Data Watch on China's Foreign Trade and Investment in the First Eleven Months of 2011

China's foreign trade in the first eteven months of 2011 According to statistics of the Customs,China's exports and imports in the first eleven months of the year reached S3.30962 trillion,up 23.6％ over the same period last year.Specifically,exports stood at S1.72401 trillion,up 21.1％ vear on year,imports S1.58561 billion,up 26.9％ The first eleven months of the year saw a trade deficit of S138.4 billion,a decline of 18.2％ from the previous year.     

Data Watch on China's Foreign Trade and Investment in the First Five Months of 2011

According to the Statistics of China Customs, China's imports and exports registered US$1401.79 billion in the first fives months of the year, an increase of 27.4% year on year, 16.6 percentage points lower than the same period of last year, Specifically, exports reached US$712.38 billion, an increase of 25.5%, 7.7 percentage points lower than the same period of last year; imports reached US$689.41 billion, an increase of 29.4%, 28.1 percentage points lower than the same period of last year.The trade surplus stood at US$22.97 billion, a decline of 35.1%.     

International Hot Money Probably Flows in Batch into China with Great Anticipation of Appreciation of RMB

According to the data newly issued by China‘s Central Bank, deposit balance including foreign exchange in internal financial institutions has reached US$ 162.8 billion, increasing by 10.9% over the last year by the end of March of 2005. In the first quarter of this year, deposit of foreign exchange has increased by US$8 billion, growing by US$10.4 billion over the last year. Loan balance of foreign exchange of financial institutions has amounted to US$146.9 billion, increasing by 13.3% over the last year.Loan of foreign exchange in the first quarter has increased by US$ 10.8 billion, growing by US$1.4 billion over the last year.……     

International Hot Money Probably Flows in Batch into China with Great Anticipation of Appreciation of RMB

According to the data newly issued by China's Central Bank, deposit balance including foreign exchange in internal financial institutions has reached US$ 162.8 billion, increasing by 10.9% over the last year by the end of March of 2005. In the first quarter of this year, deposit of foreign exchange has increased by US$8 billion, growing by US$10.4 billion over the last year. Loan balance of foreign exchange of financial institutions has amounted to US$146.9 billion, increasing by 13.3% over the last year.Loan of foreign exchange in the first quarter has increased by US$ 10.8 billion, growing by US$1.4 billion over the last year.     

Chlna＇s petrochemical output value hits RMB 5.9 trln in Jan-Nov

China saw the total output value of the petrochemical industry decline 3% year on year in the first 11 months of this year to RMB 5.94 trillion, said Feng Shiliang, deputy secretary-general of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Association.     

International Hot Money Probably Flows in Batch into China with Great Anticipation of Appreciation of RMB

According to the data newly issued by China‘s Central Bank, deposit balance including foreign exchange in internal financial institutions has reached US$162.8 billion, increasing by 10.9% over the last year by the end of March of 2005. In the first quarter of this year, deposit of foreign exchange has increased by US$8 billion, growing by US$10.4 billion over the last year. Loan balance of foreign exchange of financial institutions has amounted to US$146.9 billion, increasing by 13.3% over the last year.Loan of foreign exchange in the first quarter has increased by US$10.8 billion, growing by US$1.4 billion over the last year.     

Im/Ex in August,2010: Trade Surplus in Surprise Drop

On September 10, 2010, General Administration of Customs of the People＇s Republic of China （GAC） released the profile of China foreign trade import and export in August and the first eight months of this year. China＇s foreign trade in the first eight months totaled US$1.88 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent, according to the GAC. Trade surplus for the first eight months of the year totaled US$103.9 billion, down 14.6 percent from the same period last year.     

GDP:9.9%↑

China's gross domestic product(GDP)grew 9.9 percent year on year to RMB 20.163 trillion(US＄2.96 trillion)in the first three quarters of this year,the Na- tional Bureau of Statistics(NBS)said on October 20. The growth rate was 2.3 percentage points lower than the same period of last year,or 0.5 percentage points lower than the first quarter of this year.     

Macro-Control V.S.Economic Slowdown

On July 15th,according to the microeconomic statistics of the first half of the year released by the National Bureau of Statistics,China's GDP increased by 11.1% year on year,CIP by 2.6%,somewhat lower than that of the first quarter in terms of growth rate.     

Yangliuqing New Year Painting

The Tianjin Yangliuqing new year painting is one of China's most outstanding traditional wood-block paintings. The Tianjin Yangliuqing new year painting originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368). It is a treasure of the Chinese tradition of wood-block colour-drawn new year painting, is rich and unique in artistic style, and has strong local characteristics. The 1,000-year-old town of Yangliuqing is located in the Xiqing District of Tianjin, home of the new year painting. During the middle period of the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911), there were