| |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Rank |
| Population (million) |
1296.8 |
1305.0 |
1307.0 |
1315 |
1321 |
i |
| Economic organizations |
APEC; IMF; WTO |
|
|
|
|
| National currency (NC) |
Renminbi Yuan |
|
|
|
|
| Exchange rate (NC in €) |
0.1068 |
0.0971 |
0.0981 |
0.0999 |
0.0960 |
|
| Exchange rate (NC in US$) |
0.1208 |
0.1208 |
0.1220 |
0.1254 |
0.1316 |
|
| Inflation rate |
n.a. |
3.9% |
1.8% |
1.5% |
4.8% |
i |
| GDP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| GDP (billion US$) |
1648 |
1937 |
2303 |
2774 |
3400 |
i |
| GDP (per capita in US$) |
1271 |
1484 |
1762 |
2110 |
2574 |
i |
| GDP growth rate |
10.0% |
10.1% |
10.2% |
11.1% |
11.4% |
i |
| GDP (composition by sector): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Agriculture |
13% |
13% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
|
| Industry |
46% |
46% |
48% |
49% |
50% |
|
| Services |
41% |
41% |
39% |
39% |
38% |
|
| GDP (by type of expenditure): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Household consumption |
42% |
40% |
38% |
36% |
36% |
|
| Government consumption |
15% |
14% |
14% |
14% |
14% |
|
| Gross fixed capital formation |
39% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
|
| Trade: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
438 |
593 |
762 |
969 |
1218 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
413 |
561 |
660 |
791 |
956 |
i |
| Public debt (billion US$) |
496 |
608 |
663 |
613 |
626 |
i |
| Public debt (share of GDP) |
30% |
31% |
28.8% |
22.1% |
18.4% |
i |
| Unemployment rate |
n.a. |
n.a. |
4.2% |
4.1% |
4.0% |
i |
| Average working hours (per year) |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
n.a. |
|
| Energy (billion KWh): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Electricity production |
n.a. |
2190 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3256 |
i |
| Electricity consumption |
n.a. |
2170 |
n.a. |
2859 |
n.a. |
i |
| Crude oil and natural gas: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Natural gas reserves (billion m³) |
n.a. |
2530 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
2265 |
i |
| Natural gas production (billion m³) |
n.a. |
35.02 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
69.27 |
i |
| Natural gas consumption (billion m³) |
n.a. |
33.44 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
70.5 |
i |
| Crude oil reserves (billion barrel) |
n.a. |
18.26 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
16 |
i |
| Crude oil production (bpd) |
n.a. |
3504000 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
3725000 |
i |
| Crude oil consumption (bpd) |
n.a. |
6391000 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
7578000 |
i |
| Raw materials: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mineral resources |
aluminum; antimony; lead; iron ore; crude oil; natural gas; coal; magnetite; manganese; molybdenum; mercury; uranium; vanadium; tungsten; tin; zinc |
|
| Agricultural resources |
cotton; peanuts; pork; fish; barley; sorghum; potatoes; corn; fruit; rice. tea; wheat |
|
| Organic and inorganic chemicals: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
10.7 |
13.9 |
19.1 |
23.2 |
30.3 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
18.7 |
27.8 |
32.8 |
36.1 |
44.8 |
i |
| Plastic and rubber: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Export (billion US$) |
12.5 |
16.9 |
23.3 |
29.6 |
36.5 |
i |
| Import (billion US$) |
24.7 |
32.8 |
38.9 |
46.3 |
54.9 |
i |
| Important companies |
ChemChina; China Minmetals; China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec); CNOOC; PetroChina Company Limited; Shanghai Baosteel Group |
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