The following are statistics with the number of enployees in China's service sector by the end of 2004, citing results of China's first national economic survey:

Item	Number of Employees in Enterprises (10,000 persons)	Number of Employees inInstitutions, Agencies and Others (10,000 persons)
Total	1412.3	4440.5
Financial Service	353.9	20.8
Information Transmission, Computer Service and Software Service	228.3	10.3
Leasing and Commercial Service	380.9	67.4
Scientific Research, Technical Service and Geological Prospecting	167.7	158.7
Hydro-power, Environment and Public Facilities Administration	41.8	142.2
Resident Service and Other Services	116.6	19.5
Education Service	33.7	1488.1
Health Care, Social Security and Social Welfare	31.7	518.6
Cultural, Sports and Recreation Service	57.7	89.7
Public Management and Social Organization	--	1925.2

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).