1-8  Number of Legal Entities by Sector
(unit)
    Agriculture,                                      
Year   Forestry, Mining Manufacturing Production Construction Transport, Information Wholesale Hotels Financial Real Estate Leasing Scientific Management Services to Education Health, Culture, Public International
  Total Animal     and Supply   Storage Transmission, and and Intermediation   and Research, of Water Households   Social Sports Management Organizations
Region   Husbandry     of Electricity,   and Post Computer Retail Catering     Business Technical Conservancy, and   Securities and and Social  
    and Fishery     Gas and Water     Services and Trades Services     Services Services, and Environment Other   and Social Entertainment Organizations  
                Software           Geological and Public Services   Welfare      
                            Prospecting Facilities            
                                           
1996 4402276 148029 100362 1256323 30543 126710 63808 20381 681853 81444 73824 39693 96609 42048 29508 52677 215358 112326 41064 1185790 3926
1997 4344278 148269 99578 1221878 29864 125476 62871 18545 678488 71835 74054 40903 109537 41299 28661 45707 219281 112810 36522 1174810 3890
1998 4417508 147656 102265 1290304 30299 125541 62941 22141 668847 79270 73941 44606 100411 43264 30273 51786 215530 112695 41388 1170475 3875
1999 4221995 142055 91026 1192280 30031 112973 57772 22826 654887 78804 69029 44051 97410 42608 29315 48898 214042 112375 40094 1137752 3767
2000 4366141 142140 90484 1243607 30841 118240 59711 25425 693108 83014 70228 48363 107229 45003 30189 54366 218304 114388 41060 1146645 3796
2001 5107015 171526 71409 1220587 36982 123187 82162 57420 807454 100768 63996 92417 234265 75666 51007 94655 307817 200360 57410 1254546 3381
2002 5170849 170953 70851 1239549 37136 129062 83489 59368 829029 102244 64806 96795 242109 78356 51426 96244 308320 200761 57891 1250166 2294
2003 5214144 156033 72538 1298870 33570 132059 85991 58307 840241 103537 64802 98943 219567 110685 47847 64391 304056 198879 77717 1243967 2144
2004 5168303 1835 82353 1328964 39830 128193 80375 72913 883653 92869 23793 129197 249192 136555 44352 83606 299418 181877 64741 1244587
2005 5647823 68800 89430 1451556 43148 149471 91565 85499 994953 101853 26828 148059 291498 153076 46847 93947 305446 183760 69490 1252597
2006 6068912 78205 93967 1579406 45922 170180 104635 100614 1122489 109892 29201 165865 331904 166240 48811 102228 308760 185014 72873 1252706
2007 6495064 98546 97678 1702455 49052 190517 117228 115101 1246042 118173 31815 187444 368763 176677 50953 110525 312339 187376 76430 1257950
2008 7098765 2023 97315 1818370 57923 226768 157589 153290 1403141 145297 28668 214391 427001 201689 57553 120467 335065 206480 81878 1363857
2009 8003868 184764 103403 1959254 62038 261694 175914 176326 1670315 154895 36907 244043 511666 233221 61740 141936 342003 209016 90891 1383842
2010 8754588 242429 104065 2098370 64151 302232 195829 191182 1965118 164762 45512 284726 590478 256865 64794 158152 342408 205778 95633 1382104
2011 9593729 321086 105490 2240315 66652 346026 219630 208867 2276295 172070 55513 323985 687575 283777 69186 175813 346390 205173 102775 1387111
   
  Beijing 391503 3111 186 35234 460 12582 7850 21135 118485 13003 1364 14384 73752 35568 2422 14651 8207 3049 12112 13948
  Tianjin 185899 2226 88 44474 414 8714 8376 2666 57462 2841 1493 5306 18285 9357 1319 6707 3325 1446 1608 9792
  Hebei 361028 13822 8318 89874 1463 9380 7234 4699 81073 4069 2230 10546 13359 5877 2018 4732 18168 6654 2322 75190
  Shanxi 220371 27869 7515 24620 1112 6536 4763 2632 45514 3382 1530 5651 9506 4810 2144 4181 8755 5149 2727 51975
  Inner Mongolia 147105 7094 4735 17807 1344 4369 3920 2081 35563 3354 1687 5937 8159 4100 1785 2533 5557 4479 1837 30764
   
