China News Service, Beijing, October 10 (Liu Wenwen) The reporter learned from the State Administration for Market Regulation of China on the 10th that in the past ten years, the total number of market players in China has achieved a historic breakthrough.

As of the end of August 2022, there were 163 million registered market entities, a net increase of over 100 million compared to 55 million at the end of 2012.

  According to the relevant person in charge of the Registration Bureau of the State Administration for Market Regulation, in the past ten years, the total number of market players in China has achieved a historic breakthrough.

As of the end of August 2022, the number of registered market entities reached 163 million, compared with 55 million at the end of 2012, a net increase of over 100 million, with an average annual growth rate of 12%.

  Among them, the number of enterprises increased from more than 13 million to more than 51 million, which is close to the sum of the number of enterprises in the United States and the European Union.

The number of enterprises with 1,000 employees increased from 11.4 to 36.1.

Individual industrial and commercial households increased from 40.6 million to 109 million, reaching a new level in history.

Farmers' professional cooperatives increased from less than 700,000 to 2.225 million, an increase of more than 2 times.

  By the end of August 2022, the number of private enterprises in China has more than quadrupled from more than 10 million at the end of 2012 to more than 47 million, and the proportion of private enterprises has increased from less than 80% to more than 90%.

Not only has the number increased, but the overall strength of private enterprises has also been greatly enhanced, and private enterprises have continued to enter the world's top 500.

  The above-mentioned person in charge also pointed out that with the continuous growth of the total number of market entities, the simultaneous optimization and upgrading of structure and quality has become one of the significant trends in the development of Chinese market entities.

  The data shows that as of the end of August 2022, the ratio of the number of market entities in the first, second and third industries in the country is 5:10:85, and the ratio of the number of enterprises in the first, second and third industries is 3:20:77, and the tertiary industry dominates status.

New technologies, new industries, new business forms and new models are constantly emerging. The number of registered "Four New Economy" enterprises has reached more than 23 million, accounting for 46.4% of all enterprises. Ten thousand households continued to grow to 3.84 million in 2021, constantly accumulating new momentum for China's economic development and international competitiveness.

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