Key Chinese macroeconomic statistics, 2005-2007
Source: Xinhua Date: 2008-01-29
Following are key macroeconomic figures for the past three years, provided by the National Bureau of Statistics.
2007 2006 2005
GDP (bln yuan) 24661.9 20940.7 18232.1growth rate (%) 11.4 10.7 9.9CPI 4.8 1.5 1.8 Fixed-asset investment (bln yuan) 13723.9 10987 8877.4 growth rate (%) 24.8 24 26Trade surplus (bln USD) 262.2 177.47 101.9 growth rate (%) 47.7 75 218 Retail sales (bln yuan) 8921 7641 6717.7
The yuan hit another record high of 7.2293 per U.S. dollar on Thursday following the U.S. Federal Reserve's 75-basis point rate cut.
