3-29 Balance of Payments (1997)

Continued Table 1

 

Unit: USD 10 000

Item

Balance

Credit

Debit

 

 

 

 

Debt Securities

-89927

3650

93577

Liabilities

770330

919386

149056

Capital Securities

565700

565700

 

Debt Securities

204630

353686

149056

Other Investments

-2549844

5651053

8200897

Assets

-3392878

570688

3963566

Trade Credit

-1028322

473950

1502272

Loans

-215499

7408

222907

Currencies and Deposits

-1251543

6154

1257697

Other Assets

-897514

83176

980690

Liabilities

843034

5080365

4237331

Trade Credit

395924

1391265

995341

Loans

141169

2326884

2185715

Currencies and Deposits

-266

 

266

Other Liabilities

306207

1362216

1056009

Net Error and Omission

-1695212

 

1695212

Reserve Assets

-3572362

1200

3573562

Gold Reserves

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange

-3486162

 

3486162

SDR (Special Drawing Rights)

1200

1200

 

China's Reserve in IMF (International Monetary Fund)

-87400

 

87400

 

 

 

 

 

a) Trade data in the table are from customs statistics.                                                       

b) Credit data on direct investment in the table are from statistics and from "Approved Leasing of Land" in

indirect reporting, both collected by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and debit data

are from indirect reporting.                                                                                 

c) Other data in the table are from indirect reporting.                                                       

d)It is estimated that the dividend and distributed profits of joint venture or foreign-funded enterprises in China

amounted to 2,056 million US dollars in 1997, and the income from re-investment and non-distributed profits

amounted to 13,242 million US dollars.