CHINA: MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATORS

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2001
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• Publication Date: September 21, 1979
• Content Type: CHART

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China: Major Economic Indicators'
GNP
Population
Population GNP China's
China's
Trade
Trade With
Communist
US Exports
US Imports
(Billion
Midyear 2
Increase Per Capita Exports, f.o.b.
Imports, c.i.f.
Balance
Countries
to China, f.a.s.
From China, f.o.b.
1978 US $)
(Million)
(Percent) (1978 US $) (Billion US $)
(Billion US $)
(Billion US $)
(Percent)
(Million US $)
(Million US $)
1949-52 Rehabilitation
1949 ........................................................
59
538
1.20
109
0.4
0.4
Negl
Negl
136
123
1950 ........................................................
72
547
1.35
131
0.6
0.6
Neg]
29
68
161
1951......._.._-. .............. ......_.- ..-
84
558
1.51
150
0.8
1.1
-0.3
51
0
52
1952 ........................................................ 99
570
1.80
174
0.9
1.0
-0.1
70
0
30
1953-57, First Five-Year Plan
1953 ........................................................ 105
583
2.25
181
1.0
1.3
-0.2
68
0
11
1954 ........................................................ 110
596
2.36
184
1.1
1.3
-0.2
74
0
0
1955............. ...... ...... ...._.._....-.. 120
611
2.49
197
1.4
1.7
-0.3
74
0
0
1956 .................................................. 130
626
2.46
208
1.6
1.5
0.2
66
0
0
..............
1957. _ .- ... _ ............... ....... 138
642
2.40
216
1.6
1.4
0.2
64
0
0
1958-60, Great Leap Forward
1958 ........................................................ 164
657
2.30
250
1.9
1.8
0.1
63
0
0
1959 ..... .......... ...._...... _............... .._.... 156
672
2.16
232
2.2
2.1
0.2
69
0
0
1960_____ ........................................... 152
685
1.82
222
2.0
2.0
-0.1
66
0
0
1961-65, Readjustment and Recovery
1961 ........................................................ 120
696
1.25
173
1.5
1.5
Negl
56
0
0
1962 ....................................................... 131
706
1.71
186
1.5
1.2
0.4
53
0
0
1963 ........................................ .......... 148
720
2.14
205
1.6
1.2
0.4
45
0
0
164
1964._..._........... ... ............. ...... -.......
736
2.24
224
1.8
1.5
0.3
34
0
0
1965 ....................................................... 185
753
2.32
246
2.0
1.8
0.2
30
0
0
1966-70, Third Five-Year Plan
1966..._.__.......... ._.......__ ............ . 210
770
2.29
273
2.2
2.0
0.2
26
0
0
1967 202
788
2.37
257
2.0
2.0
Negl
21
0
0
1968 ........................................................ 204
808
2.44
252
2.0
1.8
0.1
22
0
0
1969.. ... ...... ...._._...... ...... 226
828
2.48
273
2.1
1.8
0.2
20
0
0
1970...-..._.......... _.- 263
849
2.50
309
2.1
2.2
-0.2
20
0
0
1971-75, Fourth Five-Year Plan
1971.._..--- .. 281
870
2.46
323
2.5
2.3
0.2
23
0
5
1972 ......................... ........................ 294
891
2.40
330
3.2
2.8
0.3
21
63
32
1973_...........__ ....................................... 332
912
2.30
364
5.1
5.2
-0.2
17
690
64
1974............ .......... ........ 344
933
2.16
369
6.7
7.4
-0.8
17
819
115
1975-_ ............. __ 368
952
1.99
387
7.2
7.4
-0.2
16
304
158
1976-80, Fifth Five-Year Plan
1976 ...................... _._....... ._._........... .. 368
971
1.86
379
7.3
6.0
1.3
18
135
201
1977 ........................................................ 398
987
1.50
403
8.0
7.1
0.9
17
171
203
1978 ........................................................ 444
1,002
1.52
443
10.0
11.1
-1.1
15
865
324
