Communiqué on Major Data of the 2nd National Economic Census (No.1)
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II. Number of Employed Persons
By the end of 2008, the total number of employed persons[4] in the secondary and the tertiary industries was 355.07 million, up by 31.9 percent or an increase of 85.866 million over the first economic census in 2004. Of this, those who engaged in the secondary industry were 173.388 million, up by 24.7 percent or an increase of 34.382 million, and those in the tertiary industry were 181.682 million, up by 39.5 percent or an increase of 51.484. There were 273.115 million people engaged in industrial units, accounting for 76.9 percent of the total, and the self-employed individuals with licenses were 81.954 million, accounting for 23.1 percent. Of the total employed persons in the industrial units, the proportion of female was 34.7 percent, or 94.794 million.
Among the total number of employed persons engaged in units, there were 104.331 million in manufacturing sector, accounting for 38.2 percent; construction industry 39.077 million, 14.3 percent; public management and social organizations 22.285 million, 8.2 percent; education 17.236 million, 6.3 percent and wholesale and retail trade 18.92 million, 6.9 percent (see table 6).
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Table 6 Number of Employed Persons in Units by Sector |
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Employed Persons (10,000) |
Proportion (%) |
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Total |
27311.5 |
100.0 |
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Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery |
195.3 |
0.7 |
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Mining |
990.8 |
3.6 |
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Manufacturing |
10433.1 |
38.2 |
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Production and Distribution of Electricity, Gas and Water |
404.6 |
1.5 |
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Construction |
3907.7 |
14.3 |
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Traffic, Transport, Storage and Post |
1077.0 |
3.9 |
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Information Transmission, Computer Services and Software |
320.7 |
1.2 |
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Wholesale and Retail Trade |
1892.0 |
6.9 |
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Hotel and Catering Services |
585.8 |
2.1 |
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Financial Intermediation |
487.0 |
1.8 |
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Real Estate |
552.2 |
2.0 |
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Leasing and Business Services |
770.7 |
2.8 |
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Scientific Research, Technical Services and Geological Prospecting |
447.6 |
1.6 |
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Management of Water Conservancy, Environment and Public Facilities |
221.4 |
0.8 |
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Services to Households and Other Services |
199.0 |
0.7 |
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Education |
1723.6 |
6.3 |
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Health, Social Security and Social Welfare |
680.4 |
2.5 |
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Culture, Sports and Entertainment |
194.1 |
0.7 |
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Public Management and Social Organization |
2228.5 |
8.2 |
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Among the employed persons in units, the proportion of postgraduates, university graduates, college graduates, senior high school graduates, junior high school graduates and below was 1.3 percent, 11.4 percent, 17.6 percent, 31.5 percent and 38.2 percent respectively. Of the total number of employed persons with technical titles was 45.597 million, accounting for 16.7 percent. Of the total number of employed persons with certificates of technical skills was 23.811 million, or 8.7 percent (see table 7).
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Table 7 Education, Academic and Technical Titles of Employed Persons in Units |
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Employed Persons (10,000) |
Proportion (%) |
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I. Total Employed Persons |
27311.5 |
100.0 |
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Postgraduates and above |
358.6 |
1.3 |
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University Graduates |
3106.0 |
11.4 |
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College Graduates |
4796.1 |
17.6 |
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Senior High School Graduates |
8610.5 |
31.5 |
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Junior High School Graduates and below |
10440.3 |
38.2 |
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II. Employed Persons with Technical Titles |
4559.7 |
100.0 |
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Senior Technical Titles |
515.1 |
11.3 |
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Intermediate Technical Titles |
1747.5 |
38.3 |
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Junior Technical Titles |
2297.1 |
50.4 |
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III. Employed Persons with Certificates of Technical Skills |
2381.1 |
100.0 |
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Senior Technicians |
98.2 |
4.1 |
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Technicians |
280.7 |
11.8 |
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Senior Mechanics |
793.6 |
33.3 |
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Middle Rank Mechanics |
1208.6 |
50.8 |
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