TABLE-China's economic indicators - July 16

BEIJING, July 16 - 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* Q209 Q109 Q408 Q308 Q208 Q108 Q407 Q307 Q207 Q107 Q406 Q306 PCT 7.9 6.1 6.8 9.0 10.1 10.6 11.2 11.5 12.6 11.7 10.4 10.6

2. Trade balance (in billions of dollars) MONTH Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 EXP 95.4 88.8 91.9 90.3 64.9 90.5 111.2 115.0 128.3 136.4 134.9 136.7 IMP 87.2 75.4 78.8 71.7 60.1 51.3 72.2 74.9 93.1 107.1 106.2 111.4 BAL 8.2 13.4 13.1 18.6 4.8 39.1 39.0 40.1 35.2 29.3 28.7 25.3

3. Export and import growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 EXP -21.4 -26.4 -22.6 -17.1 -25.7 -17.5 -2.8 -2.2 19.2 21.5 21.1 26.9 IMP -13.2 -25.2 -23.0 -25.1 -24.1 -43.1 -21.3 -17.9 15.6 21.3 23.1 33.7

4. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change) MONTH Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 M2 28.5 25.7 26.0 25.5 20.5 18.8 17.8 14.8 15.0 15.3 16.0 16.4 M1 24.8 18.7 17.5 17.0 10.9 6.7 9.1 6.8 8.9 9.4 11.5 14.0 M0 11.5 11.2 11.3 10.9 8.3 12.0 12.7 9.0 10.6 9.3 10.9 12.3

5. Yuan loans (in trillions of yuan and yr/yr % change) MONTH Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 Level 37.7 36.2 35.6 35.0 33.1 32.0 30.4 29.6 29.8 29.7 29.3 29.0 Change 34.4 30.6 29.7 29.8 24.2 21.3 18.8 16.0 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.6

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 PCT 33.6 32.9 30.5 28.6 26.5 26.1 26.8 27.2 27.6 27.4 27.3

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 PCT 10.7 8.9 7.3 8.3 3.8 5.7 5.4 8.2 11.4 12.8 14.7

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Jan-Feb09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 PCT 15.0 15.2 14.8 14.7 15.2 19.0 20.8 22.0 23.2 23.2 23.3

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 PCT -1.7 -1.4 -1.5 -1.2 -1.6 1.0 1.2 2.4 4.0 4.6 4.9 6.3

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 PCT -7.8 -7.2 -6.6 -6.0 -4.5 -3.3 -1.1 2.0 6.6 9.1 10.1 10.0

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 Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 VALUE 9.0 6.4 5.9 8.4 5.8 7.5 6.0 5.3 6.7 6.6 7.0 8.3

12. Foreign exchange reserves (in billions of dollars) End-Jun09 End-Mar09 End-Dec08 End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 End-Dec07

2,131.6 1,953.7 1,946.0 1,905.6 1,808.8 1,682.2 1,528.2

13. Foreign debt (in billions of dollars) End-Mar09 End-Dec08 End-Sep08 End-Jun08 End-Mar08 End-Dec07 End-Sep07

336.7 374.7 442.0 427.4 392.6 373.6 345.7

14. Purchasing managers' index (official) MONTH Jun09 May09 Apr09 Mar09 Feb09 Jan09 Dec08 Nov08 Oct08 Sep08 Aug08 Jul08 POINT 53.2 53.1 53.5 52.4 49.0 45.3 41.2 38.8 44.6 51.2 48.4 48.4

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