| Appendix 2-6 Precedence of Main Indicators of China in the World | ||||||
| Sources: United Nations Database, "Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook", FAO Database. | ||||||
| Item | 1978 | 1990 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Gross Domestic Product | 10 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Per Capita GNI① | 175(188) | 178(200) | 141(207) | 136(207) | 133(206) | |
| Total Value of Imports and Exports | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Major Industrial Products | ||||||
| Crude Steel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Coal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Crude Petroleum | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Electricity | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cement | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fertilizer | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Chemical Fibre | 7 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Woven Cotton Fabrics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sugar | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
| Television | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Major Agricultural Products | ||||||
| Cereals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Meat② | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cotton Lint | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Soybeans | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Groundnuts in Shell | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rapeseeds | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sugar Cane | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fruit | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Note: ① The number in the parentheses indicates the number of countries or territories the order based on. | ||||||
| ②Data refer to pork, beef and mutton prior to 1993. | ||||||