4-2 Number of Employed Persons at Year-end in Urban and Rural Areas
	(10 000 persons)
Year	Total	Urban Areas											Rural Areas
		Subtotal											Subtotal
			State-owned	Collective-	Cooperative	Joint	Limited	Share Holding	Private	Units with Funds	Foreign	Self-		Private	Self-
			Units	owned	Units	Ownership	Liability	Corporations	Enterprises	from Hong Kong,	Funded	employed		Enterprises	employed
				Units		Units	Corporations	Ltd.		Macao and Taiwan	Units	Individuals			Individuals
1978	40152	9514	7451	2048								15	30638
1980	42361	10525	8019	2425								81	31836
1985	49873	12808	8990	3324		38					6	450	37065
1990	64749	17041	10346	3549		96			57	4	62	614	47708	113	1491
1991	65491	17465	10664	3628		49			68	69	96	692	48026	116	1616
1992	66152	17861	10889	3621		56			98	83	138	740	48291	134	1728
1993	66808	18262	10920	3393		66		164	186	155	133	930	48546	187	2010
1994	67455	18653	11214	3285		52		292	332	211	195	1225	48802	316	2551
1995	68065	19040	11261	3147		53		317	485	272	241	1560	49025	471	3054
1996	68950	19922	11244	3016		49		363	620	265	275	1709	49028	551	3308
1997	69820	20781	11044	2883		43		468	750	281	300	1919	49039	600	3522
1998	70637	21616	9058	1963	136	48	484	410	973	294	293	2259	49021	737	3855
1999	71394	22412	8572	1712	144	46	603	420	1053	306	306	2414	48982	969	3827
2000	72085	23151	8102	1499	155	42	687	457	1268	310	332	2136	48934	1139	2934
2001	72797	24123	7640	1291	153	45	841	483	1527	326	345	2131	48674	1187	2629
2002	73280	25159	7163	1122	161	45	1083	538	1999	367	391	2269	48121	1411	2474
2003	73736	26230	6876	1000	173	44	1261	592	2545	409	454	2377	47506	1754	2260
2004	74264	27293	6710	897	192	44	1436	625	2994	470	563	2521	46971	2024	2066
2005	74647	28389	6488	810	188	45	1750	699	3458	557	688	2778	46258	2366	2123
2006	74978	29630	6430	764	178	45	1920	741	3954	611	796	3012	45348	2632	2147
2007	75321	30953	6424	718	170	43	2075	788	4581	680	903	3310	44368	2672	2187
2008	75564	32103	6447	662	164	43	2194	840	5124	679	943	3609	43461	2780	2167
2009	75828	33322	6420	618	160	37	2433	956	5544	721	978	4245	42506	3063	2341
2010	76105	34687	6516	597	156	36	2613	1024	6071	770	1053	4467	41418	3347	2540
2011	76420	35914	6704	603	149	37	3269	1183	6912	932	1217	5227	40506	3442	2718