CHINA ECONOMY STATISTIC AND ANALYSIS
China's Economic and Financial
Indicators, 1994-99
(All figures are in billions of RMB or percent unless otherwise indicated)
|
| Main indicators |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) |
4675.9 |
5847.8 |
6788.5 |
7477.2 |
7955.3 |
8319.0 |
| Real GDP growth |
12.6 |
10.5 |
9.6 |
8.8 |
7.8 |
7.1 |
| Retail price index |
21.7 |
14.8 |
6.1 |
0.8 |
-2.6 |
-2.9 |
| Consumer price index |
24.1 |
17.1 |
8.3 |
2.8 |
0.8 |
-1.3 |
| Urban per capita income (RMB) |
3496.2 |
4283.0 |
4838.9 |
5160.3 |
5425.0 |
5859.0 |
| Rural per capita income (RMB) |
1221.0 |
1577.7 |
1926.0 |
2090.1 |
2160.0 |
2205.0 |
| Urban unemployment rate (%)* |
2.8 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
| Financial indicators |
| M0 supply |
728.9 |
830.9 |
927.3 |
1017.8 |
1120.4 |
1345.6 |
| % growth |
24.3 |
14.0 |
11.6 |
15.6 |
10.1 |
20.1 |
| M1 supply |
2054.0 |
2397.0 |
2851.0 |
3482.6 |
3895.0 |
4583.7 |
| % growth |
26.2 |
18.0 |
18.0 |
17.3 |
11.9 |
17.7 |
| M2 supply |
4692.4 |
5823.0 |
7609.5 |
9099.5 |
10449.9 |
11900.0 |
| % growth |
34.5 |
29.9 |
30.7 |
17.1 |
15.3 |
14.7 |
| Exchange rate (RMB/$) |
8.6 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
8.0 |
8.3 |
8.3 |
| Foreign exchange reserves (US$ billion) |
51.6 |
73.6 |
105.0 |
139.9 |
145.0 |
154.7 |
| Government revenue (total) |
5218.1 |
6242.2 |
7408.0 |
8651.1 |
985.3 |
-- |
| tax revenue |
5126.9 |
6038.0 |
6909.8 |
8234.0 |
855.1 |
1031.1 |
| Domestic debt (Treasury bond issues) |
102.9 |
151.1 |
184.8 |
241.2 |
270.0 |
60.0 |
| Foreign debt (US$ billion) |
9.3 |
10.6 |
11.6 |
13.1 |
-- |
| Government deficit |
57.5 |
58.2 |
53.0 |
57.0 |
96.0 |
-- |
| SOURCES: Almanac of China's Finance and
Banking 1996; PRC State Statistical Bureau (SSB); China Statistical Yearbook, 1997, 1998;
China Monthly Statistics; Dow Jones News Service; Foreign Broadcast Information Service,
CNN,Financial Times, Inside China Today (www.insidechina.com). |
NOTES: * According to official SSB figures,
which do not include under-employment or the migrant population
-- Not available |
China's Output and Investment,
1994-99
(All figures are in billions of RMB or percent unless
otherwise indicated) |
| Gross value of industrial output |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999** |
| Total industrial output |
7017.6 |
9189.4 |
9959.5 |
11373.3 |
11904.8 |
2030.7 |
| % growth |
24.2 |
20.3 |
16.59 |
13.1 |
8.9 |
| State-owned enterprises |
2620.1 |
3122.0 |
2836.1 |
2902.8 |
3362.1 |
1160.3 |
| % growth |
6.5 |
8.2 |
5.1 |
3.8 |
-- |
7.4 |
| Collective enterprises |
2647.2 |
3362.3 |
3923.2 |
4334.7 |
4573.0 |
346.2 |
| % growth |
24.9 |
15.2 |
20.9 |
10.2 |
-- |
7.0 |
| Individual-owned enterprises |
708.2 |
1182.1 |
1542.0 |
2037.6 |
2037.2 |
-- |
| % growth |
56.0 |
51.5 |
20.0 |
15.4 |
-- |
-- |
| Other enterprises |
1042.1 |
1523.1 |
1658.2 |
2098.2 |
2727.0 |
783.8^ |
| % growth |
74.3 |
37.2 |
23.8 |
30.2 |
-- |
-- |
| Fixed-asset investment |
| Total investment |
1704.3 |
2001.9 |
2297.4 |
2494.1 |
2840.6 |
2200.0 |
| % growth |
30.4 |
17.5 |
14.8 |
8.9 |
13.9 |
7.8 |
| State-owned enterprises |
961.5 |
1089.8 |
1205.6 |
1309.2 |
1536.9 |
-- |
| % growth |
21.3 |
13.3 |
10.6 |
9.0 |
17.4 |
-- |
| Collective enterprises |
275.9 |
328.9 |
366.1 |
385.1 |
419.2 |
-- |
| % growth |
19.1 |
19.2 |
11.3 |
5.5 |
8.9 |
-- |
| Individual enterprises |
197.1 |
256.0 |
321.1 |
342.9 |
374.4 |
-- |
| % growth |
33.5 |
29.9 |
25.4 |
6.8 |
9.2 |
-- |
| Other enterprises* |
269.8 |
327.1 |
404.6 |
456.9 |
510.0 |
-- |
| % growth |
99.4 |
21.3 |
23.7 |
13.0 |
11.6 |
-- |
| SOURCES: PRC State Statistical Bureau (SSB)
China Statistical Yearbook, 1997, 1998; Foreign Broadcast Information Service |
NOTE: * Includes joint-venture and
foreign-funded enterprises
** Value-added industrial output; gross value figures unavailable
^Includes partnership joint venture, share-holding, and foreign-, Taiwan-, Hong Kong-, and
Macao-invested enterprises
-- Not available |
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