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China: Major Economic Indicators' (Continued)
Agricultural Industrial Electric Power
Production Grain Grain Cotton Production Coal (Billion Crude Oil Crude Steel Cotton Cloth
(Index: (Million Per Capita 3 (Million (Index: (Million Kilowatt- (Million (Million (Billion
1957=100) Tons) (Kilograms) Tons) 1957=100) Tons) Hours) Tons) Tons) Linear Meters)
1949-52, Rehabilitation
1949 ...................... ._. 53 111 205 0.4 20 32.4 4.3 0.1 0.16 1.9
1950 ................ ..._.__ 64 130 235 0.7 27 42.9 4.6 0.2 0.61 2.5
1951 ........................................................ 72 141 250 1.0 38 53.1 5.8 0.3 0.90 3.1
1952 ........................................................ 84 161 280 1.3 48 66.5 7.3 0.4 1.35 3.8
1953-57, First Five-Year Plan
1953 ................................. __._._..__...._. 84 164 278 1.2 61 69.7 9.2 0.6 1.77 4.7
1954 ..... ....____._ ....... ....... ..._..... 84 166 275 1.1 70 83.7 11.0 0.8 2.22 5.2
1955 ........................................................ 94 180 292 1.5 73 98.3 12.3 1.0 2.85 4.4
1956 ........................................................ 97 188 297 1.4 88 110.4 16.6 1.2 4.46 5.8
1957 ........................................................ 100 191 295 1.6 100 130.7 19.3 1.5 5.35 5.0
1958-60, Great Leap Forward
1958 .................... 107 206 311 1.7 142 230 NA 2.3 11.08 5.7
1959 __ .... __ - ... ..... ............................. 83 171 253 1.2 173 300 NA 3.7 13.86 NA
1960 ........................................................ 74 156 226 0.9 181 280 NA 5.1 18.66 NA
1961-65, Readjustment and Recovery
1961 ....................................................... 78 168 240 0.8 105 170 NA 5.5 8 NA
1962 ..._ ........... .............. ...._............... .... 87 180 252 0.7 111 NA 31 6.1 8 NA
1963 ........................................................ 93 190 260 0.9 134 NA NA 6.7 8 NA
1964 ........................................................ 98 194 260 1.2 161 214 55 9.0 9.6 NA
1965 ............................... _........ 101 194 254 1.6 199 232.2 63 11.4 12.2 5.8
1966-70, Third Five-Year Plan
1966 ................................... 112 215 276 1.8 232 271.4 NA 14.6 15 NA
1967 ........................................................ 118 225 282 2.0 202 190 NA 13.9 10 NA
1968 ....................... ....... .. 110 210 257 1.8 221 235.8 NA 15.2 9 NA
1969 ........... .................... ._... 112 215 257 1.8 266 281.6 NA 21.4 16 NA
1970 .......................................... 126 243 284 2.0 316 327.4 107 30.1 17.8 8.5
1971-75, Fourth Five-Year Plan
1971 ........................................................ 130 246 281 2.2 349 353.6 128 38.7 21 NA
1972 .................................. ._.....____ 126 240 268 2.1 385 376.5 139 44.9 23 NA
1973 142 266 291 2.6 436 398.1 150 56.9 25 NA
1974 ..... 146 275 295 2.5 455 409 164 68.2 21 NA
1975 ........................................................ 148 284 298 2.4 502 478 187 77.1 24 9.7
1976-80, Fifth Five-Year Plan
1976 ........................................................ 148 285 293 2.3 502 483 203.5 86.8 20.5 9.0
1977 ........... _...-._.__ 144 283 285 2.0 574 550 223.4 93.7 23.7 10.2
1978 ........................................................ 156 305 301 2.2 651 618 256.6 104.1 31.8 11.0
This revision of Chinese economic indicators makes use of the statistical information released by Beijing to date in 1979.
z US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Foreign Demographic Analysis Division, May 1979.
Derived by use of yearend population figures.
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