China's Economic Statistics
| General Economic and Financial Indicators, 1999-2008 (All figures are in billions of RMB or percent unless otherwise indicated) |
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| Main indicators | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| GDP | 8,967.7 | 9,921.5 | 10,965.5 | 12,033.3 | 13,582.3 | 15,987.8 | 18,321.7 | 21,192.4 | 25,730.6 | 30,067.0 |
| Real GDP growth (%) | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 13.0 | 9.0 |
| Consumer price index | -1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 5.9 |
| Industrial value-added output* | 2,156.5 | 2,539.5 | 2,832.9 | 3,299.5 | 4,199.0 | 5,480.5 | 7,218.7 | 9,107.6 | 11,704.8 | NA |
| % growth | 11.0 | 17.8 | 11.6 | 16.5 | 27.3 | 30.5 | 31.7 | 26.2 | 28.5 | 12.9 |
| Fixed-asset investment | 2,985.5 | 3,291.8 | 3,721.3 | 4,350.0 | 5,556.7 | 7,047.7 | 8,877.4 | 10,999.8 | 13,732.4 | 17,229.1 |
| % growth | 5.1 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 16.9 | 27.7 | 26.8 | 26.0 | 23.9 | 24.8 | 25.5 |
| Retail sales | 3,564.8 | 3,910.6 | 4,305.5 | 4,813.6 | 5,251.6 | 5,950.1 | 6,717.7 | 7,641.0 | 8,921.0 | 10,848.8 |
| % growth | 6.8 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 16.8 | 21.6 |
| Urban per capita disposable income (RMB) | 5,854.0 | 6,280.0 | 6,859.6 | 7,702.8 | 8,472.2 | 9,421.6 | 10,493.0 | 11,759.5 | 13,785.8 | 15,781.0 |
| % growth | 7.9 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 12.3 | 10.0 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 14.5 |
| Rural per capita net income (RMB) | 2,210.3 | 2,253.4 | 2,366.4 | 2,475.6 | 2,622.2 | 2,936.4 | 3,254.9 | 3,587.0 | 4,140.4 | 4,761.0 |
| % growth | 2.2 | 1.9 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 15.4 | 15.0 |
| Unemployment rate** | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Financial indicators | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| M0 supply | 1,345.6 | 1,465.3 | 1,568.9 | 1,727.8 | 1,974.6 | 2,146.8 | 2,403.2 | 2,707.3 | 3,037.5 | 3,421.9 |
| % growth* | 20.1 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 10.1 | 14.3 | 8.7 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.7 |
| M1 supply | 4,583.7 | 5,314.7 | 5,987.2 | 7,088.2 | 8,411.9 | 9,597.0 | 10,727.9 | 12,603.5 | 15,256.0 | 16,621.7 |
| % growth* | 17.7 | 16.0 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 18.7 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 17.5 | 21.0 | 9.0 |
| M2 supply | 11,989.8 | 13,461.0 | 15,830.2 | 18,500.7 | 22,122.3 | 25,410.7 | 29,875.6 | 34,560.4 | 40,344.2 | 47,516.7 |
| % growth* | 14.7 | 12.3 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 19.6 | 14.7 | 17.6 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 17.8 |
| Exchange rate (RMB/$)* | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.28 | 8.07 | 7.81 | 7.30 | 6.83 |
| Foreign exchange reserves ($ billion) | 154.7 | 165.6 | 212.2 | 286.4 | 403.3 | 609.9 | 818.8 | 1,066.3 | 1,528.2 | 1,946.0 |
| Foreign debt ($ billion) | 151.8 | 145.7 | 170.1 | 171.4 | 193.6 | 228.6 | 281.0 | 323.0 | 373.6 | NA |
| Notes: NA = not available. *All state-owned industrial enterprises and all non-state industrial enterprises with revenue from principal business of more than RMB 5 million. **Registered urban unemployment according to official NBS figures. Sources: PRC National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China Statistical Yearbook 2007; NBS website; USCBC |
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