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Human Development

China’s population, 1950-2050

Animation of China’s population by age and sex, 1950-2050 (“moving age pyramid”)

Animation the population by age and sex in China, Europe and the USA, 1950-2050 (“moving age pyramids)

Population by age and sex in 1990 (based on the population census)

Life expectancy at birth in 2000 by province: Male, Female, Both Sexes

Average life expectancy at birth in 2000 and increase in life expectancy 1990 – 2000 by province

China’s average life expectancy at birth in 2004 as compared to all other countries worldwide

Total population, crude death rate, crude birth rate, 1949-1996

Birth rate, death rate, and natural growth rate by province, 2005

Life expectancy at birth in 2000 versus per capita GDP in 2001 by province

The 25 Fastest Growing Cities of China: 1950 – 2005

Urban and rural population in China, 1978 and 2002

China’s Rural and Urban Population, 1950-2030 (UN Estimates, 2003)

China and India: Estimated and projected population by age groups, 1950 and 2050

Average years of received education, 2000

Natural Resources

Cultivated land as a percentage of total land area, 1996

First-grade arable land as percentage of total cultivated land area, 2000

Areas affected by flooding and drought in % of cultivated land, 2001

Three Gorges Dam: Areas submerged in 2003

Carbon dioxide emissions from energy activities, 2004

China, India, USA, Europe, Russia, Japan: Carbon dioxide emissions, 1990-2030

Policy

Number of Social Organizations (NGOs), 2003

Economy

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by sector, 1978 – 2002 (in 100 Mio. Yuan/RMB)

Chinese Companies among the Top 500 Companies (FORTUNE GLOBAL 500) in 2005

Output of Major Industrial Products, 1978-2004

Employment: Total and by economic sector, 1978 – 2003

Laid-off workers in State-Owned Enterprises per 10,000 employed persons, 2001

Gross Regional Product and per capita GDP by province, 2004 (in 100,000 Mio. Yuan/RMB)

Rural labor by economic sector, 1985 and 2002 (at year-end)

Rural labor by economic sector and province, 2002

Per capita foreign exchange earnings, 2001 – ranking of provinces

Automobiles per 100 urban households, 2002

Top Ten Countries in Gross National Product, 2005 and 2050

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China, 1989-2004

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in China by place of origin, 1990-2004

China’s Merchandise Trade: Exports, Imports and Trade Balance, 1978-2004

Major exports by product, 2002-2004

China, Europe, USA: Net-Import of Oil in 2004

China’s Oil Production and Consumption, 1986-2006

Science & Technology

Number of patent applications, 2002

Number of granted patent applications, 2002

Success rate in patent applications, 2002 (in %)

Post-graduate students and students studying abroad, 1978-2004

Scientific and technical staff of state-owned enterprises, 1990-2006

Networked Readiness Index (NRI), 2007

Infrastructure

Sewage infrastructure in cities, 2001

Number of hospital beds and doctors in cities and counties, 1952 – 2002

Internet Users per 100,000 of the Population, 2001

Number of Internet Users, End of 2006

Culture

Newspaper and book publishing houses and their personnel per 100,000 of the population, 2002

Number of newspapers per 100,000 of the population; Number of newspaper pages published per person, 2002

Ethno-linguistic Groups

Religion in China: Believers, Clergy, and Places of Worship