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A Statistical Comparison  Between China and United States

All $ US Currency/  Source  TIME Mar. 19. 2007

China Tourism Trade with Canada in 2006

Source: Tourism Industry

Administration: National Bureau of Statistics of China
 

China Economic Development Data

• China's Internet consumption expected to rise 45.8% in 2008
  BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China's Internet consumption hit 398.8 billion yuan (53.89 billion U.S. dollars) last year and is expected to reach 581.5 billion yuan in 2008, up 45.8 percent, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
  
  The "Netguide 2008" survey, which provides a wrap-up of China's2007 cyber world, polled more than 300 web sites and about 200 enterprises, with 50,786 interviewees around the country.
  
  The Internet consumption includes all web-related expenses such as broadband installment expenses, payment for online game and shopping, and payment for IP phone services. according to Fu Zhihua, director of the Data Center of the China Internet (DCCI) research department that conducted the survey.
  
  The DCCI survey also reports that Sina Corp., Netease.com Inc., Tencent and Sohu.com Inc., China's four largest Internet portals, have gained most from the robust Internet industry, accounting for about 76 percent of total web portal revenue in China.
  
  The market scale of financial web sites, fueled by bullish trends in China's stock market, reached 920 million yuan, and online search engines saw 82.8 percent growth to 2.87 billion yuan in 2007, said the survey.
  
  The Netguide 2008 shows that among Internet users, browsing daily news takes up 38.8 percent of their time, followed by dealing with e-mail, 11 percent, and writing and reading blogs, 9.2 percent.
    
• China's Tax Revenue Increases 31%. The Wall Street Journal
• China's customs revenue in 2007 hits record high
  China's customs revenue reached a record 758.46 billion yuan in 2007, up 24.3 percent year-on-year, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Monday. The customs revenue increased partly because of the increase of imports, which were up 20.5 percent to 865.5 billion U.S. dollars during the first 11 months of last year. The customs revenue from telecommunication equipment, integrated circuits, television receivers and printing machines rose considerably due to the increase in imports of these products, the administration said. More imports of high-end cars and SUVs, and rising prices of imported staple goods such as copper, nickel and other metals also contributed to the revenue rise, it explained. The higher export tariffs on some goods, which were aimed at curbing exports and balancing foreign trade, had also increased customs revenues by about 20 billion yuan, it said. www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-07.
• China has nearly 160 million motor vehicles. Jan. 2008
  Xinhua - China had 159.8 million motor vehicles by the end of 2007, up 10.02 percent from 2006, according to the Ministry of Public Security here on Thursday. Automobiles and motorcycles accounted for 90.61 percent of the total motor vehicles. The statistics also cover tractors, trailers and other sorts of motor vehicles, statistics from the traffic administration of the ministry show. Number of passenger automobiles went up 21.86 percent and trucks7.41 percent compared with 2006 figures. Private cars rose by 10.92 percent and made up 76.09 percent of China's total motor vehicles.
   
• China's CPI rises 6.5% in October. Xinhua.
• Think tank: Chinese economy to grow 11.2% in Q4. Xinhua
• China 'to be largest energy user' BBC Nov. 7.

• 11% of China's fiscal expenditure goes to social security, Oct. 3, 2007

• Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China Rises by 12.2% in First Half of Year

• China's urban fixed assets investment up 26.7% in 1st 8 months Sep. 14, 2007

• China Jan-Feb power consumption up 16.8 pct at 467.73 bln kWh,

• Top 500 Enterprises 2007 take up 84% of GDP Sep. 1, 2007

• Report: 1.24 trln yuan gap between local, central gov't GDP figures Aug. 2, 2007

• Consumption outpaces GDP in major cities on Yangtze River Delta Aug. 8, 2007

• China's major SOEs see total assets reach 16.4 trillion yuan. July 28, 2007

More than 89,000 killed on China's roads in 2006
Xinhua, Jan. 2, 2007 - The number of road traffic deaths in China was 89,455 in 2006, 9.4 percent fewer than that in 2005, and the first time below the 90,000-benchmark since 2000, according to the Ministry of Public Security. "The country recorded 378,781 traffic accidents in 2006, down 15.9 percent year on year," said a ministry spokesman on Monday. The 38 major traffic accidents - accidents with more than ten fatalities each - resulted in 558 deaths, dropping 30.9 percent from 2005. It was the lowest number of major accidents since 1991, he said. According to an analytical report, about 130 million violations of traffic rules by drivers last year led to more than 76,000 deaths, down 16 percent, among which the death toll from speeding, fatigue and drunk driving went down 24 percent from the previous year.

