Mr. Agustin Mangila, Jr.

Philippine Commercial Attache

Rm 431, White Swan Hotel

Shamian Island, Guangzhou

People's Republic of China 510130

Tel. No. (8620) 8188-6968 Loc. 431

Fax No. (8620) 8186-2041

This section is a summary of the newspaper supplement Retailing and Marketing in China that appeared under the China Business Review Section of the South China Morning Post, 12 March 1998. It includes Table 1, which is a list of Per Capita Annual Expenditure by households in China.

This section is a summary of the book "China: The Consumer Revolution" by Conghua Li, Singapore: John Wiley and Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd. c1998. It includes Table 2, which enumerates in matrix form various changes in China’s demography.

C. China’s 1998 Trade Performance

This section is taken from China’s Customs Statistics for CY 1998, Economic and Information Agency, Hong Kong, December 1998.

This section is taken from China’s Customs Statistics for CY 1998, Economic and Information Agency, Hong Kong, December 1998. It should be noted that Philippine statistics on bilateral trade may vary as Philippine exports to Hong Kong which are re-exported to China are not counted as Chinese imports.

This section includes Table 3, on the Chinese top ten imports from the Philippines in 1998, and Table 4, on the top ten Chinese exports to the Philippines in 1998.

This section is taken from China’s Customs Statistics Vol. 118, June 1999, Economic and Information Agency, Hong Kong,

This section is taken from China’s Customs Statistics, Series No. 118, June 1999. It includes Table 1, on Chinese Trade with Five ASEAN Members for the first semester of 1999.

This section is taken from the seminar paper of Li Yong, Vice President, Leading Development and Trade Corporation, which was delivered during the seminar in Manila in 1993. While many reform measures on international economic cooperation have been implemented in China since 1993, many sections of this paper are still relevant and applicable today.