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General Information

 
Capital: Beijing
 Head of State: President HU Jintao (since 15 March 2003)

Surface Area: 9,596,961 sq km Head of Government: WEN Jiabao (since 16 March 2003)

Official Languages: Chinese
Population: 1,330,141,295
Exchange rate (27-08-2010): EUR 1 = CNY 8.6426
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Local Time: UTC/GMT +8 hours Internet suffix: .cn


Telehone lines (main lines): 365.6 million (2007) Mobile lines: 634 million (2008)

Internet users:298 million (2008) Literacy rate: 90.9%


Life expectancy: male: 72.54 years female: 76.77 years (2010 est.)

Infrastructures:

  • 442 airpots with paved airways

  • 77,834 km railways



Urban Population: 43% of total population (2008)


Ethnic Origin: Han Chinese 91.5%, Zhuang, Manchu, Hui, Miao, Uyghur, Tujia, Yi, Mongol, Tibetan, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Korean, and other nationalities 8.5% (2000 census)


Religion: Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%


Recent Economic Indicators


 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
GDP, current prices (USD, billions) 1,198.48 1,324.81 1,453.83 1,640.96 1,931.65 2,235.93 2,657.85 3,382.44 4,519.94 4,908.98
GDP, PPP (USD, billions) 3,013.22 3,337.29 3,700.08 4,157.82 4,697.90 5,314.37 6,124.36 7,119.70 7,966.54 8,765.24
GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion) 2,377.43 2,614.88 2,880.49 3,217.46 3,614.10 4,064.34 4,659.15 5,388.45 5,998.81 6,567.00
GDP PPP share of world total 7.157 7.585 8.049 8.553 8.954 9.413 10.007 10.767 11.406 12.524
Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100) 0.898 -0.121 -0.588 2.72 3.227 1.367 2.033 6.633 2.5 0.7
Current Account Balance (USD, billions) 20.519 17.405 35.422 45.875 68.659 160.818 253.268 371.833 426.107 283.756
Current Account Balance % GDP 1.712 1.314 2.436 2.796 3.554 7.192 9.529 10.993 9.427 5.78




Ireland's trade relations with China


   2007  2008  2009
Exports (merchandise, € million)
 324,287
 608,074
 508,993
Exports (merchandise, tonnes)
 70,921
 88,749
 116,632
Imports (merchandise, € million)
 1,477,048
 1,216,744
 953,208
Imports (merchandise, tonnes)
 216,035
 188,834
 126,498

Top 5 Exports to China in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts 250,176
 100
Office machines & automatic data processing machines
 80,235
 790
Organic chemicals
 58,853
 200
Medical & pharmaceutical products
 36,055
 112
Miscellaneous edible products & preparations
 13,270
 1,158

Top 5 Imports from China in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Office machines & automatic data processing machines
 357,838
 14,309
Articles of apparel; clothing accessories
 123,245
 5,550
Telecommunications & sound equipment
 95,108
 1,255
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts
 75,331
 4,867
Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes
 48,304
 9,787

Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CIA - World Factbook
UNDATA
IMF - World Economic Outlook

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