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Page updated 4 February 2012

Macroeconomic indicators
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 as of
GDP, y-o-y %-change 9.1 10.0 10.1 11.3 12.7 14.2 9.6 9.2 10.4 9.2​
GDP, US$ billion 1454 1641 1932 2252 2710 3477 4499 4990 5924 7270
Industrial production,
y-o-y %-change
12.6 17.0 16.7 16.4 16.6 18.5 12.9 11.0 15.7 13.9
Fixed investments,
y-o-y %-change
16.9 27.7 26.6 25.7 24.5 25.8 26.1 30.1 23.8 23.8
Exports, US$ billion 326 438 593 762 969 1218 1429 1202 1578 1899
Imports, US$ billion 295 413 561 660 792 956 1133 1006 1395 1743
Current account,
% of GDP
2.4 2.8 3.6 7.2 9.4 11.0 9.4 6.0 5.2 2.9​ 9/11
Population, million
(end of year)
1285 1292 1300 1308 1314 1321 1328 1335 1341 1347​

Sources: People's Bank of China, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Ministry of Commerce.


Fiscal indicators (% of GDP)
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 as of
Revenues 15.7 16.0 16.5 17.1 17.9 19.3 19.5 20.1 20.9 25.5​ 1-9/11
Expenditures 18.3 18.1 17.8 18.3 18.7 18.7 19.9 22.4 22.5 21.7 1-9/11
Balance -2.6 -2.2 -1.3 -1.2 -0.8 0.6 -0.4 -2.3 -1.6 3.8 1-9/11
Government debt 18.9 19.2 18.5 17.8 16.5 20.2 17.0 17.6 17.7

Sources: Budget – National Bureau of Statistics of China. Government debt – IMF.


Monetary indicators
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012​ as of
Inflation (CPI), y-o-y
%-change (end of period)
-0.4 3.2 2.4 1.6 2.8 6.5 1.2 1.9 4.6 4.1
M2, y-o-y %-change
(end of period)
16.9 19.5 14.6 17.6 16.9 16.7 17.8 27.7 19.7 13.6
Average monthly disposable income in urban areas, CNY 642 706 785 874 980 1149 1315 1431 1593 1800
Average monthly net income in rural areas, CNY 226 244 270 326 359 413 478 523 493 580
Forex reserves, US$ billion
(end of period)
286.4 403.0 609.9 818.9 1066 1528 1946 2399 2847 3181​
CNY/EUR (end of period) 8.68 10.45 11.28 9.52 10.28 10.75 9.50 9.84 8.82 8.16 8.31​ 1/12
CNY/USD (end of period) 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.07 7.81 7.30 6.82 6.83 6.59 6.29 6.31​ 1/12

Sources: People's Bank of China, National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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