Labor Resources refer to the population within the working age who are capable of work and who may participate in or are actually participating in social labor under normal conditions. The coverage of labor resources includes persons within the working ages (16 and over) who are capable of work, either actually engaged in or not engaged in social labor. Labor resources can also be divided into economically active population and non-economically active population.ª¥
    The following persons are not included in the labor resources:ª¥
    1. Prisoners in custody;ª¥
    2. Persons within the working age but disabled;ª¥
    3. Persons actually engaged in social labor but under the age of 16.ª¥
    Employed Persons refer to persons who are engaged in social labor and receive remuneration payment or earn business income, including:ª¥
    1. fully employed staff and workers,ª¥
    2. employers of private enterprises,ª¥
    3. self-employed workers,ª¥
    4. employed persons in private enterprises and individual economy,ª¥
    5. employed persons in township enterprises,ª¥
    6. employed persons in rural areas,
    7. other employed persons (including re-employed retirees, teachers in schools run by the local people, foreigners and Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan working in various units, and people engaged in religious profession, etc).ª¥
    This indicator reflects the actual utilization of total labor force during a certain period of time and is often used for the research on China¡¯s economic situation and national strength.ª¥
    Economically Active Population refers to the population aged 16 and over who are capable of work and are participating in or willing to participate in social economic activities, including employed persons and unemployed persons.ª¥
    Persons Employed in Various Units refer to all persons working with payment in government agencies of various levels, political and party organizations, social organizations, enterprises and institutions, including fully employed staff and workers and other employed persons. This indicator reflects the total number of laborers actually engaged in production or other operations in various units.ª¥
    Other Employed Persons refer to re-employed retirees working in government agencies of various levels, political and party organizations, enterprises and institutions, and teachers working in schools run by the local people,? as well as foreigners and Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan working in various units.ª¥
    Fully Employed Staff and Workers refer to persons who have work posts, work in and receive payment from units of state ownership, collective ownership, joint ownership, share holding ownership, foreign ownership, and ownership by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and other types of ownership and their affiliated units at the reference period (point).ª¥
    Not Fully-employed Staff and Workers? (Staff and Workers Absent from Work) refer to persons who do not have work posts, do not work in, but still keep their labor contract (employment relation) unchanged with the working units of state ownership, collective ownership, joint ownership, share holding ownership, foreign ownership, and ?ownership ?by entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and other types of ownership and their affiliated units at the reference period (point). They include persons absent from work on sick leave for a long time (more than six months) and laid-off workers, who only receive living expenses but no wages from their working units.ª¥
    Persons Employed in Private Enterprises and Self-employed Individuals in Urban Areas Persons employed in private enterprises refer to persons employed in private enterprises which are registered at the department of industrial and commercial administration and are situated at a county town (i.e. a town where the county government is located) for business operation or at urban areas with the level higher than a county town, including investors and employees of private enterprises. Self-employed individuals in urban areas refer to persons who hold the certificates of residence in urban areas or have resided in the urban areas for a long time and have been registered at the department of industrial and commercial administration and approved to be engaged in individual industrial or commercial business, including self-employed persons as well as helpers and hired laborers who work in the individual households engaged in industrial or commercial business.ª¥
    Registered Unemployed Persons and Registered Unemployment Rate in Urban Areas Registered unemployed persons in urban areas refer to persons with non-agricultural registration at certain working ages, who are capable of work, unemployed and willing to work, and have been registered at the local employment service agencies to apply for a job. Registered unemployment rate in urban areas refers to the ratio of the number of registered urban unemployed persons to the sum of the number of urban employed persons and registered urban unemployed persons. The formula is as follows:ª¤

    Earnings of Persons Employed in Units refer to the total wages directly paid to fully employed persons in working units and remuneration payment to other employed persons during a certain period of time.ª¥
    Total Wages refer to total remuneration payment directly paid to fully employed persons in working units during a certain period of time.ª¥
    Living Expenses of Not Fully-employed Staff and Workers (Staff and Workers Absent from Work) refer to the minimum living allowances directly distributed to not fully-employed staff and workers who have left their working units while keeping their labor contract (employment relation) unchanged according to related policies during a certain period of time.