Industrial production growth rate: 13% (1996 est.)
Electricity - capacity: 210 million kW (1995)
Electricity - production: 859 billion kWh (1994)
Electricity - consumption per capita: 684 kWh (1995 est.)
Agriculture - products: rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, cotton, other fibers, oilseed; pork and other livestock products; fish
Exports: total value : $151.07 billion (f.o.b., 1996) commodities: clothing, miscellaneous consumer goods, fabrics, footwear, toys, electrical machinery and switchgear (1995) partners: Hong Kong, Japan, US, South Korea, Germany, Singapore (1995)
Imports: total value : $138.83 billion (c.i.f., 1996) commodities: plastics, fabrics, telecommunications equipment, electrical machinery and switchgear, transistors, other industrial machinery (1995) partners: Japan, US, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Germany, Russia (1995)
Debt - external: $92 billion (1994 est.)
Economic aid: recipient: ODA, $1.977 billion (1993)
Currency: 1 yuan (¥) = 10 jiao