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The number of enterprises and statistical indicators of enterprises are
only calculated for enterprises which are still operating by 31 December every
year, excluding: (1) Enterprises that received business license, tax code but still
do not operate; (2) Enterprises that were dissolved, merged or transformed;
enterprises have been issued business registration certificate but not in the
locality (verified but not found); (3) Units are not independent economic
accounting such as branches, dependent units and public service deliveryunits.

COOPERATIVES

Cooperatives in the enterprise survey includes: Cooperatives,
cooperative unions and people’s credit funds.

A cooperative is a collective, co-ownership economic organization,
having the legal person status, voluntarily established by at least seven
members who mutually cooperate in production, business and job creation to
meet the common needs of cooperative members, on the basis of self-control,
self-responsibility, equality and democracy in the management of the
cooperative.

A cooperative union is a collective, co-ownership economic organization,
having legal person status, voluntarily established by at least four cooperatives
that mutually support each other in production and business activities, to meet
common needs of member cooperatives, on the basis of self-control, self-
responsibility, equality and democracy in the management of the cooperative
union.

Employees in the cooperative is the total employees managed, used and
paid wage/salary by the cooperative excluding cooperative members.

INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENS

An individual business establishment is a economic organization,
where a regular business operation in all economic sectors, except agriculture,
forestry and fishery takes place with definite address and at least one full-time
worker.

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