V. Domestic Trade

In 2009, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 12,534.3 billion yuan, up by 15.5 percent over the previous year. An analysis on different areas showed that the retail sales of consumer goods in cities reached 8,513.3 billion yuan, up by 15.5 percent and the retail sales of consumer goods at and below county level was 4,021.0 billion yuan, up by 15.7 percent. Analyzed by different sectors, the sales of the wholesales and retail trade reached 10,541.3 billion yuan, up 15.6 percent; the sales of the lodging and catering industry was 1,799.8 billion yuan, up 16.8 percent, and the sales of the other industries was 193.2 billion yuan, up 2.5 percent.

Of the total retail sales by wholesale and retail enterprises above designated size, the year-on-year growth of sales for motor vehicles was 32.3 percent, that for grain and oil was 13.0 percent, for meat and eggs 8.3 percent, for clothing 20.8 percent, for daily necessities 15.6 percent, for cultural and office goods 6.7 percent. The sales of telecommunication equipment dropped by 1.3 percent. The year-on-year growth of sales for cosmetics 16.9 percent, for gold, silver and jewelry 15.9 percent, for traditional Chinese drugs and western drugs 21.7 percent, for electric and electronic appliances for household use and audio-video equipment 12.3 percent, for furniture 35.5 percent and building and decoration materials 26.6 percent.

VI. Foreign Economic Relations

The total value of imports and exports in 2009 reached US$2,207.2 billion, down by 13.9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value of goods export was US$1,201.7 billion, down by 16.0 percent, and the value of goods import was US$1,005.6 billion, down by 11.2 percent. The balance of imports and exports was (exports minus imports) US$196.1 billion, a decrease of US$102.0 billion over the previous year.

 

Table 7: Total Value of Imports and Exports and the Growth Rates in 2009

Unit: US$100 million

 

Table 8: Main Export Commodities in Volume and Value and the Growth Rates in 2009 

Item	Unit	Volume	Increase over 2008 (%)	Value (US$100 million)	Increase over 2008 (%)
Coal	10000 tons	2240	-50.7	24	-54.7
Rolled steel	10000 tons	2460	-58.5	223	-64.9
Textile yarns and textile articles	----	—	—	600	-8.4
Clothes and clothing accessories	----	—	—	1071	-11.0
Footwear	----	—	—	280	-5.7
Furniture	----	—	—	253	-6.0
Automatic data processing machines and components	10000 sets	131331	-8.5	1224	-9.4
Handheld mobiles and car telephones	10000 sets	58280	9.4	396	2.7
Containers	10000 units	69	-77.2	19	-78.6
Integrated circuit	1 million units	56608	16.8	233	-4.2
Liquid crystal display panels	10000 units	192414	-5.1	192	-14.1
Motor vehicles (including a complete set of spare sets)	10000 sets	35	-45.2	47	-47.3

 

Table 9: Main Import Commodities in Volume and Value and the Growth Rates in 2009 

 

Table 10: Imports and Exports by Major Countries and Regions and the Growth Rates in 2009 

Unit: US$100 millionN

 

The year 2009 witnessed the establishment of 23,435 enterprises with foreign direct investment in non-financial sectors, down by 14.8 percent; and the foreign capital actually utilized was US$90.0 billion, down by 2.6 percent. Of the total foreign direct investment actually utilized, the share of investment in manufacturing was 52.0 percent over the pervious year, the real estate 18.7 percent, leasing and business service 6.8 percent, wholesales and retail trade 6.0 percent and transportation, storage and post service 2.8 percent.

Table 11: Total Value of Foreign Direct Investment and the Growth Rates in 2009 

Sector	Enterprises	Increase over 2008 (%)	Actually Utilized Value US$100 million	Increase over 2008 (%)
Total	23435	-14.8	900.3	-2.6
Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery	896	-2.3	14.3	20.0
Mining and Quarrying	99	-33.6	5.0	-12.6
Manufacturing	9767	-15.6	467.7	-6.3
Production and Supply of Electricity, Gas and Water	238	-25.6	21.1	24.5
Construction	220	-16.0	6.9	-36.7
Transport, Storage, Post and Telecommunication Services	395	-24.5	25.3	-11.4
Information Transmission, Computer Services and Software	1081	-15.9	22.5	-19.0
Wholesales & Retail Trade	5100	-12.9	53.9	21.6
Lodging & Catering Services	502	-20.7	8.4	-10.1
Banking	52	108.0	4.6	-20.3
Real Estate	569	25.9	168.0	-9.7
Leasing and Business Services	2864	-8.7	60.8	20.2
Scientific Research, Technical Services and Geological Prospecting	1066	-42.0	16.7	11.2
Water Conservancy, Environment Protection and Public Facilities Management	183	32.6	5.6	63.4
Services to Households and Other Services	207	1.0	15.9	178.3
Education	20	-16.7	0.1	-63.0
Health, Social Security and Social Welfare	18	80.0	0.4	127.0
Culture, Sports and Entertainment	158	-7.1	3.2	23.0
Public Management and Social Organization	—	—	—	—
International Organization	—	—	—	—

 

 

In 2009, the overseas direct investment (non-financial sectors) by Chinese investors was US$43.3 billion, up by 6.5 percent over the previous year.

In 2009, the accomplished business revenue through contracted overseas engineering projects was US$77.7 billion, up by 37.3 percent, and the business revenue through overseas labor contracts was US$8.9 billion, up by 10.6 percent over the previous year.