What is the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary industries

Information from the National Bureau of Statistics shows that China's three-industry division is as follows:

Primary industry: agriculture (including planting, forestry, pastoralism, by-products and fisheries)

Secondary industry: industry (including extractive industries, manufacturing, water, electricity, steam, hot water and gas) and construction

Tertiary industry: except for the primary and secondary industries Other industries. As the tertiary industry includes many industries and a wide range, according to the actual situation of China, the tertiary industry can be divided into two parts; one is the circulation sector and the other is the service sector. Specifically, it can be divided into four levels:

First level: circulation sector, including transportation, post and telecommunications, commerce, catering, material supply and marketing and warehousing

Second level: sectors serving for production and life, including finance, insurance, geological survey, real estate, public utilities, residential services, consulting services and comprehensive technical services, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery, water conservancy services and water conservancy services. Agriculture, forestry, fishery, water conservancy services and water conservancy, highway and inland waterway maintenance

Third level: sectors serving to improve the level of science and culture and the quality of the population, including education, culture, radio and television broadcasting, scientific research, health, physical education, and social welfare

Fourth level: sectors serving the needs of the social ****, including state organs, political party organs, and military and police, etc.

Fourth level: sectors serving the needs of the social public, including state organs, political party organs, social groups, and the military and police, social organizations, and special sectors such as the military and the police.

Expanded Information

I. Tertiary industry is a Western economic theory, Western economists according to the order of processing of labor objects will be divided into three sectors of the national economy, namely, agriculture, industry, and in addition to the primary and secondary industries.

Second, the specific division of the three industries in each country is not consistent. There are three popular methods of division:

(1) The classification used in Australia and New Zealand. The primary industry includes agriculture

(plantation), animal husbandry, fisheries, forestry, and mining; the secondary industry includes manufacturing and transportation; and the tertiary industry includes commerce, finance and insurance, real estate, and personal services.

(2)

Japanese classification. The primary industry includes agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and aquaculture; the secondary industry includes mining, construction, and manufacturing; and the tertiary industry includes wholesale and retail commerce, finance and insurance, real estate, transportation and communications, electricity, gas, and water, services, and public services.

(3)

The classification proposed by American economist Simon Kuznets. The primary sector refers to the agricultural sector, including agriculture (farming), fishing, forestry, and gathering;

The secondary sector refers to the manufacturing sector, including mining, fabrication, construction, electricity, gas, water, transportation, and communications; and the tertiary sector refers to the service sector, including trade, finance, real estate, personal services, business, household services, vocational services, government, and defense.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Tertiary Industry