st.)
Natural gas - proved reserves:
2.265 trillion cu m (1 January 2008 est.)
Current account balance:
$371.8 billion (2007 est.)
Exports:
$1.22 trillion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Exports - commodities:
machinery, electrical products, data processing equipment, apparel,
textile, steel, mobile phones
Exports - partners:
US 19.1%, Hong Kong 15.1%, Japan 8.4%, South Korea 4.6%, Germany 4%
(2007)
Imports:
$904.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED
screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment,
organic chemicals, steel, copper
Imports - partners:
Japan 14%, South Korea 10.9%, Taiwan 10.5%, US 7.3%, Germany 4.7%
(2007)
Economic aid - recipient:
$1.641 billion (FY07)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$1.534 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
Debt - external:
$363 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
$758.9 billion (2007 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$93.75 billion ( 2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$4.477 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)
Currency (code):
Renminbi (RMB); note - also referred to by the unit yuan (CNY)
Currency code:
CNY
Exchange rates:
Renminbi yuan (RMB) per US dollar - 7.61 (2007), 7.97 (2006), 8.1943
(2005), 8.2768 (2004), 8.277 (2003)
Communications
China
Telephones - main lines in use:
365.4 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
547.286 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: domestic and international services are
increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed
domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and
many towns; nonetheless, by the end of 2006, more than 95% of
China's villages had been connected to the telephone network; China
continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is
partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of
China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an
international consortium which, in December 2006, signed an
agreement with Verizon Business to build the first next-generation
fiber optic submarine cable system directly linking the US mainland
and China
domestic: interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular
telephone systems have been installed; mobile-cellula
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