* Non-private units mainly include state-owned units, collective-owned units, cooperative units, joint ownership units, limited liability corporations, share-holding corporations, units funded from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and foreign funded units.
People employed in urban companies that are owned or controlled by natural persons, as well as self-employed people are not included in the figures.
All figures are as of end of year.
Values have been rounded.
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Employment in urban units in China 2024, by industry
In 2024, approximately million people were employed in urban not privately held enterprises and organizations of the manufacturing industry in China. The total number of employees in urban not privately owned units ranged at around  million that year.
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