Sep 26 2005
China’s Stats.
Foreign Affairs 2005/9-10 Zheng Bijian/China’s Peaceful Rise …
Zheng Bijian: China Reform Forum Chair
China has averaged 9.4% GDP growth since 1978
In 1978 China accounted for less than 1% of world economy, today, it’s 4%
Foreign trade: $851 billion, 3rd largest in the world.
300 million mobile-phone users.
100 million Internet users.
China’s population has not yet peaked. In 2030, it will reach 1.5 billion.
In per capita terms, China ranks 100th in the world.
China’s per capita water is 1/4 of world average.
China’s per capita cultivatable farmland is 2/5 of world average.
China’s per capita oil is 8.3% of world average.
China’s per capita natural gas is 4.1% of world average.
China’s per capita copper is 25.5% of world average.
China’s per capita aluminum is 9.7% of world average.
About 10 million rural Chinese migrate to urban areas each year.
China controls 85% of world output of Tungsten (钨), uses maybe 35-40% of it. (The Economist 2005/4/16)