1. General Information

Capital

Beijing

Territory

9,596,961 km2

Population

1,374.6 million

Official currency

Renminbi (CNY)

Official language

Mandarin Chinese

 

 

2. Economic Indicators

2015 data

Unit

Quantity

Source

Gross Domestic Product

billion USD

10,410.9

Source

Global ranking

-

2.

Source

GDP / capita

USD

8,141

Source

GDP growth rate

%

6.9

Source

Projected growth for 2016

%

6.7

Source

GDP / sector (estimates)

% (GDP)

Agriculture:            8.9%
Industry:               40.9%
Services:              50.2%

Source

Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)

billion USD

126.27

Source

Change in FDI

%

6.4

Source

Overseas Direct Investments (ODI)

billion USD

118.02

Source

Change in ODI

%

14.7

Source

Change in Consumer Price Index (CPI)

%

1.4

Source

Employment (2014 data)

million people

772.53

Source

urban / rural employment (2014 data)

million people

393.1 / 379.43

Source

Unemployment (urban)

%

4.05

Source

Foreign Currency Reserves

billion USD

3,330.4

Source

Credit Rating

-

AAA

Source

Trade volume

billion USD

3,955.3

Source

Export

billion USD

2,274.7

Source

Import

billion USD

1,680.6

Source

Trade Surplus

billion USD

594.1

Source

 

China’s Main Export Partners

1.

USA

18.0%

2.

Hong Kong

14.7

3.

Japan

6.0%

Source: UNCTAD, 2015 data

 

China’s Main Import Partners

1.

Republic of Korea

10.4%

2.

USA

9.0%

3.

Taiwan province

8.6%

Source: UNCTAD, 2015 data

 

3. Bilateral economic relations

Export to China

million USD

1796.8

Import from China

million USD

4776.9

Total trade

million USD

6573.7

Source: KSH (2015 data)