Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators

Culture and Related Industries refer to the aggregate of activities, providing the mass with culture goods, amusement goods and services. According to the characteristics of culture goods, amusement goods and services, they can be classified into two categories: non-profit cultural activities and profit cultural activities.

Culture and related industries is the important component of the tertiary industry. These are the derivative sector from the Industrial Classification of the National Economy and are composed of two categories of culture services and related cultural services.

Culture Services refer to the news service, publishing and copyright services, radio, television, film services, arts and cultural services, Internet culture services, culture and leisure entertainment services, and other cultural services.

Related Cultural Services mainly include production of cultural stationery, equipment and related cultural products, and the sales of cultural stationery, equipment and related cultural products.

Non-culture and Related Industries refer to the other activities sponsored by the cultural sectors, which do not belong to the culture and related industries.

Arts Performance Troupes refer to the various professional performing arts groups, which sponsored by the cultural sectors or guided by the cultural society (approved by the cultural market administration, or registered and permitted with the relative certificate), including non-governmental troupes. The mass amateur arts performance troupes are not included.

Arts Performance Places refer to the various sites for cultural activities, which sponsored by the cultural sectors or guided by the cultural society (approved by the cultural market administration, or registered and permitted with the relative certificate), with the facility of auditorium, stage and lighting, and selling tickets in public.

Cultural Market Operating Units refer to the units dealing in culture and cultural services, which registered and permitted with the relative certificate by cultural market administration.

Radio Coverage of Population refers to the percentage of population, which can receive central, provincial, city, prefecture, and county radio programs relayed by wireless, cable, satellite and other technical means, in the surveying area, to national total population, according to Statistical Standard and Method on Television and Radio Coverage of Population established by the State Administration of Broadcasting, Film and Television.

Television Coverage of Population refers to the percentage of population, which can receive central, provincial, city, prefecture, and county television programs relayed by wireless, cable, satellite and other technical means, in the surveying area, to national total population, according to Statistical Standard and Method on Television and Radio Coverage of Population established by the State Administration of Broadcasting, Film and Television.

Cable Radio and Television Coverage of Households refers to the percentage of households, which can watch television by cable of radio and television network, to national total households.

National Comprehensive Archives refer to all archives institutions, which are directly conducted by the central and local levels archives administration, collecting and keeping various documents and materials by administrative regions or historical periods.

Certified Grade Athletes refer to those who are awarded the title of athletes through assessment. The titles rank from high to low as: international level athletes, national level athletes, first grade athletes, second grade athletes and third grade athletes.

Certified Grade Coaches refer to those who are awarded the title of grade coaches through assessment. The titles rank from high to low as: national level coaches, senior grade coaches, medium grade coaches and junior grade coaches.