|
|
| China's Economic Indicators, 1998-2002 |
| | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|
| GDP (RMB billion) | 7,834.5 | 8,206.8 | 8,944.2 | 9,593.3 | 10,200.0 |
|
| Real GDP growth (%) | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 8.0 |
|
| Consumer price index (%) | -0.8 | -1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | -0.8 |
|
| Urban disposable per capita income (RMB) | 5,425.1 | 5,854.0 | 6,280.0 | 6,895.6 | 7,500* |
|
| Rural net per capita income (RMB) | 2,162.0 | 2,210.3 | 2,253.4 | 2,366.4 | 2,470* |
|
| Urban unemployment rate (%)** | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9^ |
|
| NOTES: *NBS estimates; ** According to official PRC National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) figures, which do not include under-employment or the migrant population; ^September |
|
| SOURCES: China
Statistical Yearbook, 2002 ; Dow Jones News Service; Foreign Broadcast Information Service; Financial Times |
|
 |
|
| Top 20 Most Competitive Chinese Cities |
| 1 | | Hong Kong |
|
| 2 | | Shanghai |
|
| 3 | | Shenzhen |
|
| 4 | | Beijing |
|
| 5 | | Macao |
|
| 6 | | Guangzhou, Guangdong |
|
| 7 | | Dongguan, Guangdong |
|
| 8 | | Suzhou, Jiangsu |
|
| 9 | | Tianjin |
|
| 10 | | Ningbo, Zhejiang |
|
| 11 | | Hangzhou, Zhejiang |
|
| 12 | | Nanjing, Jiangsu |
|
| 13 | | Wuxi, Jiangsu |
|
| 14 | | Qingdao, Shandong |
|
| 15 | | Jinan, Shandong |
|
| 16 | | Wuhan, Hebei |
|
| 17 | | Wenzhou, Zhejiang |
|
| 18 | | Chongqing |
|
| 19 | | Xiamen, Fujian |
|
| 20 | | Zhongshan, Guangdong |
|
| SOURCE: Blue Book of City Competitiveness |
|
|
 |
|
China's Trade with the United States
($ billion)
|
|
|
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
|
|
US Exports
|
14.3
|
13.1
|
16.3
|
19.2
|
22.1
|
|
|
% change
|
10.9
|
-8.0
|
24.4
|
18.3
|
14.6
|
|
|
US Imports
|
75.1
|
87.8
|
107.6
|
109.4
|
133.5
|
|
|
% change
|
14.1
|
16.9
|
22.6
|
1.6
|
22.0
|
|
|
Total
|
89.4
|
100.9
|
123.9
|
128.6
|
155.6
|
|
|
% change
|
13.7
|
12.9
|
22.8
|
3.8
|
21.0
|
|
|
SOURCE: US International Trade Commission, US Department of Commerce
|
|
|
|
|
The Rural-Urban Gap
|
|
China's 10 richest urban areas are in:
|
Urban per capita disposable income (RMB)
|
|
China's 10 poorest rural areas are in:
|
Rural per capita net income(RMB)
|
|
|
Shanghai Municipality
|
12,883.46
|
|
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
|
1,973.37
|
|
|
Beijing Municipality
|
11,577.78
|
|
Chongqing Municipality
|
1,971.18
|
|
|
Zhejiang Province
|
10,464.67
|
|
Shanxi Province
|
1,956.05
|
|
|
Guangdong Province
|
10,415.19
|
|
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
|
1,944.33
|
|
|
Tianjin Municipality
|
8,958.70
|
|
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
|
1,823.05
|
|
|
Fujian Province
|
8,313.08
|
|
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
|
1,710.44
|
|
|
Tibet Autonomous Region
|
7,869.16
|
|
Qinghai Province
|
1,557.32
|
|
|
Jiangsu Province
|
7,375.10
|
|
Gansu Province
|
1,508.61
|
|
|
Shandong Province
|
7,101.08
|
|
Shaanxi Province
|
1,490.80
|
|
|
Yunnan Province
|
6,797.71
|
|
Guizhou Province
|
1,411.73
|
|
|
SOURCE: China Statistical Yearbook, 2002
|
|
|
NOTE: $1 = RMB 8.28
|
|
|
| May-June
2003 THE CHINA BUSINESS REVIEW |
|
|
Copyright 1997-2008
by The China Business Review
All rights reserved.
Last Updated:
09-May-2003
|
| |