Table 3 Characteristics of surveyed...

Table 3

Characteristics of surveyed companies

Item	No	Description	Frequency	%
Sales revenue yearly (Million RMB)	1	≤50	23	11.6
	2	(50, 100]	14	7.0
	3	(100, 500]	56	28.1
	4	(500, 1000]	20	10.1
	5	>1,000	86	43.2
Ownership	1	Foreign owned	92	46.2
	2	Joint venture	32	16.1
	3	Privately owned	36	18.1
	4	State owned	39	19.6
Industry	1	Family apparatus industry	12	6.0
	2	Petrochemical industry	11	5.5
	3	Pharmaceutical industry	9	4.5
	4	Textile industry	7	3.5
	5	Metallurgy industry	10	5.0
	6	IT and electronic industry	38	19.1
	7	Automobile industry	22	11.1
	8	Mechanical industry	11	5.5
	9	Food industry	9	4.5
	10	Tobacco Industry	4	2.0
	11	Glass products industry	6	3.0
	12	Paper and printing industry	5	2.5
	13	Instrument and meter industry	3	1.5
	14	Rubber, plastic and leather industry	2	1.0
	15	Stone material, cement industry	5	2.5
	16	Furniture industry	45	22.6
	17	Others
Firm size (employee number)	1	Not more than 200	33	17.6
	2	Between 201 and 500	33	17.6
	3	Between 501 and 1,000	23	11.6
	4	Between 1,001 and 5,000	52	26.1
	5	More than 5,000	54	27.1
Firm age	1	Less than 3 years	7	3.5
	2	Between 3 and 5 years	19	9.5
	3	Between 6 and 10 years	38	19.1
	4	Between 11 and 20 years	57	28.6
	5	More than 20 years	79	39.2

Item	No	Description	Frequency	%
Sales revenue yearly (Million RMB)	1	≤50	23	11.6
	2	(50, 100]	14	7.0
	3	(100, 500]	56	28.1
	4	(500, 1000]	20	10.1
	5	>1,000	86	43.2
Ownership	1	Foreign owned	92	46.2
	2	Joint venture	32	16.1
	3	Privately owned	36	18.1
	4	State owned	39	19.6
Industry	1	Family apparatus industry	12	6.0
	2	Petrochemical industry	11	5.5
	3	Pharmaceutical industry	9	4.5
	4	Textile industry	7	3.5
	5	Metallurgy industry	10	5.0
	6	IT and electronic industry	38	19.1
	7	Automobile industry	22	11.1
	8	Mechanical industry	11	5.5
	9	Food industry	9	4.5
	10	Tobacco Industry	4	2.0
	11	Glass products industry	6	3.0
	12	Paper and printing industry	5	2.5
	13	Instrument and meter industry	3	1.5
	14	Rubber, plastic and leather industry	2	1.0
	15	Stone material, cement industry	5	2.5
	16	Furniture industry	45	22.6
	17	Others
Firm size (employee number)	1	Not more than 200	33	17.6
	2	Between 201 and 500	33	17.6
	3	Between 501 and 1,000	23	11.6
	4	Between 1,001 and 5,000	52	26.1
	5	More than 5,000	54	27.1
Firm age	1	Less than 3 years	7	3.5
	2	Between 3 and 5 years	19	9.5
	3	Between 6 and 10 years	38	19.1
	4	Between 11 and 20 years	57	28.6
	5	More than 20 years	79	39.2

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