| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $6.449 trillion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
9.1% (official data) (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $5,000 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 14.8%
industry and construction: 52.9%
services: 32.3% (2003) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
10% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 2.4%
highest 10%: 30.4% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
1.2% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
778.1 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 50%, industry 22%, services 28% (2001 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $265.8 billion
expenditures: $300.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, telecommunications |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
30.4% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
1.42 trillion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 80.2%
hydro: 18.5%
nuclear: 1.2%
other: 0.1% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
1.312 trillion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
10.3 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
1.8 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, oilseed, pork, fish |
| Exports : |
$436.1 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, footwear, toys and sporting goods, mineral fuels |
| Exports - Partners : |
US 21.1%, Hong Kong 17.4%, Japan 13.6%, South Korea 4.6%, Germany 4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$397.4 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals |
| Imports - Partners : |
Japan 18%, Taiwan 11.9%, South Korea 10.4%, US 8.2%, Germany 5.9% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$197.8 billion (2003 est.) |
| Currency : |
yuan (CNY)
note:: also referred to as the Renminbi (RMB) |
| Currency Code : |
CNY |
| Exchange Rates : |
yuan per US dollar - 8.277 (2003), 8.277 (2002), 8.2771 (2001), 8.2785 (2000), 8.2783 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