  Liaoning 388515 13025 5949 92284 1890 20190 10844 9240 95346 6064 2371 14517 26687 13455 3098 7170 11481 10239 3867 40798
  Jilin 124637 4998 1544 22750 1213 4625 2704 1778 27609 1691 898 4136 6518 4338 1276 2024 5248 3285 1599 26403
  Heilongjiang 184150 5157 2399 31252 1228 7895 4173 3253 46398 2479 1446 6613 11304 6625 1629 3657 7737 4868 1856 34181
   
  Shanghai 422955 3522 5 90046 307 20388 14940 12645 139449 11694 1128 13860 55317 19150 1968 13396 5615 2818 4453 12254
  Jiangsu 979237 20070 1067 349839 2665 48874 22010 18260 266216 10858 5059 27369 65189 20893 6053 16561 16869 10821 7352 63212
  Zhejiang 778193 28997 1503 304763 4032 21081 14218 17387 165076 8300 2607 19196 59494 19067 4476 8345 16742 6921 6044 69944
  Anhui 286915 9084 3108 65867 2210 12952 8114 6149 61007 4889 2547 11824 18656 7337 2322 4352 13538 6207 2653 44099
  Fujian 356207 14630 3038 88371 6442 10827 8393 7823 84609 5848 3311 11291 25715 8801 2667 5453 12276 6064 4622 46026
  Jiangxi 199355 8712 4052 43365 3776 6086 5846 2161 31922 3062 1352 7192 9839 4187 1760 3614 8914 7095 2357 44063
  Shandong 832499 21777 5210 220014 2326 36047 19284 16417 219046 16409 4859 22808 46418 15966 3876 15525 20908 15893 5263 124453
   
  Henan 410810 15105 7933 117274 1599 12272 6060 5462 62431 8381 1972 10479 14815 6533 2496 4543 22915 25218 3856 81466
  Hubei 382113 10342 5222 66246 2890 18251 9176 7334 91518 7701 2410 15300 24208 13027 4117 8639 16753 11107 4806 63066
  Hunan 314853 9819 7947 60303 4996 7570 4703 8872 50020 7277 1511 9699 13344 8151 3012 5450 14847 8291 4346 84695
  Guangdong 908008 12030 2975 265396 8295 23165 22784 21644 248484 16672 3984 42356 84173 26966 4967 17530 31500 9139 7762 58186
  Guangxi 238512 10310 3396 27108 2700 5047 5459 6508 54824 3177 1649 10235 18798 9020 2571 3417 17497 6573 3180 47043
  Hainan 42715 2115 258 2826 314 3079 879 1083 9096 1354 275 4956 4340 1284 351 756 2156 782 712 6099
   
  Chongqing 223752 23935 3035 37103 2003 7936 5046 5215 53381 7222 1250 8470 16729 4486 1676 5101 8035 5933 2394 24802
  Sichuan 366196 14322 5806 54709 5675 9987 7209 9386 56426 7217 1979 11056 18749 11302 3193 4327 19961 14169 4576 106147
  Guizhou 116423 4422 5269 11444 1307 2437 1740 2136 17073 1664 894 5126 5622 3194 1167 1770 9650 4049 1515 35944
  Yunnan 197322 14416 5645 17252 2224 8042 3859 4320 48812 3324 2112 8421 13450 6209 2102 2882 7962 4435 2809 39046
  Tibet 16474 35 126 375 94 416 182 159 1027 307 116 103 280 182 41 112 1045 504 172 11198
   
  Shaanxi 231354 7982 3741 29676 1331 10215 4280 4078 50921 5343 1374 8599 12242 6396 2244 4305 13613 12197 2794 50023
  Gansu 114200 4886 1932 12468 1057 2641 1765 1120 21209 2107 794 2960 3961 2297 906 1639 9173 3517 1283 38485
  Qinghai 30446 1773 728 2771 325 949 490 423 4576 602 227 933 1148 933 316 326 1259 779 404 11484
  Ningxia 40053 1850 672 5155 238 1337 693 740 9941 718 331 1157 2025 771 289 638 1409 816 333 10940
  Xinjiang 101929 3650 2088 9649 722 2136 2636 2061 21781 1061 753 3505 5493 3495 925 1477 5275 2676 1161 31385
                                           
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.