Q-Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators |
Total
Imports and Exports at Customs refer to the value
of commodities imported into and exported from the boundary of |
Import
Export Value by Location of China抯 Foreign 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 China: The former indicator refers to the
value of import commodities of the places of their consumption, utilization
or the places of their final destination. The latter indicator refers to the
value of export commodities of the places of their origin or the places of
the commodities dispatched. |
Utilization
of Foreign Capital 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 an important
part of China抯 utilization of foreign capital, it 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. |
Direct
Investment by Foreign Entrepreneurs refers to the investments inside China
by foreign enterprises and economic organizations or individuals(including
overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and Chinese
enterprises registered abroad), following the relevant policies and laws of
China, for the establishment of ventures exclusively with foreign own
investment, Sino-foreign joint ventures and cooperative enterprises or for
co-operative 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. |
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.
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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 Chihe
statistics of service co operation with foreign countries. The business
income of labour service co operation is the income in the form of wages and
salaries, overtime pay, bonuses
and other remuneration received from the employers during the reference
period. |
Overseas
Design and Consultation Service refers to projects
with charges for technical services from overseas operators. It includes
geographic and topographic mapping, geological resource prospecting and
survey, planning of construction areas, provision of design documents, blueprints, materials on
production process and techniques, as well as engineering, technical and
economic consultation, and feasibility study, research and evaluation of
projects. Also included under this category are the above-mentioned services
of foreign-financed projects in |