General information: Fact sheets are updated biannually; June
and December
Capital: Beijing Head of State:Surface area: 9,561 thousand sq
km President HE Mr Xi JinpingOfficial language: MandarinPopulation:
1,360.8 million (2013) Head of Government:Exchange rate: A$1 =
5.5635 Yuan (Sep 2014) Premier of the State Council HE Mr Li
Keqiang
Recent economic indicators: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013(a)
2014(b)GDP (US$bn) (current prices): 5,105.8 5,949.6 7,314.5
8,386.7 9,469.1 10,355.4GDP PPP (Int'l $bn) (c): 10,813.8 12,085.5
13,482.1 14,774.4 16,149.1 17,632.0GDP per capita (US$): 3,826
4,437 5,429 6,194 6,959 7,572GDP per capita PPP (Int'l $) (c):
8,103 9,013 10,006 10,911 11,868 12,893Real GDP growth (% change
yoy): 9.2 10.4 9.3 7.7 7.7 7.4Current account balance (US$m):
243,257 237,810 136,097 215,392 182,807 185,308Current account
balance (% GDP): 4.8 4.0 1.9 2.6 1.9 1.8Goods & services
exports (% GDP): 24.7 27.7 27.2 26.1 25.0 23.9Inflation (% change
yoy): -0.7 3.3 5.4 2.6 2.6 2.3
Australia's trade and investment relationship with China
(d):Australian merchandise trade with China, 2013: Total share:
Rank: Growth (yoy):
Exports to China (A$m): 94,655 36.1% 1st 29.7%Imports from China
(A$m)#: 47,150 19.6% 1st 6.1%Total trade (exports + imports)
(A$m)#: 141,805 28.2% 1st 20.8%
Major Australian exports, 2013 (A$m): Major Australian imports,
2013 (A$m):Iron ores & concentrates 52,653 Telecom equipment
& parts 4,905Coal 9,082 Computers 4,648Gold 8,074 Clothing
4,610Copper 2,069 Furniture, mattresses & cushions 2,026
Australia's trade in services with China, 2013: Total
share:Exports of services to China (A$m): 6,881 12.5%Imports of
services from China (A$m): 2,079 3.0%
Major Australian service exports, 2013 (A$m): Major Australian
service imports, 2013 (A$m):Education-related travel 4,042 Personal
travel excl education 854Personal travel excl education 1,675
Transport 546
Australia's investment relationship with China, 2013 (e): Total:
FDI:Australia's investment in China (A$m): 29,576 6,350China's
investment in Australia (A$m): 31,899 20,832
China's global merchandise trade relationships:China's principal
export destinations, 2013: China's principal import sources,
2013:
1 Hong Kong, SAR of China 17.4% 1 Republic of Korea 9.4%2 United
States 16.7% 2 Japan 8.3%3 Japan 6.8% 3 Taiwan 8.0%
14 Australia 1.7% 6 Australia 4.7%
Compiled by the Economic Diplomacy, Trade Advocacy &
Statistics Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the
IMF and various international sources.(a) All recent data subject
to revision; (b) IMF/EIU estimate (c) PPP is purchasing power
parity; (d) Total may not add due to rounding; (e) Stock, as at 31
December. Released annually by the ABS. na Data not available. np
Data not published. .. Data not meaningful. #Excludes confidential
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