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Published: 06 Oct 2008 17:37:07 PST

Economic indicators

GDP Indicators	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
GDP (billions USD)	1931.646	2243.687	2644.642	3248.522	3713.301
GDP (constant prices, annual % change)	10.1	10.4	11.1	11.5	10
GDP per capita (USD)	1486.019	1715.934	2012.516	2459.757	2797.695
General government balance (in % of GDP)
Inflation rate (%)	3.9	1.8	1.5	4.5	3.9
Unemployment rate (% of the labor force)	4	4
Current Account (billions USD)	4	4
Current Account (in % of GDP)	68.659	160.818	249.866	379.162	453.146

Source: IMF - World Economic Outlook Database

Note: (e) Estimated data

Breakdown of economic activity by sector	Agriculture	Industry	Services
Value added (annual % change)	6.3	11.1	10
Value added (in % of GDP)		46.23	40.67
Employment by sector(in % of total employment)	44.1%	17.7%	16.1%

Source: - last available data.

Foreign Trade in figures

Foreign trade indicators	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Imports of goods (millions USD)	281484.3	393618	534410.2	628294.6
Exports of goods (millions USD)	325650.8	438269.6	593392.5	762483.7
Imports of services (millions USD)	46527.99	55306.27	72132.7	83795.49
Exports of services (millions USD)	39744.5	46733.62	62434.07	74404.1
Imports of goods and services (annual % change)	27.52418	24.76013	22.49348	11.38656
Exports of goods and services (annual % change)	29.41547	26.77539	28.41508	24.25326
Trade Balance (millions USD)	44166.57	44651.63	58982.28	134189.1
Current Account (millions USD)	35422	45874.81	68659.16	160818.3
Foreign trade (in % of GDP)	47.69522	56.91342	65.34984	69.03207	56.91342
Imports of goods and services (in % of GDP)	22.56195	27.35739	31.39927	31.73516	32.90485
Exports of goods and services (in % of GDP)	25.13327	29.55604	33.95057	37.29692	36.77002

Source:

To see more products: More imports (Intracen Data)
More exports (Intracen Data)

Sources of economic information

Economic Organizations
Ministries
Online newspapers
Search Engines: China Vista
China Pages
Gcweb
Sina
Surf China
Yahoo! China
Economic portals

Political outline

Executive Power
Legislative Power
Main political parties: The one and only political party in the country is CCP (Chinese Communist Party).
Though there are eight other registered small parties but all of them are controlled by CCP.
Current political leaders: President: HU Jintao (since March 2003) - CCP
Premier: WEN Jiabao (since March 2003) - CCP
Next election dates: Presidential: 2013
National People's Congress : 2013

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