7. World's largest gold consumer

China is set to overtake India as the world's No 1 gold consumer this year.

Metals consulting firm GFMS projects that China's gold demand will total 432 tons this year, and that India's will total 422 tons.

Gold demand in India fell by more than half in the first nine months of this year, according to the World Gold Council. In contrast, China's demand was up 8 percent in the same period.

7、世界最大黃金消費(fèi)國

2009年，中國取代印度成為世界最大的黃金消費(fèi)國。

黃金礦業(yè)服務(wù)有限公司預(yù)測稱，中國的黃金需求量達(dá)432噸，印度為422噸。

據(jù)世界黃金協(xié)會(huì)數(shù)據(jù)，2009年前九個(gè)月，印度的黃金需求量下跌50%之多，而中國在這一期間的黃金需求增加了8%。