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DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL INDICATORS DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL INDICATORSChina is the most populous country in the world with number of people crossing 1.298 billion in 2004. Data obtained from the World Bank shows a national growth rate of 0.8% during 1997-2003....

As the Chinese government seeks to reduce pollution while increasing energy production, the China gas industry is gaining increasing importance. Gas production reached 76.1 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2008, and with an increasing number of gas reserves in the...

  The jobs market in China has been surging since 1978, when the communist regime opened its doors to foreign investment. The continuous arrival of foreign capital boosted the Chinese economy, making it the fastest growing economy in the world....

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s employment stood at 774.80 million persons at the end of 2008. Around 306.54 million were employed in the primary industry, accounting for 39.6% of the workforce. The secondary industry employed 211.09 million...

  According to an International Monetary Fund analysis, the growth rate of the Chinese economy hit a five-year low in 2008. From an impressive double-digit rate of 12.7% in 2007, China’s economic growth plummeted to 9.6%. The IMF also revealed...

China’s central budget is prepared annually by the Chinese Ministry of Finance. Provincial budgets are also prepared by the local government. Both the budgets are presented in March, but before revealing the final figure to the public, the budgets are...

In 2007, China's electricity industry witnessed continuous growth in demand. Due to this, the industry’s annual revenues peaked at $220.7 billion. The increased demand was met by the installation of new generation capacities. Currently, the Chinese electricity industry is growing...

Inflation in China soared during the 1930s and 1940s, when the country’s economy became highly unstable. The economic scenario worsened due to a civil war in the late 1940s. Food prices soared and hit purchasing power. In the early 1950s,...

For people who are fluent in Mandarin, China investment is easier and more profitable. "There's much more to the Chinese economy than in the 1990s," said the manager of the Guinness Atkinson China & Hong Kong Fund, Edmund Harriss. According...

China, the new superpower, is rapidly growing its consumption of the world’s natural resources. In Africa and Central Asia, the country is exploring oil fields. It is searching for gas in Burma, constructing hydropower units in Mekong, exploiting minerals and...

The currency of China or Chinese money is called the Renminbi, which stands for the people’s currency. Renminbi abbreviates to RMB and is represented using the latinized symbol ¥, which it shares with the Japanese Yen. Yuan is the principal...

According to the 2008 estimates by China’s National Bureau of Statistic, the total number of the urban unemployed was 8.30 million. The country’s total unemployment rate stood at 4.0%. Year-on-year estimates of China’s unemployment rate According to the 2008 estimates...

According to the recent statistics, the world GDP (comprising 180 economies) has reached at a sum of US $ 46,747 Billions. Top 15 contributors to the world GDP are USA, Japan, Germany, China, UK, France, Italy, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Russia,...

Among the most encouraging recent developments in India China Economy and India-China ties is the rapid increase in bilateral trade. A few years ago, India Inc had a fear of being swamped by Chinese imports. Today, India enjoys a positive...

  Think about vast population and China is the first country that comes to mind. It is also the world’s most populous country but has achieved tremendous success in controlling China population growth. In mid 2008, the country’s population stood...