China to be world's third largest auto-manufacturer
Dec. 30, 2006 - China's auto industry has grown so rapidly in the five years since the nation joined the WTO that it will soon become the world's third largest auto manufacturer behind the United States and Japan. Since 2001, China's annual auto output has tripled and the nation has gone from being the fifth largest car manufacturer in the world in 2002 to the fourth largest in 2005. Over the last five years, China has fulfilled its commitments to the WTO by adopting a series of measure to further open its auto industry. In the first 11 months of this year, China produced 6.65 million cars, putting it on track to reach 7 million for the year, making China the world's third largest auto manufacturer behind the United States and Japan. China is expected to sell 6.4 million vehicles this year. (Full report)

Traveling Volume Hits Record on May Day Holiday
CRIEnglish.com May 8, 2007 - It's estimated that the reception volume and total tourism revenue have grown by 10 percent in the past golden week holidays, contrasting with the previous year. The Xinhua News Agency reported. Inbound and outbound tourism as well as the domestic tourism all heated up during the week-long holiday. Hong Kong and Macao were the hottest travel destinations for outbound Chinese travelers. New travel patterns, such as traveling in rural areas, leisure travel and self-guided tours also emerged as favorite methods for tourists. The total volume of retail holiday sales reached 320 billion yuan or some 42 billion US dollars, an increase of 15 percent over the same period in 2006.

Economy Up 11.1% in 1st Quarter
The Chinese economy has started 2007 on a strong note, expanding by 11.1 percent in the first quarter. But fears that the rapid economic growth will drive interest rates higher weighed on the stock markets yesterday. Data showing inflation rising to 3.3 percent in March cemented expectations that tighter monetary policy will be needed to cool the overheating economy. Stocks fell nearly 5 percent in Shanghai as a delay to the data release fueled fears of an even stronger number. (Click for full report.)

Statistical review of 2006

People's Daily, Mar. 2, 2007 - Listed here are some key figures from the Statistical Communique on the 2006 National Economic and Social Development, compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics and issued on February 28, which allow clearer insight into the year that just passed, 2006. They present a picture of better days, with lower energy consumption and higher economic growth and performance, a larger grain output and funds for scientific and technological research, as well as an increase in farmers' income and overall employment. (Click for full report)

China's GDP grows 10.7% in 2006, fastest in 11 years
China Daily, Jan. 26, 2007 - The economy turned in another sparkling performance last year, with gross domestic product (GDP) growing at the fastest clip in 11 years and inflation moving below 2 percent. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) yesterday announced that GDP grew by 10.7 percent to reach 20.94 trillion yuan ($2.68 trillion). The consumer price index, a key indicator of inflation, inched up by a mild 1.5 percent. (Click for full report.)

Traffic accidents claim more than 18,000 in first quarter
Xinhua News, April 2, 2007 - More than 78,000 traffic accidents in the first three months of the year have claimed the lives of more than 18,000 people and injured 93,000 others, the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday. The numbers of accidents were down 21.5 percent, deaths declined 13.2 percent and the number of people injured dropped 20.2 percent compared with the same period in 2005, said the ministry. Speeding was the main cause of the motor vehicle accidents, accounting for 14.4 percent of the death toll, according to the ministry.

Economy Grew 9.9% in 2005: Statistics
Xinhua News, Jan. 25, 2006 - China's economy grew 9.9 percent in 2005 on the back of improved efficiency, mild inflation and enhanced vitality, Li Deshui, director of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), announced at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday morning. Preliminary estimates show that gross domestic product (GDP) for the year stood at 18.23 trillion yuan (US$2.26 trillion), Li said. The rate was marginally lower than the 10.1 percent growth in 2004. (Click for full report)

Art: There are 2,563 art ensembles across the nation. (by the end of 1997)

Average Economic Growth: Between 1993-1997 the annual average economic growth is 11%.

Drug Addicts: Based on a report from Ministry of Public Security in Feb. 2000, the registered drug addicts in China in 1999 are 681,000, a 14.3% increase over last year; compared with 10.3% increase in 1998 over 1997 . Unofficial estimation: the total drug addicts currently is between 3.5 and 4 million. (Source: www.cnd.org)

Education: There are 52.49 million students in junior middle schools and 139.95 million pupils in primary schools.(by the end of 1997) 

Employment: Registered Unemployment by the end of April 2004: 81 million. History Data: unemployment rate by the end of 1997: 3.1% (official data). Registered unemployed people in urban area are 5.8 million. (Dec. 31, 1999 data); 14 million (Dec. 2000 data) Source: China Journal. New official statistics show by the end of Sep. 2002, the total number of unemployed people: 7.5 million.

Foreign Exchange Reserve (Unit: 1 billion US Dollar):

* Numbers in the table are based on every year-end data;
** Based on data in 2000, China has the second largest foreign exchange reserve in the world;
***Hong Kong Foreign Exchange Reserve by the end of Oct. 1998: 88.7 billion (USD). (The only data available in this website.)

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GNP: $1,000 billion USD

GDP (2007)  24661.9 billion yuan RMB (3425.3 billion US$) a 11.4% increase over 2006.

Gold Production: 173 ton (the year of 2000) (News: China discovers five major gold mines in 2007)

Health and Medical: The total number of hospitals and clinics: 320,000, the total number of doctors: 1.39 million, nurses and technicans: 1,05 million. About AIDS in China: First case found in 1985, and by now 173 had died, and HIV infections: 400,000, two third of them are regular drug users (July 1999 data).

