The following are statistics with the enterprises and employment in China's catering 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	53,558	223.7
Dinner Service	43,093	188.9
Snack Service	3,452	21.8
Beverage and Cold Drinks Service	2,834	3.9
Other Catering Service	4,179	9.1

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).