2-34  Balance of Payments (2008)
(USD 10 000)
Type of Transaction Balance Credit Debit
       
  Current Account 42610740 172589326 129978587
  Goods and Services 34887046 158171319 123284273
      Goods 36068209 143460124 107391915
      Services -1181164 14711195 15892359
         Transportation -1191118 3841756 5032874
         Travel 468600 4084300 3615700
         Communication Service 5959 156966 151008
         Construction Service 596549 1032851 436301
         Insurance Service -1136013 138272 1274284
         Financial Service -25088 31473 56562
         Computer and Information Service 308693 625206 316513
         Fees for Patent or Royalty -974893 57054 1031947
         Consultation 460532 1814087 1353555
         Advertisement and Publicity 26167 220232 194066
         Movies and Audio-video Products 16332 41794 25462
         Other Commercial Service 288506 2600586 2312080
         Government Service not Elsewhere Classified -25389 66619 92008
  Income and Profit 3143796 9161487 6017691
      Compensation of Staff and Workers 640016 913655 273639
      Profit from Investment 2503780 8247833 5744052
  Current Transfers 4579898 5256520 676622
      Governments -18161 4921 23082
      Other Departments 4598059 5251600 653541
  Capital and Finance Account 1896488 76987609 75091122
  Capital Account 305145 331989 26844
  Financial Account 1591343 76655621 75064278
      Direct Investments 9432009 16305396 6873387
          Chinese Direct Investments Abroad -5347097 217579 5564676
          Foreign Direct Investments in China 14779106 16087818 1308712
      Securities 4266006 6770805 2504798
          Assets 3274994 5767240 2492247
              Capital Stock -111737 384480 496217
              Liability Stock 3386730 5382760 1996030
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 3756310 5382760 1626450
                  Money Market Tools -369580 369580
          Liabilities 991013 1003564 12551
              Capital Stock 872101 872101
              Liability Stock 118912 131463 12551
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 118912 131463 12551
                  Money Market Tools
      Other Investments -12106673 53579420 65686093
          Assets -10607426 3256325 13863751
              Trade Credits 586695 586695
                  Long Term 41069 41069
                  Short Term 545627 545627
              Loans -1850112 47831 1897943
                  Long Term -656900 656900
                  Short Term -1193212 47831 1241043
              Currencies and Deposits -3352817 1771595 5124412
              Other Assets -5991193 850204 6841396
                  Long Term
                  Short Term -5991193 850204 6841396
          Liabilities -1499246 50323095 51822342
              Trade Credit -1904907 1904907
                  Long Term -133344 133344
                  Short Term -1771564 1771564
              Loans 362098 44283593 43921495
                  Long Term 672408 2012939 1340531
                  Short Term -310310 42270654 42580964
              Currencies and Deposits 270230 5922621 5652391
              Other Liabilities -226667 116882 343549
                  Long Term -223618 3498 227116
                  Short Term -3049 113385 116433
  Reserve Assets -41897843 41897843
      Gold Reserves
      SDR (Special Drawing Rights) -711 711
      China's Position in IMF (International Monetary Fund) -119032 119032
      Foreign Currencies -41778100 41778100
      Other Creditor's rights
  Net Error and Omission -2609384 2609384
       
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.