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Presents the dynamic China markets and business activities accurately and timely. A "must-have" for anyone doing business with China or studying China business and economic activities. An investment with immediate returns.

Published: Dec 2008
Publisher: Foreign Languages Press
Edition: 10th
Hardcover: 929 pages
Language: English and chinese
Dimensions: 22 x 29 x 4.7 cm
ISBN: 9787119055640
Availability: Usually ship out within 2 business days

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China Markets Yearbook 2008

US$ 349.95

The China Markets Yearbook is one of the most powerful reference for people to get a quick picture of the rapidly growing Chinese markets and dynamic business activities. The book contains data on 500 industrial segments and consumer markets, covering areas from comsumer goods, industial products to natural resources.

For each main industry, the book presents an overview with statistics including its development during the last 2 years according to revenue, number of firms/employees, and profit. Under each major industry, the sub-sectors are catogorized according to ownership types (state-owned, collective-owned, foreign-funded) and geographic distributions (provinces and major cities). Each sector is measured with 9 economic indicators:

1. Total Number of Companies
2. Total Number of Employees
3. Total Revenue
4. Total Profit
5. Total Assets
6. Return on Assets
7. Return on Equity
8. Labour Productivity
9. Debts and Assets, ratios

For each market segment the top 10 manufacturing and wholesaler firms are listed, with contact details and financial data such as revenue, assets, profits and key products. In addition, economic status of provinces and major cities, key historic data and economic statistics of each industry in the past three years are also presented. Subjects covered for each industrial sector are:

1. Main indicators of industrial enterprises
2. Economic efficiency indicators of industrial enterprises
3. Investment by various sectors
4. Real estate development by region
5. Retail price index of 36 cities by category
6. Number of employed persons by all regions
7. Basic conditions of urban households for 36 cities
8. Foreign tourists arrivals by occupation
9. Sales of commercial building by region
10. Foreign direct investment by region and the entire country
11. The retail sales of consumer goods by region

Table of Contents

Section 1 Description

• Preface
• Explanation of Terms
• Selected Socioeconomic Statistics by Province

Section 2 Summary Report by Industry

Mining and Forestry

• Coal Mining and Dressing
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction
• Ferrous Metal Ores Mining and Dressing
• Non-ferrous Metal Ores Mining and Dressing
• Non-metal Ores Mining and Dressing
• Other Ores Mining and Dressing
• Lumber and Bamboo

• Agricultural and sideline foods processing
• Food production
• Beverage production
• Tobacco products processing
• Textile industry
• Textile clothes, shoes and hat
• Leather, furs, feather (down) and related products
• Timber processing, bamboo, cane, palm fiber and straw products
• Furniture
• Papermaking and paper products
• Printing and recording medium reproducing
• Cultural, educational and sports articles
• Petroleum processing, coking and nuclear fuel processing
• Raw chemical material and chemical products
• Medical and pharmaceutical products
• Chemical fiber
• Rubber products
• Plastic products
• Nonmetal mineral products
• Smelting and pressing of ferrous metals
• Metal products
• Ordinary machinery manufacturing
• Special equipment
• Traffic and transport equipment
• Electric machines and apparatuses
• Communications equipment, computer and other electronic equipment
• Instruments, meter, cultural and office machinery manufacture
• Craftwork and other manufactures
• Waste resources and old material recycling and processing

Electricity, Gas and Water Production and Supplies

• Electricity and heating production and supply
• Fuel gas production and supply 904
• Water production and supply

Appendex

• A: Alphabetical List (in English) of Industries
• B: Alphabetical List (in Chinese) of Industries