17-9  Business of chain operation of Wholesale and Retail Trade(2008)
Item Number of chain
head stores
(unit)

    Number of Stores(unit) Operational Area(sq.m) Engaged Persons(person)
 
Total   Under
Direct
Management
Through
License
Arrangement
Total Under
Direct
Management
Through
License
Arrangement
Total Under
Direct
Management
Through
License
Arrangement
 
 
 
 
   
 
Total 116 8960 5335 3625 10638650 9986693 651957 107770 92572 15198
by Sector
    Wholesale Trade 9 3506 2869 637 843596 841796 1800 9007 7267 1740
    Retail Trade 107 5454 2466 2988 9795054 9144897 650157 98763 85305 13458
by Status of Registration
    Domestic Funded Enterprises 105 8782 5161 3621 10390916 9778959 611957 97893 84146 13747
        State-owned Enterprises 9 175 164 11 22756 22006 750 858 839 19
        Collective-owned Enterprises 1 36 36 52811 52811 1497 1497
        Cooperative Enterprises 3 46 33 13 5917 4292 1625 154 115 39
        Joint Ownership Enterprises
        Limited Liability Corporations 49 2760 1436 1324 5950237 5684076 266161 40650 36620 4030
        Share-holding Corporations Limited 11 4771 2910 1861 3821650 3544079 277571 46069 37944 8125
        Private Enterprises 31 987 575 412 536545 470695 65850 8453 6919 1534
        Other Enterprises 1 7 7 1000 1000 212 212
    Enterprises with Funds from Hong Kong, 1 7 7 1500 1500 162 162
        Macao and Taiwan
        Joint-ventures Enterprises 1 7 7 1500 1500 162 162
        Cooperative Enterprises
        Enterprises with Sole Investment
        Share-holding Corporations Ltd. With
             Funds from Hong Kong,Macao and Taiwan
    Foreign Funded Enterprises 10 171 167 4 246234 206234 40000 9715 8264 1451
        Joint-venture Enterprises 5 162 161 1 154270 134270 20000 7034 6034 1000
        Cooperation Enterprises 2 4 3 1 38401 28401 10000 1766 1466 300
        Enterprises with Sole Foreign Funds 3 5 3 2 53563 43563 10000 915 764 151
        Share-holding Corporations Ltd. 
            With Foreign Investment
by Holding Condition
    State holding 15 2799 2788 11 2251936 2251186 750 18669 18650 19
    Collective holding 15 1217 642 575 969102 911149 57953 16611 14494 2117
    Private holding 52 1991 911 1080 4351662 4242399 109263 18578 14853 3725
    Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 3 103 103 65709 65709 2981 2981
        business Holding
    Foreign holding 7 13 9 4 176850 136850 40000 5146 3695 1451
    Others 24 2837 882 1955 2823391 2379400 443991 45785 37899 7886
by Business Categories
    Convenience Store 1 8 8 5000 5000
    Discount store
    Supermarket 25 1436 977 459 5191131 4960221 230910 28102 26088 2014
    Large supermarket 15 768 269 499 1293186 1190636 102550 25996 24102 1894
    Warehouse club stores
    Department store 11 1837 160 1677 2940025 2663829 276196 35428 26695 8733
    Professional store 48 4040 3431 609 1058689 1050094 8595 13430 12015 1415
        In:Gas Station
    Specialty store 13 598 458 140 129343 105637 23706 4017 3436 581
    Home-furnishings store 1 3 1 2 20000 10000 10000 251 100 151
    Factory Outlet Center
    Others 2 270 31 239 1276 1276 546 136 410