Laid-off Workers in State-Owned Enterprises per 10,000 Employed Persons, 2001

Source: China Statistical Yearbook (2002), Table 2-9
Note: Map was produced with the author's RAPS-China software.

The most serious process of industrial restructuring in China is concentrated in the North-east (Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang) and in central China, which as a higher concentration of military and heavy industries.

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