The following are statistics with the enterprises and employment in China's accommodation trade by the end of 2004, citing results of China's first national economic survey:
| Registration Status | Number of Enterprises (1 units) | Number of Employees (10,000 persons) |
| Total | 39,262 | 205.6 |
| Tourist Hotels | 12,244 | 137.0 |
| Ordinary Hotels | 24,058 | 61.3 |
| Other-type Hotels | 2,960 | 7.3 |
The first-ever national economic survey, which formally began on Dec. 31, 2004, was jointly published by the Leading Group of First National Economic Census of the State Council and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).