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.
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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II. 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
Peoples 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 Peoples Republic of China. the data in this table are collected on the basis of the registration
on opening business, changes and cancellation. Tables 17-21 and 17-22 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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