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) population in China: 100 million.

Nearsightedness (Myopia) According to the most recent survey, about 50% Chinese teenagers are suffered from nearsightedeness compared with 15% in 1970's. (Source: www.cnd.org Feb. 25, 2000)

Smoking Population: 350 million (2003 data), female share about 10% of the total smoking population. (compared with 1% in 1978 and 4% in 1996).

Smoking: (based on data collected in January 2000, by China Consumers Association) Smoking population in China: 350 million (about 50 million smokers are teen-agers), shared about 1/4 of total smoking population in the world. 62% Chinese male and 3.8% Chinese female smoking. 37.6% of total Chinese population smoking.

For those smokers in China, 16 cigarettes on average per day; and the expense for smoking shared 15% of their income.The average age of first smoking in China is 25 years old, 3 years earlier than that of 1984.

The total smoking population in China increased 3.5% compared with the statisitcs in the year of 1984 (Health Ministry of PRC Nov. 99 data.)

Population of Drug Addict: 791,000. (data of 2005 ). New drug addict population increased 22,000 in 2004.

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Suicide & Suicide Rate: 2002 statistic shows there are 287,000 people commit suicide in China every year (about 22 per 100 thousand population), which is 42% of total suicide in the world. (Data of 2001)

Suicide Rate (Per 100,000) (source: WHO):  

• Mainland China

Year	Male	Female
1998	13.4	14.8

• Hong Kong SAR

Year	Male	Female
1996	15.9	9.1

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Mental disease and mental disorder population: 16 million (1999 data)

Traffic Accident Death: More than 90,000 people died in traffic accidents each year. The rate is the highest in the world. (Sep. 2001 data) 

Total Number of Cell Phone Users in China: about 440 million in 2006. According to Xinhua, By the end of 2007, China had 530 million mobile subscribers.

Insurance income: in 1997: 108 billion yuan RMB (about $13 billion U.S. dollars), 39.3% increase over last year. 

Internet & Computer: Total Number of Computers: 12 million (Nov. 1999 data)
Internet Account: 10 million, 79% users are male and average on-line time is17 hours/week; 21.2% of the total Internet account are in Beijing; Email is the most often used service for Internet customers. The Internet users share 2% of total population compared with USA 45%; South Korea 21% and Japan 15.5%. 

By the end of 2002, China's total number of Internet users are the second in the world. China Has 132 Million Internet Users, weekly average online time 16.5 hours (2006 data)

*CNNIC data

Optical Fiber Information Network: 1 million km (Nov. 1999 data) 

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Land Formation: Mountains 33%; Plateaux 26%; Basins 18.8%; Plains 12%; Hills 9.9%. 

Models: The total number of professional models: 7,800 (source: China Garments & Fashion Association, Oct. 2003.)

Natural Disasters Loss in 1998: 4610 people died; 380 million people have been negatively influenced; total loss: 307.2 billion RMB ($37.01 billion USD) (from official report ); Flooding: Loss in 1998: 3656 people died; 230 million people have been negatively influenced; Total loss: 264.2 billion RMB ($31.83 billion USD). (from official report ) 

Professionals in different fields of life: 29.14 million, 0.4% increase over last year. Independent R&D institutes: 5,399, the institutes affiliated to universities and colleges 3425.

Religions: China has about 5.5 million Protestants and 3.5 million Catholics (not include underground house churches)Number of Christianity: Official statistics on Christianity in China show there are 16 million believers, whose numbers are expanding in the Communist nation which also has 18 theological schools, with about 1,800 students.

Tele-communication: The telephone penetration rate is up to 8.1 per 100 people and the number of telephones in use ranks the second in the world.

China's phone subscribers to hit 976 mln in 2008
Xinhua) - China's phone subscribers, mobile and fixed line combined, are expected to grow by more than 60 million in 2008 to hit a total of 976 million, according to the Ministry of Information Industry. The ministry said Friday that by the end of this year, China's fixed-line and mobile phone subscribers will account for 27.1 percent and 46.4 percent of the population, respectively. Sources from the ministry said that the continuous falling of mobile communication charges has directly led to a sharp increase in mobile phone subscribers and some people even replaced their fixed-lines with mobile phones. In 2007, China's mobile phone subscribers increased by 86.22 million, while fixed-line subscribers fell by 2.33 million. By the end of 2007, China had 370 million fixed-line subscribers and 530 million mobile subscribers, the two figures combined accounted for a fifth of the world's total phone subscribers, according to statistics from the ministry.

Traffic Accident: Total number of death in traffic accidents in 2003: 104,000 people; Rate: 10.8 death per 100,000 cars.

TV Viewers: The total number of TV viewers (4 years old and up): 1.115 billions, sharing 93.9% of national population. (Dec. 2002 data)

Unemployment Rate: 7% (Sep. 2002 data).

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