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Basic numbers about Chinese economy in the past decade

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-01-22 12:29

China, now estimated to be the world's third largest economy by gross domestic products (GDP), faces the biggest challenge since the Asian financial crisis in 1997 as the impact of the global financial turmoil expands into the emerging economies.

Here are some basic facts collected by Xinhua about the country's economic performance from 1998 to 2007.

	GDP growth	CPI	FDI(US$ billion)	FX (US$ billion)	Urban Unemployment
1998	7.8%	-0.8%	45.46	144.96	3.1%
1999	7.6%	-1.4%	40.32	154.68	3.1%
2000	8.4%	0.4%	40.72	165.57	3.1%
2001	8.3%	0.7%	46.88	212.17	3.6%
2002	9.1%	-0.8%	52.74	286.41	4.0%
2003	10.0%	1.2%	53.51	403.25	4.3%
2004	10.1%	3.9%	60.63	609.93	4.2%
2005	10.2%	1.8%	60.33	818.87	4.2%
2006	11.6%	1.5%	69.47	1066.30	4.1%
2007	13.0 %	4.8%	82.66	1528.25	4.0%