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CHINA (CNY)

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Continent	Asia
Coordinates	35 00 N, 105 00 E
Government	Communist state
Capital	Beijing
Location	Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam
Climate	extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
Total area	9 597 ths sq.km.
Population	1 313 974 ths p.
Median age	32.7 yrs.
Life expectancy	72.6 yrs.
Languages	Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages

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Statistic parameter		Data period	Value	Rate of change (year/year)	Last period rate of change	Index from 01/2000
Economy development
Gross domestic product (GDP)
current prices	bil USD
constant prices	bil USD
Production of total industry (IP)	ind 2000
Retail trade	ind 2000
Standardised unemployment rate	percent
Price indexes
Consumer prices (all items, CPI)	ind 2000
food	ind 2000
energy	ind 2000
other items	ind 2000
Consumer prices - Services less housing	ind 2000
Consumer prices - Housing	ind 2000
Harmonised CPI	ind 2000
Producer prices (total, PPI)	ind 2000
manufacturing products	ind 2000
Share Prices	ind 2000	Jul-08	146.2%	-37.9%	+1.4%	146.2%
Interantional trade
Exports in goods	bil USD	May-08	128.4	+30.5%	+10.1%	616.7%
Imports in goods	bil USD	May-08	108.5	+42.3%	+15.1%	575.5%
Net trade in goods	bil USD	May-08	19.9
Current Account	bil USD
Financial markets - monetary markets
Narrow money	ind 2000	Jun-08	322.6%	+15.6%	-0.2%	322.6%
Broad Money	ind 2000	Jun-08	348.0%	+17.4%	+1.6%	348.0%
Reserve assets	bil SDR	Apr-08	1 083.8	+32.2%	+5.7%	876.9%
Financial markets - currency - Yuan (China)
Currency exchange rates	per USD	Jul-08	6.83	+9.7%	+0.6%	120.9%
Interest rates
immediate	percent	May-08	4.1%
short-term	percent	Jun-08	4.2%
long-term	percent

2007-2008 WORLDSTAT.org