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CodeCHN
Long NamePeople's Republic of China
Income GroupUpper middle income
RegionEast Asia & Pacific
Lending categoryIBRD
Currency UnitChinese yuan
Latest population census2020 (expected)
Latest household surveyNational Sample Survey on Population Changes, 2014
Special NotesOn 1 July 1997 China resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, and on 20 December 1999, China resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Macao. Unless otherwise noted, data for China do not include data for Hong Kong SAR, China; Macao SAR, China; or Taiwan, China. The World Bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. In this country, multiple or dual exchange rate activity exists and must be accounted for appropriately in underlying statistics. An alternative estimate (“alternative conversion factor” - PA.NUS.ATLS) is thus calculated as a weighted average of the different exchange rates in use in the country. Doing so better reflects economic reality and leads to more accurate cross-country comparisons and country classifications by income level. For this country, this applies to the period 1978-1993. Alternative conversion factors are used in the Atlas methodology and elsewhere in World Development Indicators as single-year conversion factors.
National accounts base year2020
System of National AccountsCountry uses the 2008 System of National Accounts methodology
SNA price valuationValue added at producer prices (VAP)
PPP survey years2021, 2017, 2011
Balance of Payments Manual in useBPM6
External debt Reporting statusPreliminary
System of tradeGeneral trade system
Government Accounting conceptConsolidated central government
IMF data dissemination standardSpecial Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
Source of most recent Income and expenditure dataIntegrated household survey (IHS), 2015
Latest agricultural census2016
Latest industrial data2007
Latest trade data2018
2-alpha codeCN
WB-2 codeCN
Table NameChina
Short NameChina
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