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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...

  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...

Enormous expansion has triggered remarkable progress in the China oil industry. This progress has spanned five decades. In the 1940s, Chinese oil production was a mere 90,000 tons. By 2001, it had ballooned to a staggering figure of 160 million...

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...

Fiji trade adviceLatest Fiji export, import and trade news have confirmed that Fiji exporters are now being egged on to adopt a more aggressive stance as far as promotion and export of their products in international markets is concerned. Need...

Fiji economy, has in the recent times declined by 3.9 per cent. But still it is expected to recover and expand by 2.2% in 2008. Economic growth is expected to be wide-ranging across most sectors leaving out finance, insurance, real...

Economic growth is measured by certain parameters. These parameters include expenditure on food, housing, power, fuel, and transport and communications. Investments in education and medical facilities are important indicators of economic development. Economic growth is also dependent on population size,...

The Emerging Markets was a term coined by World Bank economist Antoine W. van Agtmael in 1981 in reference to nations undergoing rapid economic growth and industrialization. The term is often used interchangeably with 'emerging and developing economies'. The Emerging...

The World Bank has classified the economies of the world on the basis of income.The groups made are as follows: Lower Income Economies Lower Middle Income Economies Upper Middle Income Economies High Income Economies   The World Bank has classified...

The simple meaning of an "Economy" is that a system which provides living to the peoples. In the congruous manner we mean the world economy, which provides lives to more than six billions of peoples in the world. The GDP...

The Global Competitiveness Report 2006-07 prepared by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in collaboration with its top research institutes and business organizations has shown the Scandinavian countries like Finland and Sweden to be doing exceedingly well along with Switzerland in...

Global Eonomic Analysis is a macro-level study of all the economies of the world taken as a whole. Globalization has helped the world economy become more integrated and homogenized with the free movement of goods and services. Its objective is...