18-4  Entrepreneur Confidence Index
  (2002)     (%)
Ownership and Sector 1st. Quarter 2nd. Quarter 3rd. Quarter 4th. Quarter
Entrepreneur Confidence Index 111.11 108.59 115.11 112.15
Grouped by Status of Registration
State-owned Enterprises 103.92 96.73 105.45 106.18
  Collective-owned Enterprises 95.83 93.62 115.22 102.22
  Cooperative Enterprises 150 112.5 100 112.5
  Joint Ownership Enterprises  100 100 100 0
  Limited Liability Corporations 110.44 113.04 111.37 107.21
  Share-holding Corporations Ltd. 154.97 150.47 169.05 158.27
  Private Enterprises 117.61 110.71 121.06 131.4
  Enterprises with Investment from Foreign,   Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 99.56 81.38 108.66 90.47
Grouped by Sector 
  Industry 115.84 112.37 119.95 118.21
    Mining and Quarrying 98.62 134.03 166.37 154.03
    Manufacturing 117.44 111.83 112.97 114.35
Electricity, Gas and Water Production and Supply 119.73 92.31 119.23 119.73
  Construction 108.47 107.01 107.81 100.7
  Transport, Storage, Post and Telecommunications 112.07 107.18 114.99 117.13
  Wholesale and Retail Trade & Catering Services 104.91 103.92 114.08 113.04
  Real Estate Industry 120.51 92.07 112.34 107.6
  Social Services 86.3 100.3 100 82.3
Grouped by Size of Enterprises
  Total of Large Enterprises 132.98 127.17 138.65 129.39
    Extra Large 137.43 153.22 181.85 147.89
    Large 130.12 110.46 112.2 118.07
  Medium-sized 107.55 106.08 114.45 113.95
  Small 104.28 102.15 108.36 103.74
App. State-owned Key Enterprises 103.26 3.26 6.53 3.26
    Township and Village Enterprises 123.08 115.38 123.08 120
    Listed Companies 158.28 150.78 166.97 158.67