People in Beijing are spending less time at work than they did 20 years ago but also less time on leisure activities, according to a new survey.

The average resident's work time was six hours and two minutes per day last year, a decrease of 27 minutes from 1996, according to the Annual Report on China's Leisure Development, which was released on Wednesday.

The findings are based on questionnaires completed by about 830 Beijing residents last year and more than 430 in 1996.