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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,...

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...

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...

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 common belief that newly emerging nations such as India, China and a few South East Asian economies are performing well on the economic front over the past decade is corroborated by the fact that certain economic indicators such as...

As to the World Bank data, the world constitutes a total surface area of 133940.9 thousand square kilometers in the year 2004. The estimated population over the world has reached at 6,525,170,264 according to July 2006 estimation with an annual...