Statistics on China's Economy in Recent Five Years

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, January 03, 2002

Statistics on China's Economy in Recent Five Years

Following are the statistics on China's economy in recent five years, announced by the China National Bureau of Statistics(NBS), including GDP Growth, Trade, Foreign Exchange Reserves, Direct Foreign Investment, Fixed Assets Investment, Retail Sales of Consumer Goods.

GDP Growth

Year	GDP (Trillion Yuan)	Growth
2001	9.85 (1.19 trillion U.S. dollars)	7.3 %
2000	8.90 (1.08 trillion U.S. dollars)	8.0 %
1999	8.32 (1.01 trillion U.S. dollars)	7.1 %
1998	7.97 (963.5 billion U.S. dollars)	7.8 %
1997	7.48 (903.4 billion U.S. dollars)	8.8 %

Trade

Year	Total (Billion U.S. Dollars)	Growth	Export (Billion U.S. Dollars)	Growth	Import (Billion U.S. Dollars)	Growth
2001	462.8 (by the end of November)	7.4 %	241.6 (by the end of November)	6.3 %	221.2 (by the end of November)	8.6 %
2000	474.3	31.5 %	249.2	27.8	% 225.1	35.8 %
1999	360.7	11.3 %	194.9	6.1 %	165.8	18.2 %
1998	323.9	-0.4 %	183.8	0.5 %	140.2	-1.5 %
1997	325.1	12.1 %	182.7	20.9 %	142.4	2.5 %

Foreign Exchange Reserves

Year	Total Foreign Exchange Reserves (Trillion Yuan)
2001	203.0 (by the end of October)
2000	165.6
1999	154.7
1998	144.5
1997	139.9

Direct Foreign Investment

Year	Direct Foreign Investment (Billion U.S. Dollars)	Growth
2001	41.9 (by the end of November)	15.6 %
2000	40.8	0.9 %
1999	40.4	-11.4 %
1998	45.6	0.7 %
1997	45.3	8.5 %

Fixed Assets Investment

Year	Fixed Assets Investment (Trillion Yuan)	Growth
2001	2.12 (255.7 billion U.S. dollars)	16.3 %
2000	1.82 (219.8 billion U.S. dollars)	11.7 %
1999	2.20 (265.8 billion U.S. dollars)	7.8 %
1998	2.87 (346.5 billion U.S. dollars)	15.0 %
1997	2.53 (305.7 billion U.S. dollars)	9.0 %

Retail Sales of Consumer Goods

Year	Retail Sales (Trillion Yuan)	Growth
2001	3.36 (405.5 billion U.S. dollars)	10.1 %
2000	3.05 (368.2 billion U.S. dollars)	9.8 %
1999	3.11 (376.2 billion U.S. dollars)	10.0 %
1998	2.92 (352.3 billion U.S. dollars)	9.7 %
1997	2.72 (328.6 billion U.S. dollars)	10.7 %