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ECONOMY:

GROS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (gross domestic product)
$ 8.859 trillion (2005)
GROS DOMESTIC PRODUCT - real growth rate
9,1%
GROS DOMESTIC PRODUCT per head
$ 5.600
GROS DOMESTIC PRODUCT industries
Agriculture: 13,8%
Industry and building industry: 52,9%
Service: 33,3%
Occupation: 760,8 million
After occupation:
Agriculture 49%; Industry 22%; Service 29%
Yearly income per inhabitant: 820 $ (US)
Unemployment ratio: 9,8% within city ranges; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas; an official Chinese magazine estimated 2003 general unemployment on 20%
Population below poverty border: 10%
Inflation rate: 4,1%

Budget
Incomes: $ 317.9 billion;Expenditures: $ 348.9 billion including capital expenditures
Agricultural products: Rice, wheat, potatoes, grain, peanuts, dte, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oil seed, pork, fish
Cultivatabilaty of the country: 15,4%
other land use: 83,35%
watered teritory:525.800 sq/km
Natural reserves:Coal, iron, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnet iron stone, aluminum, zinc, uranium, Electricity
Production of energy: 2,19 trillion a KW/H
Consumption 2,17 trillion a KW/H
Exports: 10,6 billion KW/H
Imported:1,546 billion KW/H
Industries:
Mining industry, iron, steel, aluminum and other metals, coal, mechanical engineering, weapons, textiles, petroleum, cement, chemicals, consumer products including footwear, toys and electronics, food processing; Transportation equipment, including the automobile supply, locomotives, ships and airplanes.
Industrial production growth rate: 27,7%
Exports: $ 752.2 billion f.o.b (freely on board)
Export partner: USA 21.1%, Hong Kong 17%, Japan 12.4%, South Korea 4.7%, Germany 4%
Import: $ 631.8 billion f.o.b. (freely on board)
Import partners: Japan 16.8%, Taiwan 11.4%, South Korea 11.1%, USA 8%, Germany 5,4%
Current account conditions: $ 129.1 billion
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: $ 795.1 billion
Debts: $ 242 billion

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