| 5-18 Number of Self-employed Individuals at the Year-end by Region (2000) | ||||
| (10 000 households,10 000 persons) | ||||
| Region | Total | Urban Areas | Rural Areas | |
| Number of | Number of | Number of | Number of | |
| Households | Employed | Employed | Employed | |
| Individuals | Individuals | Individuals | ||
| National Total | 2571.4 | 5070.0 | 2136.1 | 2933.9 |
| Beijing | 24.5 | 34.5 | 20.2 | 14.3 |
| Tianjin | 14.3 | 21.1 | 9.4 | 11.7 |
| Hebei | 292.4 | 710.1 | 141.3 | 568.7 |
| Shanxi | 29.9 | 56.7 | 26.2 | 30.6 |
| Inner Mongolia | 80.7 | 159.7 | 88.2 | 71.5 |
| Liaoning | 145.2 | 279.4 | 161.0 | 118.4 |
| Jilin | 99.7 | 152.8 | 81.9 | 70.9 |
| Heilongjiang | 119.0 | 244.1 | 126.0 | 118.2 |
| Shanghai | 20.1 | 24.5 | 9.3 | 15.3 |
| Jiangsu | 149.1 | 281.7 | 81.2 | 200.5 |
| Zhejiang | 158.9 | 272.4 | 97.1 | 175.3 |
| Anhui | 148.9 | 336.4 | 134.8 | 201.6 |
| Fujian | 45.6 | 93.9 | 45.7 | 48.2 |
| Jiangxi | 59.5 | 140.0 | 61.6 | 78.4 |
| Shandong | 132.0 | 275.5 | 110.0 | 165.5 |
| Henan | 140.2 | 281.7 | 97.4 | 184.3 |
| Hubei | 100.7 | 243.9 | 129.5 | 114.3 |
| Hunan | 95.0 | 227.8 | 115.0 | 112.8 |
| Guangdong | 152.2 | 308.9 | 164.9 | 143.9 |
| Guangxi | 96.8 | 139.4 | 67.9 | 71.6 |
| Hainan | 11.2 | 21.0 | 13.6 | 7.4 |
| Chongqing | 41.1 | 88.0 | 35.6 | 52.4 |
| Sichuan | 121.1 | 168.3 | 68.5 | 99.8 |
| Guizhou | 36.9 | 53.4 | 25.5 | 27.9 |
| Yunnan | 62.6 | 93.6 | 43.5 | 50.1 |
| Tibet | 4.2 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| Shaanxi | 104.7 | 214.8 | 92.2 | 122.6 |
| Gansu | 27.3 | 50.2 | 25.5 | 24.7 |
| Qinghai | 8.7 | 15.9 | 10.5 | 5.3 |
| Ningxia | 8.1 | 13.3 | 7.6 | 5.7 |
| Xinjiang | 40.7 | 60.8 | 40.9 | 19.8 |