| 4-1 Employment | ||||||
| Category | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| Economically Active Population (10 000 persons) | 6392.4 | 6482.3 | 6546.5 | 6615.8 | ||
| Total Number of Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 6294.2 | 6401.9 | 6485.6 | 6554.3 | ||
| Primary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2297.4 | 2273.1 | 2211.6 | 2168.0 | ||
| Secondary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2014.1 | 2086.7 | 2185.6 | 2245.2 | ||
| Tertiary Industry (10 000 persons) | 1982.7 | 2042.1 | 2088.4 | 2141.1 | ||
| Composition of Employed Persons (total=100) | ||||||
| Primary Industry | 36.5 | 35.5 | 34.1 | 33.1 | ||
| Secondary Industry | 32.0 | 32.6 | 33.7 | 34.2 | ||
| Tertiary Industry | 31.5 | 31.9 | 32.2 | 32.7 | ||
| Number of Employed Persons by Urban and Rural Areas | ||||||
| Urban Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 2803.4 | 2927.4 | 3014.4 | 3084.3 | ||
| State-owned Units | 428.1 | 439.4 | 437.0 | 447.4 | ||
| Urban Collective-owned Units | 56.8 | 57.0 | 60.8 | 63.2 | ||
| Cooperative Units | 15.5 | 16.1 | 13.5 | 12.7 | ||
| Joint Ownership Units | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.5 | ||
| Limited Liability Corporations | 190.1 | 205.7 | 276.1 | 303.5 | ||
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | 78.0 | 80.3 | 91.5 | 101.3 | ||
| Private Enterprises | 323.1 | 371.1 | 410.9 | 431.2 | ||
| Units with Funds from Hong Kong,Macao & Taiwan | 28.0 | 28.9 | 30.8 | 33.1 | ||
| Foreign Funded Units | 109.5 | 112.1 | 115.6 | 121.2 | ||
| Self-employed Individuals | 225.8 | 256.0 | 293.1 | 301.8 | ||
| Rural Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 3490.8 | 3474.5 | 3471.2 | 3470.0 | ||
| Private Enterprises | 249.9 | 276.6 | 290.9 | 324.2 | ||
| Self-employed Individuals | 240.9 | 281.4 | 285.9 | 317.8 | ||
| Number of Staff and Workers (10 000 persons) | 889.6 | 919.9 | 1006.0 | 1060.2 | ||
| State-owned Units | 413.3 | 422.4 | 424.4 | 431.8 | ||
| Urban Collective-owned Units | 54.4 | 54.6 | 58.4 | 60.5 | ||
| Units of Other Types of Ownership | 421.9 | 442.9 | 523.3 | 567.9 | ||
| Urban Employed Female Persons | 350.1 | 359.1 | 374.8 | 380.8 | ||
| Number of Newly Employed Persons in (10 000 persons) | 105.7 | 115.3 | 118.7 | 119.9 | ||
| Urban Areas | ||||||
| Number of reemployed Persons (10 000 persons) | 50.2 | 52.7 | 55.0 | 55.6 | ||
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups | 11.6 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 12.0 | ||
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups (10 000 persons) | 122.4 | 129.4 | 136.0 | 137.4 | ||
| Number of Registered Unemployed (10 000 persons) | 45.1 | 44.5 | 45.1 | 43.4 | ||
| Persons in Urban Areas | ||||||
| Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%) | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||