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