China QuestFacts

China is the 3rd largest automotive market in the world and nearly doubling every two years. China's economy grew at an amazing 9.4% in 2004.

Major industries include iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles and apparel, petroleum, cement, chemical fertilizers, footwear, toys, food processing, automobiles, consumer electronics, and telecommunications. Annual production growth rate was 30.4% in 2004.

Import commodities include machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, plastics, iron and steel, chemicals. Import partner stats: Japan 18%, Taiwan 11.9%, South Korea 10.4%, US 8.2%, Germany 5.9%.

Age structure: 0-14 years: 22.3% (male 153,401,051; female 135,812,993)
15-64 years: 70.3% (male 469,328,664; female 443,248,860). 65 years and over: 7.5% (male 46,308,923; female 50,747,133). Median age: total: 31.8 years
male: 31.5 years, female: 32.2 years.

Sources:
www.cia.gov, http://worldfacts.us