3-23 Balance of Payments (1999)

(USD 1000)

Item

Balance

Credit

Debit

 

 

 

 

Current Account

15667268

234434042

218766774

Goods

36206016

194715813

158509797

Exports

194715813

194715813

0

Imports

-158509797

0

158509797

Service

-7509180

23779952

31289132

Transportation

-5477758

2420119

7897877

Tourism

3233970

14098450

10864480

Communication Service

396199

589647

193448

Construction Service

-554578

985228

1539806

Insurance Service

-1728905

203922

1932827

Financial Service

75529

166355

90826

Computer and Information Service

41711

265336

223625

Fee for Patent or Royalty

-717081

74542

791623

Consultation

-244033

280367

524400

Advertisement and Publicity

1589

220558

218969

Movies and Audio-video Products

-27301

6655

33956

Other Commercial Service

-1970027

4385536

6355563

Government Service not Elsewhere Classified

-538495

83237

621732

Income and Profit

-17973033

10571026

28544059

Compensation of Staff and Workers

-376980

145653

522633

Profit from Investment

-17596053

10425373

28021426

Current Transfer

4943465

5367251

423786

Governments

107914

200511

92597

Other Departments

4835551

5166740

331189

Capital and Finance Account

7642392

91753939

84111547

Capital Account

-25525

0

25525

Financial Account

7667917

91753939

84086022

Direct Investments

36978137

41014763

4036626

Chinese Direct Investments Abroad

-1774313

602763

2377076

Foreign Direct Investments in China

38752450

40412000

1659550

Securities

-11233576

1808264

13041840

Assets

-10534862

128864

10663726

Liabilities

-698714

1679400

2378114

Other Investments

-18076644

48930912

67007556

Assets

-24395289

14256608

38651897

Trade Credit

-22898171

0

22898171

Loans

-3436344

491526

3927870

Currencies and Deposits

11270605

13373093

2102488

Other Assets

-9331379

391989

9723368

Liabilities

6318645

34674304

28355659

Trade Credit

13266685

13266685

0

Loans

-547242

15021949

15569191

Currencies and Deposits

-1469006

15250

1484256

Other Liabilities

-4931792

6370420

11302212

Net Error and Omission

-14804340

 

14804340

Change in Reserve Assets

-8505320

1252000

9757320

Gold Reserves

0

0

0

Foreign Exchange

-41000

0

41000

SDR (Special Drawing Rights)

1252000

1252000

 

China's Reserve in IMF (International

-9716320

 

9716320

Monetary Fund)

0

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.