The Chinese mainland registered a trade deficit of 77.56 billion
US dollars with Taiwan last year, according to the Ministry of
Commerce (MOC) on Friday.
Trade volume between the mainland and Taiwan reached 124.48
billion US dollars, up 15.4 percent year on year, MOC statistics
show.
In 2007, the mainland's exports to Taiwan reached 23.46 billion
US dollars and imports from the island reached 101.02 billion US
dollars, up 13.1 percent and 16 percent respectively.
During the same period, the mainland approved 3,299 projects
with Taiwan investment and the actual use of Taiwan investment
reached 1.77 billion US dollars, down 12.1 percent and 20.4 percent
respectively year on year.
By the end of 2007, direct investment from Taiwan in the
mainland totalled 45.76 billion US dollars since figures first
began in 1988 with the opening up of trade between the mainland and
Taiwan. The actual use of Taiwan's direct investment in the
mainland accounted for six percent of all actually used direct
investment from outside the Chinese mainland.
Taiwan is the mainland's seventh largest trade partner, ninth
largest export market and fifth largest import market.
Trade volume between the Chinese mainland and the Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reached 197.25 billion US
dollars in 2007, up 18.7 percent year-on-year. The mainland's
exports to the HKSAR reached 184.43 billion US dollars, and imports
from the HKSAR reached 12.82 billion US dollars, up 18.7 percent
and 18.8 percent respectively, according to the MOC statistics.
The mainland attracted direct investment from the HKSAR in
16,208 projects last year, up 4.6 percent and the actual use of
Hong Kong direct investment reached 27.7 billion US dollars, up 30
percent.
By the end of December 2007, direct investment of the HKSAR in
the mainland totalled 284.7 billion US dollars in 285,763 projects
since figures first began in 1978 with the opening up of trade
between the mainland and Hong Kong.
The HKSAR's direct investment in the mainland ranked first among
all direct investment not from the Chinese mainland, accounting for
40.4 percent of the total.
Trade between China's mainland and the Macao Special
Administrative Regionreached 2.92 billion US dollars in 2007, a
19.8-percent rise year-on-year.
The mainland's exports to Macao totaled 2.64 billion US dollars,
up 21 percent, while its imports from Macao rose 9.7 percent to
reach 280 million US dollars, the ministry said.
The mainland has attracted direct investment from the special
administrative region in 856 projects last year, down 1.4 percent,
and the actual use of Macao direct investment reached 640 million
US dollars, down 6 percent.
By the end of December 2007, direct investment of Macao in the
mainland totaled 7.65 billion US dollars in 11,553 projects since
figures first began in 1978 with the opening up of trade between
the mainland and Macao.
The actual use of Macao’s direct investment in the mainland
accounted for 1 percent of all actually used direct investment from
outside the Chinese mainland.
(Xinhua News Agency January 25, 2008)
