| Statistics |
| Territory area |
about 9. 6 million square kilometres |
| population |
1328.02 million |
| Currency |
yuan (CNY);1 US dollar = 8.2773 RMB yuan (Date:June 12nd,2009) |
| China's holiday |
New Year's Day(January 1st);Spring Festival(About February);International Labor Day(May 1st-3rd);National Day (October 1st-7th) |
| GDP (Nominal) |
(2007) $3.42 trillion (ranked 3rd) |
| (2008) $4.33 trillion (official data) |
| GDP per capita (Nominal) (2008) |
$3,180 (ranked 104th) |
| GDP growth rate (2008) |
9.0% (official data) |
| GDP by sector (2008) |
agriculture (primary) (11.3%) |
| industry (secondary) (48.6%) |
| services (tertiary) (40.1%) |
| note: industry includes construction (5.5%) |
| Gini index (2008) |
46.9 |
| Labor force (2008) |
807.7 million |
| Exports (2008) |
$1.40 trillion f.o.b. |
| Imports (2008) |
$1.13 trillion f.o.b. |
| Main origins of imports (2007) |
Japan 14%, South Korea 10.9%, Taiwan 10.5%, US 7.3%, Germany 4.7% |
| Main destinations of exports (2007) |
US 19.1%, Hong Kong 15.1%, Japan 8.4%, South Korea 4.6%, Germany 4% |
