3-25  Balance of Payments (2003)
      (USD 10 000)
Item Balance Credit Debit
       
  Current Account                               4587481 51958039 47370557
  Goods and Service 3607898 48500322 44892424
      Goods 4465163 43826960 39361797
      Service                                       -857265 4673362 5530627
         Transportation                              -1032643 790641 1823283
         Tourism                                     221873 1740600 1518727
         Communication Service                       21103 63841 42738
         Construction Service                        10642 128966 118324
         Insurance Service                           -425143 31278 456422
         Financial Service                           -8057 15196 23252
         Computer and Information Service            6636 110218 103581
         Fee for Patent or Royalty                -344115 10698 354813
         Consultation                                -156459 188495 344954
         Advertisement and Publicity                 2838 48626 45788
         Movies and Audio-video Products             -3609 3344 6954
         Other Commercial Service                    859199 1505583 646384
         Government Service not Elsewhere Classified -9530 35878 45408
  Income and Profit                             -783836 1609469 2393305
      Compensation of Staff and Workers           16236 128259 112023
      Profit from Investment                      -800072 1481210 2281282
  Current Transfer                              1763420 1848248 84828
      Governments                                 804 11377 10574
      Other Departments                           1762616 1836870 74255
  Capital and Finance Account                   5272594 21963061 16690467
  Capital Account                             -4808 0 4808
  Financial Account                           5277402 21963061 16685659
      Direct Investments                          4722899 5550712 827813
          Chinese Direct Investments Abroad         15227 200212 184984
          Foreign Direct Investments in China       4707672 5350500 642828
      Securities                                  1142676 1230668 87993
          Assets                                    298312 300016 1704
              Capital Stock 0 0 0
              Liability Stock 298312 300016 1704
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 298312 300016 1704
                  Money Market Tools 0 0 0
          Liabilities 844364 930652 86288
              Capital Stock 772900 772900 0
              Liability Stock 71464 157752 86288
                 (Metaphase) Long-term Bonds 71679 153057 81378
                  Money Market Tools -215 4695 4910
      Other Investments                           -588173 15181681 15769854
          Assets                                    -1792152 5198558 6990709
              Trade Credit                            -146499 0 146499
                  Long Term 0 0 0
                  Short Term -146499 0 146499
              Loans 1392740 2170081 777341
                  Long Term -69300 0 69300
                  Short Term 1462040 2170081 708041
              Currencies and Deposits                 -655211 66287 721498
              Other Assets                            -2383182 2962190 5345372
                  Long Term -4500000 0 4500000
                  Short Term 2116818 2962190 845372
          Liabilities 1203979 9983124 8779145
              Trade Credit                            472030 472030 0
                  Long Term 0 0 0
                  Short Term 472030 472030 0
              Loans 661431 7887434 7226004
                  Long Term -535588 1749928 2285516
                  Short Term 1197019 6137507 4940488
              Currencies and Deposits                 74244 879506 805262
              Other Liabilities                       -3726 744153 747879
                  Long Term -101580 393013 494593
                  Short Term 97854 351140 253286
  Reserve Assets -11702310 0 11702310
      Gold Reserves                               0 0 0
      SDR (Special Drawing Rights)                -9000 0 9000
      China's Reserve in IMF (International Monetary Fund)     -8900 0 8900
      Foreign Exchange                            -11684410 0 11684410
      Other Creditor's rights 0 0 0
  Net Error and Omission                        1842235 1842235 0
       
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.