| Employment | |||||
| Category | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Economically Active Population (10 000 persons) | 6546.5 | 6615.8 | 6641.5 | 6699.3 | 6737.5 |
| Total Number of Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 6485.6 | 6554.3 | 6580.4 | 6606.5 | 6632.5 |
| Primary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2211.6 | 2168.0 | 2086.0 | 2023.2 | 1963.2 |
| Secondary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2185.6 | 2245.2 | 2270.2 | 2294.2 | 2338.0 |
| Tertiary Industry (10 000 persons) | 2088.4 | 2141.1 | 2224.2 | 2289.1 | 2331.3 |
| Composition of Employed Persons (total=100) | |||||
| Primary Industry | 34.1 | 33.1 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 29.6 |
| Secondary Industry | 33.7 | 34.2 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 35.2 |
| Tertiary Industry | 32.2 | 32.7 | 33.8 | 34.6 | 35.2 |
| Number of Employed Persons by Urban and Rural Areas | |||||
| Urban Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 3014.4 | 3084.3 | 3153.0 | 3201.0 | 3255.9 |
| State-owned Units | 437.0 | 447.4 | 411.8 | 401.1 | 390.9 |
| Urban Collective-owned Units | 60.8 | 63.2 | 59.2 | 51.7 | 47.4 |
| Cooperative Units | 13.5 | 12.7 | 8.5 | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| Joint Ownership Units | 3.4 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Limited Liability Corporations | 276.1 | 303.5 | 471.9 | 472.7 | 475.3 |
| Share-holding Corporations Ltd. | 91.5 | 101.3 | 149.1 | 146.9 | 144.6 |
| Private Enterprises | 410.9 | 431.2 | 428.5 | 477.3 | 481.9 |
| Units with Funds from Hong Kong,Macao & Taiwan | 30.8 | 33.1 | 43.6 | 44.1 | 41.8 |
| Foreign Funded Units | 115.6 | 121.2 | 120.5 | 119.4 | 109.8 |
| Self-employed Individuals | 293.1 | 301.8 | 333.5 | 384.0 | 423.5 |
| Rural Employed Persons (10 000 persons) | 3471.2 | 3470.0 | 3427.4 | 3405.5 | 3376.6 |
| Private Enterprises | 290.9 | 324.2 | 364.1 | 448.8 | 601.8 |
| Self-employed Individuals | 285.9 | 317.8 | 376.3 | 447.3 | 535.2 |
| Number of Staff and Workers (10 000 persons) | 1006.0 | 1060.2 | 1237.6 | 1210.0 | 1178.0 |
| State-owned Units | 424.4 | 431.8 | 397.6 | 386.2 | 374.6 |
| Urban Collective-owned Units | 58.4 | 60.5 | 55.5 | 48.3 | 44.5 |
| Units of Other Types of Ownership | 523.3 | 567.9 | 784.5 | 775.4 | 758.8 |
| Urban Employed Female Persons | 374.8 | 380.8 | 437.7 | 443.4 | 441.3 |
| Number of Newly Employed Persons in (10 000 persons) | 118.7 | 119.9 | 120.0 | 118.5 | 116.8 |
| Urban Areas | |||||
| Number of reemployed Persons (10 000 persons) | 55.0 | 55.6 | 55.5 | 52.3 | 51.2 |
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups | 11.8 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| Reemployed Persons in Difficult Groups (10 000 persons) | 136.0 | 137.4 | 133.3 | 131.2 | 127.5 |
| Number of Registered Unemployed (10 000 persons) | 45.1 | 43.4 | 42.2 | 43.1 | 43.7 |
| Persons in Urban Areas | |||||
| Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas (%) | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 |