13-4  Rural Laborers at the Year-end                    
 The number of laborers by sector in this table is classified by main economic activity. For example, those engaged primarily in agriculture and   
 secondarily in commerce are classified as the laborers under farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery.    
            (10 000 persons)  
  Farming,            
Year Forestry, Industry Construction Transport Wholesale, Other  
Region Animal     Storage, Post and Retail Trade Nonagricultural  
  Husbandry     Communication and Catering Trades  
  and Fishery     Services Services    
             
1978 28455.6                                                                             
1980 29808.4 916.3                                                              
1985 30351.5 2741.0 1130.1 434.1 462.6 1945.8
1989 32440.5 3255.6 1501.8 614.2 652.4 2474.3
1990 33336.4 3228.7 1522.8 635.3 693.2 2593.1
1991 34186.3 3267.9 1533.8 655.0 722.8 2726.7
1992 34037.0 3468.2 1658.8 706.3 813.7 3117.6
1993 33258.2 3659.0 1886.8 799.9 948.8 3703.1
1994 32690.3 3849.5 2057.3 908.3 1084.3 4064.5
1995 32334.5 3970.7 2203.6 983.0 1170.4 4379.7
1996 32260.4 4018.5 2304.3 1027.6 1261.5 4415.7
1997 32434.9 4031.3 2372.7 1057.8 1381.5 4683.9
1998 32626.4 3928.6 2453.5 1087.9 1461.9 4874.0
1999 32911.8 3953.0 2531.9 1115.8 1584.6 4799.3
2000 32797.5 4108.6 2691.7 1170.6 1751.8 5441.9
2001 32451.0 4296.0 2797.4 1205.4 1864.5 5614.6
2002 31990.6 4505.6 2959.0 1259.1 1996.8 5815.8
2003 31259.6 4937.1 3201.0 1328.2 2059.1 6186.0
  Beijing        59.5 32.5 16.4 16.1 18.9 26.2
  Tianjin        81.2 45.1 12.9 11.9 14.7 8.0
  Hebei          1660.2 441.9 243.7 101.0 124.9 176.3
  Shanxi         646.0 129.8 57.5 56.6 41.6 81.4
  Inner Mongolia 514.4 21.3 25.3 12.6 19.3 59.5
  Liaoning       667.3 85.8 65.7 39.8 55.0 102.7
  Jilin          502.5 25.2 29.3 16.9 22.5 72.6
  Heilongjiang   734.8 40.5 35.7 22.1 35.5 67.5
  Shanghai       71.7 112.5 11.7 7.1 14.3 32.8
  Jiangsu        1230.3 509.3 287.3 93.9 119.9 408.3
  Zhejiang       873.0 647.4 130.9 79.6 191.2 297.9
  Anhui          1860.6 228.8 229.5 72.8 122.4 347.8
  Fujian         735.9 174.5 85.0 38.8 68.4 181.1
  Jiangxi        971.3 132.6 86.1 30.5 46.5 321.4
  Shandong       2264.6 431.1 330.3 133.5 192.1 366.7
  Henan          3321.2 432.0 331.6 126.9 210.4 272.9
  Hubei          1110.7 112.6 113.3 48.3 73.2 374.3
  Hunan          1997.7 224.9 148.0 62.0 99.5 382.3
  Guangdong      1543.4 467.0 199.7 74.4 149.8 390.3
  Guangxi        1541.0 78.1 93.7 38.5 62.4 402.5
  Hainan         187.3 8.3 8.1 6.3 11.1 19.3
  Chongqing      813.2 78.3 102.5 22.6 36.0 287.7
  Sichuan        2414.0 216.0 269.6 65.3 137.2 657.5
  Guizhou        1322.1 73.7 44.2 23.0 43.4 368.5
  Yunnan         1690.2 54.3 59.2 38.2 39.6 121.3
  Tibet          84.4 1.9 5.8 2.3 2.2 7.0
  Shaanxi        989.0 64.8 88.8 40.4 49.1 164.1
  Gansu          760.8 34.7 53.0 22.3 27.6 152.1
  Qinghai        134.8 8.9 10.0 5.1 5.6 16.1
  Ningxia        145.8 12.8 19.7 9.6 10.6 10.0
  Xinjiang       330.9 10.5 6.9 9.9 14.4 9.8
             
a) Number of employed persons of industry includes those working in enterprises at village and lower levels.