Explanatory Notes on Main Statistical Indicators
Total
Value of Imports and Exports in Foreign Trade
is offered by Customs authorities, covering the operations units, or
the enterprises involved in import and export, that have registered in the
administrative regions where the Customs operate. It reflects the import and
export of all the enterprises with import and export rights (foreign trade
enterprises) under the administration of
Total
Value of Imports and Exports in Port
is offered by customs authorities, refer to the value of commodities
imported into and exported from
Utilization
of Foreign Investment
includes foreign borrowing, foreign direct investment, and other foreign
investment. Foreign capital includes cash, foods, industrial property right,
special technique, etc. It includes actual investment in current year or signed
in previous years.
Foreign
Loans refer to funds borrowed from abroad by the
Chinese government, departments, enterprises and other economic units, foreign
currency bond issued abroad. Grouped by the category of borrowing, it includes
(a) loans of foreign governments, (b) loans of international financial
institutions, (c) commercial loans of foreign banks, (d) export credit of
foreign banks, (e) bonds, shares issued abroad, etc. The data in this yearbook
excludes foreign borrowing of foreign funded and
Foreign
Direct Investment refers to the investment inside
China by foreign funded and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan funded enterprises,
economic organizations or individuals, following the relevant policies and laws
of China and using cash, practicalities technology, for the investment of
corporations that are not listed in stock market, share ownership of single
foreign investor is not lower than 10%.
Foreign
Direct Investment Contracted
refers to the total registered capital that according to the contract,
foreign investor should provide. It includes re-investment of foreign investor
using the profits obtained from enterprise, loans of foreign shareholder among
the total investment (also includes other investment of enterprise borrowed
from
Foreign
Capital Actually Used
refers to the actual investment of foreign borrowing, foreign direct
investment and other investment by foreign enterprises. It includes actual
withdraw of foreign borrowing, actual capital of foreign direct investment (in
accordance with the capital report of Accountant Services), actual capital of
other investment by foreign enterprises.
Contracted
Foreign Projects
refer to projects undertaken by Chinese contractors (project contracting
companies) through bidding process. They include: (1) overseas civil engineering
construction projects financed by foreign investors. (2) overseas
projects financed by the Chinese government through its foreign-aid programs.
(3) construction projects of Chinese diplomatic
missions, trade offices and other institutions stationed abroad. (4) construction projects in
Overseas
Labour Cooperation
refers to activities of providing technology and labour
services to employers or contractors by collecting salaries and wages. Labour services provided by