3-25  Balance of Payments (2004)
      (USD 10 000)
Type of Transaction Balance Credit Debit
       
  Current Account                               6865916 70069701 63203785
  Goods and Services 4928364 65582658 60654293
      Goods 5898228 59339251 53441024
      Services                                      -969863 6243407 7213270
         Transportation                              -1247627 1206749 2454376
         Travel                     658970 2573900 1914930
         Communication Service                       -3174 44046 47220
         Construction Service                        12866 146749 133883
         Insurance Service                           -574279 38078 612357
         Financial Service                           -4415 9395 13810
         Computer and Information Service            38440 163715 125275
         Fees for Patent or Royalty                -426025 23636 449661
         Consultation                                -158179 315252 473431
         Advertisement and Publicity                 15029 84863 69834
         Movies and Audio-video Products             -13484 4099 17583
         Other Commercial Service                    747262 1595075 847814
         Government Service not Elsewhere Classified -15249 37850 53099
  Income and Profit                             -352267 2054410 2406676
      Compensation of Staff and Workers           63219 201436 138217
      Profit from Investment                      -415486 1852974 2268460
  Current Transfers                              2289819 2432634 142815
      Governments                                 -8906 9754 18659
      Other Departments                           2298725 2422880 124155
  Capital and Finance Account                   11065976 34335015 23269040
  Capital Account                             -6935       6935
  Financial Account                           11072910 34335015 23262105
      Direct Investments                          5313143 6090578 777435
          Chinese Direct Investments Abroad         -180505 27578 208083
          Foreign Direct Investments in China       5493648 6063000 569352
      Securities                                  1968987 2026212 57224
          Assets                                    648644 656701 8057
              Capital Stock                  
              Liability Stock 648644 656701 8057
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 648644 656701 8057
                  Money Market Tools                  
          Liabilities 1320344 1369511 49168
              Capital Stock 1092320 1092320      
              Liability Stock 228024 277191 49168
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 228347 276432 48085
                  Money Market Tools -324 759 1083
      Other Investments                           3790780 26218226 22427446
          Assets                                    197966 5123602 4925636
              Trade Credits                            -1589700       1589700
                  Long Term -133600       133600
                  Short Term -1456100       1456100
              Loans -965794 10162 975955
                  Long Term -105700       105700
                  Short Term -860094 10162 870255
              Currencies and Deposits                 2020668 2124139 103471
              Other Assets                            732792 2989301 2256510
                  Long Term                  
                  Short Term 732792 2989301 2256510
          Liabilities 3592814 21094624 17501809
              Trade Credit                            1859500 1859500      
                  Long Term 286200 286200      
                  Short Term 1573300 1573300      
              Loans 1375289 17453262 16077973
                  Long Term 481496 1859056 1377560
                  Short Term 893792 15594206 14700413
              Currencies and Deposits                 156102 1453894 1297792
              Other Liabilities                       201923 327968 126045
                  Long Term 3246 15332 12086
                  Short Term 198677 312637 113960
  Reserve Assets -20636400 47800 20684200
      Gold Reserves                                                
      SDR (Special Drawing Rights)                -16100       16100
      China's Position in IMF (International Monetary Fund)     47800 47800      
      Foreign Currencies                       -20668100       20668100
      Other Creditor's rights                  
  Net Error and Omission                        2704508 2704508      
       
       
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 Commerce, and debit data are from indirect reporting.  
c) Other data in the table are from indirect reporting.