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I. Data in this chapter show the summary
data of China's foreign trade, utilization of foreign capital, contracted
projects and labour cooperation with the foreign
countries or territories over the years, stressing on the recent situation of
foreign trade and economic cooperation.
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II. Data in this chapter are tabulated and compiled
by the Department of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of the National
Bureau of Statistics using data from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation, General Customs Administration, State Administration of Foreign
Exchange and State Administration on Industry and Commerce.
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III. Table 17-1 shows the summary data of the total
changes in China's foreign trade, utilization of foreign capital, contracted
projects and labour cooperation with the foreign
countries or territories since the Eighth Five-year Plan Period. Table 17-2
shows the average exchange rates of RMB yuan to US
dollar, Japanese yen and Hong Kong dollar over the years. the data come
from the State Administration of Exchange Control. the
annual average exchange rate is calculated as the weighted mean of the daily
exchange rates provided by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange in
the year. Tables from 17-3 to 17-12 show systematically the size of China's
imports and exports, composition of import and export commodities, China's
foreign trade with the related countries and territories, the changes in the import
and export of the foreign-funded enterprises by region. the
data in the years prior to 1980 were statistical data of foreign trade and come
from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Since 1980, the data
have been the statistical data of customs on imports and exports and come
from the General Customs Administration. for Table
17-4 and 17-5, the UN Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) was
used for the classification of the import and export commodities. However,
the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) stipulated by the
Customs Cooperation Council is used in the classification
of the import and export commodities as displayed in Table 17-6. Tables from
17-13 to 17-16, Table 17-19 and Table 17-20 show the overall situation of the
utilization of foreign capital in China.
Data in these tables come from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation and are tabulated in accordance with the Table FCS-5 and Table
FCS-6 in the “Statistical Scheme on the Utilization of Foreign Capital” designed
by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the National
Bureau of Statistics in November of 1996, which are data of complete
enumeration. the statistical coverage includes all the units and departments
which have utilized foreign capital and all the Sino-foreign joint ventures,
Sino-foreign cooperative enterprises, ventures exclusively with foreign
investment, foreign-funded stock companies, Sino-foreign cooperative
development projects and other corporate enterprises (including the enterprises
funded by the entrepreneurs from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) with independent
accounting system which have been approved by the Chinese government to set
up in the boundary of the People's Republic of China. Tables 17-17 and 17-18
show the registration of the foreign- funded enterprises in various regions.
the data come from the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and are
tabulated in accordance with the “Statistical Reporting Scheme in the Administrative
System of Administration for Industry and Commerce” stipulated by the State
Administration for Industry and Commerce in 1994. the statistical coverage
includes all the Sino-foreign joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative
enterprises, ventures exclusively with foreign investment, Sino-foreign
share-holding companies, foreign enterprises and enterprises of Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan engaged in commercial activities and the branch offices of
the foreign companies in China, which have been approved by and registered at
the State Administration for Industry and Commerce to set up in the boundary
of the People's Republic of China. the data in this
table are collected on the basis of the registration on opening business,
changes and cancellation. Table 17-21 shows the development of the contracted
projects, labour services cooperation and design
and consultation service with foreign countries over the years in China.
the data come from the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and
are collected with the method of complete enumeration and are tabulated in accordance
with the Table CS-4 in the “Statistical Reporting Scheme on the Contracted
Projects and Labour Services Cooperation with Foreign
Countries” jointly stipulated by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation and the National Bureau of Statistics in July, 1996. the statistical unit in the scheme is the corporate
enterprise engaged in contracted projects and labour
services cooperation with foreign countries and has been approved by the departments
of foreign trade and economic cooperation at various levels.
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