Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
Total
Imports and Exports at Customs refer to the real value of commodities imported into and exported from
the boundary of
Import
Export Value by Location of China’sForeign Trade
Managing Units refers to actual value of imports and exports carried out by corporations
which have been registered by the local customhouse and are vested with right
to run import export business.
Import Value of Commodities by the Places of
their Destination and Export Value of Commodities by the Places of their Origin
in
Utilization
of Foreign Capitals refers to remittance, equipment and
technology financed from abroad, by loans, foreign direct investment and other
forms undertaken by the Chinese governments at all levels, by various
departments, enterprises and other economic units.
Foreign
Borrowings
refer to funds borrowed from abroad through formal signing of borrowing
agreements with foreign institutions, including loans of foreign governments,
loans of international financial institutions, commercial loans of foreign
banks, export credit, and funds raised by Chinese bonds (and shares before
1996) issued abroad. It is an important part of
Foreign
Direct Investment refers to the investments inside China by
foreign enterprises and economic organizations or individuals (including
overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and Chinese
enterprises registered abroad), following the relevant policies and laws of
China, for the establishment of ventures exclusively with foreign own
investment, Sino oreign joint ventures and
cooperative enterprises or for co perative
exploration of resources with enterprises or economic organizations in China.
It includes the re investment of the foreign entrepreneurs with the profits
gained from the investment and the funds that enterprises borrow from abroad in
the total investment of projects which are approved by the relevant department
of the government.
Overseas
Direct Investment refers to enterprises set up or bought by domestic investors in foreign
countries and in
Other
Investment by Foreign Entrepreneurs refers to all forms of utilization of foreign capitals other than foreign
borrowings and foreign direct investment. It includes the total value of stock
shares in foreign currencies issued by enterprises at domestic or foreign stock
exchanges (now mainly consisting of H shares issued at Hong Kong Security
Market and B shares issued at domestic security markets), rent payable for the
imported equipment through international leasing arrangement, cost of imported
equipment, technology and materials provided by foreign counterparts in
compensation trade and processing and assembly trade.
Contracted
Projects with Foreign Countries refer to projects undertaken by Chinese contractors (project contracting
companies) through bidding process. They include:(1) overseas civil engineering
construction projects financed by foreign investors; (2) overseas projects
financed by the Chinese government through its foreign aid programs; (3)
construction projects of Chinese diplomatic missions, trade offices and other
institutions stationed abroad; (4) construction projects in China financed by
foreign investment; (5) sub-contracted projects to be taken by Chinese
contractors through a joint umbrella project with foreign contractor(s); (6)
housing development projects. The business income from international contracted
projects is the work volume of contracted projects completed during the
reference period, expressed in monetary terms, including completed work on
projects signed in previous years.
Service
Cooperation with Foreign Countries refers to the activities of providing technology and labour
services to employers or contractors in the forms of receiving salaries and
wages. Labour services providing by contractual joint
ventures of Chinese international contracting corporations should be included
in the statistics of service co-operation with foreign countries. The business income
of labour service cooperation is the income in the
form of wages and salaries, overtime pay, bonuses and other remuneration
received from the employers during the reference period.
Number
of Tourists
(1) International tourists refer to
foreigners, overseas Chinese, Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and
Taiwan coming to China for sight seeing, visits, tours, family reunions,
vacations, study tours, conferences and other activities of a business,
scientific and technological, cultural, educational
and religious nature. It does not include representatives and employees of
resident institutions of foreign countries in
(2) Chinese residents going abroad refer to
Chinese residents going abroad for short terms for either public business or
private purposes. Chinese employees working on international transport carriers
are included in those going abroad for public business purpose, not in those
for private purpose.
(3) Domestic tourists refer to residents of
the mainland of China who stay for one night at least but no more than 6 months
at tourist facilities in other places than their permanent residence within the
territory of the mainland China, including foreigners, overseas Chinese and
Chinese compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have resided in China for
over one year.
Foreign
Exchange Earnings from International Tourism refer to the total expenditures of
foreigners, overseas Chinese, Chinese compatriots from
International
Travel Agencies refer to travel agencies engaged in the promotion, solicitation,
organization and reception of tours to the mainland of
Domestic
Travel Agencies refer to travel agencies engaged in the
promotion, solicitation, organization and reception of domestic tourists, and
in the reception of foreigners, overseas Chinese, Chinese compatriots from Hong
Kong, Macao and Taiwan organized by international travel agencies or other
departments concerned, without their own promotion and solicitation programmes.
Star
Hotels refer to hotels rated with stars.