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China's
economy in figures
Current-account balance 1982-2007
China's current-account surplus rocketed to a record USD 371.8 billion in 2007.
[Table and text
updated on 14 August 2008.]
GDP growth 1952-2007
[Updated
4 May 2008]
Consumer Confidence
Index
The CCI gives
an early indication of probable slowdown or growth accelerat ion.
[Updated 2 June 2008.]
 OECD
books on the Chinese economy
OECD books available from the OECD's Online
Bookshop in 2007.
OECD report on China's new foreign acquisition
rules
[Full official version]
Consumer durable s ownership 1990-2002
Urban households now possess major household items and are
developing new tastes, while those in the countryside are way behind.
Renminbi exchange rates
End-month figures to May 2008.
[Table updated on 1 June 2008.]
Latest
RMB/CNY exchange rates
 Renminbi currency converter
Convert renminbi (Chinese yuan, CNY) into another currency, IMF
Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) or a precious metal (gold, silver,
platinum, palladium) at the latest exchange rate.
 Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 1984-2005
Actually
used FDI inflows reached a record US$72.4 billion in 2005.
[Table
updated on 29 December 2006]
Foreign exchange
reserves 1977-2007
China's foreign exchange reserves reached USD1.68 trillion in the first quarter of 2008.
[Table updated on 1 June 2008]
 Grain output 1978-2004
Grain production rose in 2004 after five straight years of decline.
[Table updated on 2 March 2005]
 Industrial output growth 1978-2005
Real annual growth in industrial output remained above 16% per year in 2005.
[Chart and text updated on
13 January 2006]
 Land and natural resources
China's cultivated area continued to shrink in 2003. At the same time, China departed further from self-sufficiency in minerals.
 Population statistics 1969-2003
Population
control is working, but an ageing crisis looms.
[Updated 2 June
2008.]
China population clock
中国人口钟
 Retail price index 1977-2003
Deflation set in in 1998 and persisted well into 2003.
Tourism in China in the 21st century
While 100 million people a year visit China, more and more Chinese are travelling around their own country and going overseas to see the sights.
 Trade
statistics 1952-2004
In2004, the trade surplus
rose 25.3% to US$32 billion over 2003 as two-way trade rocketed by
35.7%.
[Chart updated on 2 March 2005]
Official reports
 2004
economic performance
China's
GDP reached Rmb13.7 trillion in 2004, up by 9.5 percent over 2003,
according to a preliminary report from the National Bureau of Statistics.
2006 government work report
Full text (in English and Chinese) of the work report delivered by premier Wen Jiabao to the 2005 session of the National
People's Congress.
[Added on 1 October 2006]
Wen Jiabao's press conference at the NPC
Full transcript (in English and Chinese) of the press conference held by
Premier Wen Jiabao on 14 March 2005.
[Added on 16 March 2005]
Anti-secession Law
Full text (in English and Chinese) of the anti-secession law passed by the
National People's Congress on 14 March 2005.
[Added on 16 March 2005]
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Other
resources
People's Bank of China July 2005 statement on the
exchange rate arrangement for the renminbi
US-China
WTO agreement
The agreement with the United States on
China's WTO accession is a helpful guide to China's commitments to its
fellow WTO members.
USTR
report on China's WTO compliance
Is China living
up to its WTO commitments? The report of the United
States Trade Representative at the end of 2003 says it is not.
Constitution
of the People's Republic of China
Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party
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Books on the Chinese economy
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