BALANCE OF PAYMENTS(2)
                                                              (USD 10000)  
                      Item                            1997 1998
              Current Account                              2971723 2932351
                   Goods                                      4622173 4661352
                   Exports                                    18266998 18352915
                   Imports                                    -13644825 -13691563
                   Service                                      -572521 -492474
                    Transportation                             -727982 -661026
                    Tourism                                    190750 339630
                        Communication Service                      -1827 61143
                       Construction Service                       -61897 -52561
                       Insurance Service                          -87136 -137371
                        Financial Service                          -29755 -13647
                              Computer and Information Service           -14764 -19946
                                  Fee for Patent or Royalty               -48858 -35697
                        Consultation                               -12166 -24017
           Advertisement and Publicity                -323 -5405
             Movies and Audio-video Products            -3387 -2366
             Other Commercial Service                   242608 77644
    Government Service not Elsewhere Classified -17784 -18855
               Income and Profit                            -1592245 -1664371
              Compensation of Staff and Workers          16641 -10740
               Profit from Investment                     -1608886 -1653631
               Current Transfer                             514316 427845
              Governments                                48297 9066
            Other Departments                          466019 418778
         Capital and Finance Account                  2295851 -632144
                 Capital Account                            -2076 -4683
                Financial Account                          2297927 -627461
             Direct Investments                         4167368 4111808
       Chinese Direct Investments Abroad        -256249 -263381
        Foreign Direct Investments in China      442367 4375189
             Securities                                 680403 -373264
                Assets                                   -89927 -383001
              Capital Securities              9737
              Debt Securities                        -89927 -4366004
              Liabilities                              770330 -3504078
            Capital Securities                     565700 -2209184
             Debt Securities                        204630 -141135
            Other Investments                          -2549844 63849
              Assets                                   -3392878 -1217609
              Trade Credit                           -1028322 -861926
                Loans                                  -215499
             Currencies and Deposits                -1251543 -326718
             Other Assets                           -897514 -528764
               Liabilities                              843034 -6444
              Trade Credit                           395924 -1657607
              Loans                                  141169 -642600
            Currencies and Deposits                -266
             Other Liabilities                      306207 -7400
         Net Error and Omission                       -1695212 -128300
         Change in Reserve Assets                     -3572362 -506900
              Gold Reserves                              -506900
                 Foreign Exchange                           -3486162
            SDR (Special Drawing Rights)               1200
     China's Reserve in IMF (International    -87400
                             Monetary Fund)                           
     
: 1.本表贸易数据来自海关统计。
    2.本表直接投资贷方数据来自经贸部统计和间接申报中的 "与土地有关的土地批租和租赁";借方数据来自间接申报统计。
    3.本表其余数据来自间接申报统计。
a)Trade data in the table are from customs statistics.
b)Credit data on direct investment in the table are from statistics and from "Approved Leasing of Land" in
indirect reporting ,both collected by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and debit data
are from indirect reporting.
c)Other data in the table are from indirect reporting.