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3-31 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (1998)
Unit:USD 10 000 |  |  |
Item | Balance | Credit | Debit
Current Account | 2932351 | 21783386 | 18851035
Good | 4661352 | 18352915 | 13691563
Exports | 18352915 | 18352915 | 0
Imports | -13691563 | 0 | 13691563
Service | -492474 | 2405993 | 2898467
Transportation | -661026 | 246442 | 907468
Tourism | 339630 | 1260174 | 920544
Communication Service | 61143 | 81891 | 20748
Construction Service | -52561 | 59412 | 111973
Insurance Service | -137371 | 38441 | 175812
Financial Service | -13647 | 2696 | 16343
Computer and Information Service | -19946 | 13350 | 33296
Fee for Patent or Royalty | -35697 | 6269 | 41966
Consultation | -24017 | 51797 | 75814
Advertisement and Publicity | -5405 | 21096 | 26500
Movies and Audio-video Products | -2366 | 1536 | 3903
Other Commercial Service | 77644 | 621228 | 543584
Government Service not Elsewhere Classified | -18855 | 1661 | 20517
Income and Profit | -1664371 | 558414 | 2222785
Compensation of Staff and Workers | -10740 | 9653 | 20392
Profit from Investment | -1653631 | 548761 | 2202392
Current Transfer | 427845 | 466065 | 38220
Governments | 9066 | 18298 | 9232
Other Departments | 418778 | 447767 | 28988
Capital and Finance Account | -632144 | 8932679 | 9564823
Capital Account | -4683 | 0 | 4683
Financial Account | -627461 | 8932679 | 9560140
Direct Investments | 4111808 | 4564499 | 452692
Chinese Direct Investments Abroad | -263381 | 18224 | 281605
Foreign Direct Investments in China | 4375189 | 4546275 | 171086
Securities | -373264 | 189925 | 563189
Assets | -383001 | 3505 | 386506
Capital Securities | 9737 | 186420 | 176683
Debt Securities | -4366004 | 4178255 | 8544259
Liabilities | -3504078 | 763076 | 4267155
Capital Securities | -2209184 | 0 | 2209184
Debt Securities | -141135 | 25250 | 166385
Other Investments | 63849 | 162605 | 98756
Assets | -1217609 | 575221 | 1792830
Trade Credit | -861926 | 3415179 | 4277105
Loans | 0 | 0 | 0
Currencies and Deposits | -326718 | 2545046 | 2871764
Other Assets | -528764 | 17588 | 546352
Liabilities | -6444 | 852545 | 858988
Trade Credit | -1657607 | 0 | 0
Loans | -642600 | 0 | 642600
Currencies and Deposits | 0 | 0 | 0
Other Liabilities | -7400 | 0 | 7400
Net Error and Omission | -128300 | 0 | 128300
Reserve Assets |  |  |
Gold Reserves | -506900 | 0 | 506900
Foreign Exchange | 0 | 0 | 0
SDR (Special Drawing Rights) |  |  |
China's Reserve in IMF (International Monetary Fund) |  |  |
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. |  |  |