TABLE-China's economic indicators - March 19

BEIJING, March 19 - Following are China's economic indicators.

1. Real GDP growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 PCT 9.0 13.0 11.6 10.4 10.1 10.0 9.1 8.3 8.4 7.6 7.8 9.3 QTR* Q408 Q308 Q208 Q108 Q407 Q307 Q207 Q107 Q406 Q306 Q206 Q106 PCT 6.8 9.0 10.1 10.6 11.2 11.5 12.6 11.7 10.4 10.6 11.5 10.4

2. Trade balance (in billions of dollars) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 EXP 64.9 90.5 111.2 115.0 128.3 136.4 134.9 136.7 121.5 120.5 118.7 109.0 IMP 60.1 51.3 72.2 74.9 93.1 107.1 106.2 111.4 100.2 100.3 102.0 95.6 BAL 4.8 39.1 39.0 40.1 35.2 29.3 28.7 25.3 21.4 20.2 16.7 13.4

3. Export and import growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 EXP -25.7 -17.5 -2.8 -2.2 19.2 21.5 21.1 26.9 17.6 28.1 21.8 30.6 IMP -24.1 -43.1 -21.3 -17.9 15.6 21.3 23.1 33.7 31.0 40.0 26.3 24.6

4. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 M2 20.5 18.8 17.8 14.8 15.0 15.3 16.0 16.4 17.4 18.1 16.9 16.3 M1 10.9 6.7 9.1 6.8 8.9 9.4 11.5 14.0 14.2 17.9 19.1 18.3 M0 8.3 12.0 12.7 9.0 10.6 9.3 10.9 12.3 12.3 12.9 10.7 11.1

5. Yuan loans (in trillions of yuan and yr/yr % change) MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 Level 33.1 32.0 30.4 29.6 29.8 29.7 29.3 29.0 28.6 28.3 28.0 27.5 Change 24.2 21.3 18.8 16.0 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.6 14.1 14.9 14.7 14.8

6. Overall fixed-asset investment growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR# 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 25.5 24.8 24.0 25.7 26.6 26.7 16.1 12.1 9.3 5.2

Fixed-asset investment in urban areas, year to date (yr/yr % change) MONTH Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT 26.5 26.1 26.8 27.2 27.6 27.4 27.3 26.8 25.6 25.7 25.9

7. Industrial output growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 12.9 18.5 16.6 16.4 16.7 17.0 12.6 9.9 11.4 8.5 MONTH Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT 3.8 5.7 5.4 8.2 11.4 12.8 14.7 16.0 16.0 15.7 17.8

8. Retail sales growth (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 21.6 16.8 13.7 12.9 13.3 9.1 8.8 10.1 9.7 6.8 MONTH Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT 15.2 19.0 20.8 22.0 23.2 23.2 23.3 23.0 21.6 22.0 21.5

9. Consumer price index (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 PCT 5.9 4.8 1.5 1.8 3.9 1.2 -0.8 0.7 0.4 -1.4 -0.8 2.8 MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT -1.6 1.0 1.2 2.4 4.0 4.6 4.9 6.3 7.1 7.7 8.5 8.3

10. Producer price index (yr/yr % change) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 PCT 6.9 3.1 3.0 4.9 6.1 2.3 -2.2 -1.3 2.8 -2.4 MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 PCT -4.5 -3.3 -1.1 2.0 6.6 9.1 10.1 10.0 8.8 8.2 8.1 8.0

11. Actual FDI inflows (in billions of dollars, MOFCOM measure~) YEAR 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 VALUE 92.4 74.8 63.0 60.3 60.6 53.5 52.7 46.9 40.8 40.4 MONTH Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Jun08 May08 Apr08 Mar08 VALUE 5.8 7.5 6.0 5.3 6.7 6.6 7.0 8.3 9.6 7.8 7.6 9.3

12. Foreign exchange reserves (in billions of dollars) End-Dec08 End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 End-Dec07 End-Sep07 End-Jun07

1,946.0 1,905.6 1,808.8 1,682.2 1,528.2 1,433.6 1,332.6

13. Foreign debt (in billions of dollars) End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 End-Dec07 End-Sep07 End-Jun07 End-Mar07

442.0 427.4 392.6 373.6 345.7 327.8 331.6

14. Bank interest rates One-year yuan deposit rate One-year yuan lending rate

2.25 pct 5.31 pct One-year dollar deposit rate One-year HK dollar deposit rate

3.00 pct 2.625 pct

Notes:

(1) China's GDP growth is inflation-adjusted. Growth in fixed-asset investment, industrial output and retail sales is nominal.

(2) # The government's monthly fixed-asset investment figures are based on urban areas only; it gives overall investment on a quarterly basis.

(3) ~ The Commerce Ministry FDI figures exclude investments in the financial sector. The monthly FDI figures are in some cases calculated by Reuters based on cumulative data released by the Commerce Ministry.

(4) * The quarterly GDP growth figures for 2006 and 2007 do not reflect revisions to full-year growth issued by the National Bureau of Statistics.