Office of the Leading Group of the State Council for the Second National Economic Census

National Bureau of Statistics of China

December 25, 2009

This Communiqué contains the major statistics on the tertiary industry from the Second National Economic Census.

I. Transport, Storage and Post

1. Number of Units and Employees

By the end of 2008, there were altogether 148,000 corporation enterprises engaged in the transport, storage and post sectors, an increase of 75,000 as compared with that at the end of 2004. There were 10,202,000 people working in theses sectors, an increase of 2,595,000 as compared with that at the end of 2004 (see table 1). There were 7,000 corporations of government agencies and institutions engaged in transport, storage and post, a decrease of 1,000 as compared with that at the end of 2004, and there were 449,000 people employed, an increase of 41,000 as compared with that at the end of 2004.

Of the total number of corporation enterprises engaged in transport, storage and post service sectors, the proportion of transport[1] accounted for 85.3 percent, that of storage 11.7 percent and 3.0 percent for post service. In terms of employment structure, the proportion of people engaged in transport accounted for 87.3 percent, that of the storage 5.0 percent, and 7.7 percent for post service.

Table 1 Number of Corporation Enterprises and Employed Persons in Transport, Storage and Post Service Sectors

 

	Number of Corporation Enterprises (unit)	Employed Persons (10,000)
Total Railway Transport Road Transport Urban Public Transport Water Transport Air Transport Pipeline Transport Loading, Unloading and Other Transport Services Storage Post	148289 252 66527 7503 7431 735 83   43955 17416 4387	1020.2 179.3 333.2 159.0 79.4 31.3 2.5   106.0 51.1 78.4

 

2. Total Assets, Business Revenue and Operating Profits

By the end of 2008, the total assets of the corporation enterprises engaged in transport, storage and post service sectors reached 7,480.74 billion yuan, up by 109.2 percent over the end of 2004; the share of transport, storage and post service of the total was 90.3 percent, 7.6 percent and 2.1 percent respectively.

In 2008, the total business revenue of the corporation enterprises engaged in transport, storage and post service sectors was 3,116.80 billion yuan, up by 153.8 percent over 2004; the share of transport, storage and post service was 87.3 percent, 9.7 percent and 3.0 percent respectively.

In 2008, the operating profits of the corporation enterprises engaged in transport, storage and post service sectors was 327.02 billion yuan, up by 258.1 percent over 2004, the share of transport, storage and post service was 93.3 percent, 7.3 percent and -0.6 percent respectively (see table 2).

Table 2 Total Assets, Business Revenue, and Operating Profits of Corporation Enterprises in Transport, Storage and Post Sectors

                                                        

Unit:100 million yuan

	Total Assets	Business Revenue	Operating Profits
Total	74807.4	31168.0	3270.2
Railway Transport	14936.2	3457.6	6.8
Road Transport	24829.4	9128.5	1909.6
Urban Public Transport	3517.6	1392.9	-18.3
Water Transport	10502.4	5000.8	902.9
Air Transport	6871.4	2778.0	-275.8
Pipeline Transport	1286.9	344.2	85.0
Loading, Unloading and Other Transport Services	5585.6	5106.0	441.7
Storage	5694.5	3020.9	240.3
Post	1583.4	939.1	-22.0