20	1.30	0.56	0.27	0.42	1.21
Jiangsu	86.22	1.55	0.12	32.26	0.30	4.05	1.89	1.60	22.50	1.02	0.42	2.38	5.20	1.77	0.56	1.39	1.54	1.00	0.63	6.04
Zhejiang	68.55	2.10	0.15	27.70	0.39	1.79	1.26	1.50	13.35	0.75	0.25	1.67	5.03	1.65	0.40	0.72	1.60	0.69	0.53	7.02
Anhui	24.26	0.54	0.31	5.93	0.21	0.99	0.61	0.55	4.69	0.45	0.20	0.94	1.23	0.55	0.19	0.33	1.31	0.61	0.23	4.39
Fujian	30.78	1.10	0.29	7.70	0.62	0.89	0.74	0.65	6.67	0.51	0.26	1.00	2.09	0.79	0.23	0.49	1.19	0.62	0.38	4.56
Jiangxi	18.46	0.68	0.41	4.09	0.38	0.49	0.49	0.19	2.57	0.31	0.11	0.61	0.74	0.40	0.17	0.30	0.97	0.80	0.23	4.52
Shandong	77.36	1.61	0.52	21.22	0.22	3.24	1.72	1.51	19.45	1.67	0.39	2.02	3.99	1.45	0.37	1.39	2.08	1.58	0.50	12.43
Henan	40.07	1.43	0.80	11.56	0.16	1.15	0.58	0.53	5.88	0.82	0.17	0.93	1.33	0.62	0.24	0.44	2.29	2.62	0.38	8.14
Hubei	34.58	0.74	0.50	6.12	0.25	1.58	0.75	0.71	8.03	0.76	0.15	1.26	2.01	1.20	0.38	0.80	1.64	1.10	0.45	6.15
Hunan	29.72	0.77	0.82	6.03	0.48	0.69	0.43	0.84	4.09	0.73	0.12	0.82	1.10	0.70	0.29	0.53	1.48	0.83	0.42	8.55
Guangdong	80.28	0.97	0.27	24.01	0.80	2.02	2.00	1.86	20.57	1.61	0.32	3.76	7.28	2.34	0.46	1.60	3.08	0.89	0.70	5.74
Guangxi	20.50	0.45	0.31	2.44	0.26	0.40	0.46	0.60	4.24	0.28	0.12	0.90	1.54	0.84	0.24	0.27	1.71	0.64	0.30	4.50
Hainan	3.76	0.16	0.03	0.27	0.03	0.25	0.08	0.09	0.76	0.14	0.02	0.40	0.36	0.12	0.03	0.06	0.21	0.08	0.07	0.60
Chongqing	17.79	1.31	0.31	3.17	0.20	0.69	0.45	0.41	3.73	0.48	0.12	0.71	1.30	0.40	0.15	0.34	0.78	0.59	0.21	2.44
Sichuan	35.30	1.16	0.57	5.34	0.56	0.95	0.68	0.92	5.15	0.67	0.18	1.03	1.74	1.12	0.32	0.41	1.97	1.42	0.44	10.67
Guizhou	11.03	0.34	0.49	1.05	0.13	0.21	0.16	0.21	1.56	0.15	0.08	0.46	0.50	0.32	0.11	0.16	0.96	0.40	0.15	3.59
Yunnan	17.09	1.01	0.53	1.62	0.21	0.64	0.32	0.37	3.91	0.30	0.15	0.68	1.03	0.57	0.19	0.24	0.76	0.43	0.26	3.87
Tibet	1.62		0.01	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.09	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02		0.01	0.10	0.05	0.02	1.11
Shaanxi	20.67	0.62	0.36	2.76	0.12	0.77	0.38	0.33	4.06	0.49	0.11	0.63	0.91	0.54	0.20	0.34	1.39	1.24	0.26	5.16
Gansu	10.84	0.34	0.19	1.21	0.10	0.25	0.16	0.10	1.90	0.22	0.07	0.26	0.36	0.22	0.09	0.15	0.91	0.35	0.12	3.84
Qinghai	2.83	0.12	0.07	0.25	0.03	0.08	0.05	0.04	0.41	0.06	0.02	0.09	0.11	0.09	0.03	0.03	0.12	0.08	0.04	1.11
Ningxia	3.60	0.14	0.06	0.46	0.02	0.12	0.06	0.07	0.80	0.06	0.03	0.10	0.17	0.07	0.03	0.05	0.14	0.08	0.03	1.11
Xinjiang	9.67	0.28	0.19	0.86	0.06	0.20	0.24	0.20	2.07	0.11	0.07	0.30	0.50	0.33	0.09	0.14	0.53	0.26	0.11	3.13
a) Number of legal entities of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in 2004 and 2008 refers to those also engaged in the secondary and
tertiary industries at part time. The same applies to the tables following.
b) Number of legal entities does not include international organizations since 2004.