6.  Trade balance (in billions of U.S. dollars)

 MON (03)  March   April   May    June    July    Aug    Sept

 EXPORTS  32.09   35.62   33.84   34.48   38.11   37.42  41.94

 IMPORTS  32.55   34.60   31.60   32.34   36.51   34.62  41.65

 BALANCE  -0.46    1.02    2.24    2.14    1.60    2.80   0.29

 7. Actual FDI inflows (in billions of U.S. dollars)

 YEAR   1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000   2001   2002

 VALUE  37.52  41.73  45.2   45.60  40.4   40.77  46.85  52.7

 MON(03)  Feb   March   April   May   June   July   Aug   Sept

 VALUE    3.95  5.55    4.73    5.45  6.99   3.10   3.30  3.60

 8. Money supply growth (yr/yr % change)

 MON(03)  end-April end-May end-June end-July end-Aug end-Sept

 M2        19.2      20.2     20.8    20.7    21.6     20.7

 M1        18.0      18.8     20.2    20.0    18.8     18.5

 M0         9.9      12.3     12.3    13.1    12.1     12.8

 9. Foreign exchange reserves (in billions of U.S. dollars)

 End-2001   end-2002   end-March03  end-June03   end-Sept03

 212.2       286.4      316.0        346.5        383.9

 10. Foreign debt (in billions of U.S. dollar)

 End-2000  end-June01  end-2001 end-June02 end-2002 end-June03

  145.73   170.41       170.11   169.11    168.54   182.57

 11. Exchange rate: yuan to U.S. dollar

 End-2000 end-2001 end-June02  end-2002  end-June03 end-Sept03

  8.2774   8.2765    8.2771      8.2773     8.2774   8.2770

 12. bank interest rates:

 One-year yuan deposit rate     One-year yuan lending rate:

                 1.98  pct             5.31 pct