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The economy of the People's Republic of China is a developing mixed socialist market economy, incorporating industrial policies and strategic five-year plans. [29] China is the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and since 2016 has been the world's largest economy when measured by purchasing power parity (PPP).
GDP per capita in China (1913–1950) After the fall of the Qing dynasty in 1912, China underwent a period of instability and disrupted economic activity. During the Nanjing decade (1927–1937), China advanced in a number of industrial sectors, in particular those related to the military, in an effort to catch up with the west and prepare for war with Japan.
China's development is highly uneven; its major cities and coastal areas are far more prosperous than its rural and interior regions. [313] It has a high level of economic inequality, [314] which has increased quickly since the economic reforms. [315] Income inequality decreased in the 2010s, [316] and China's Gini coefficient was 0.357 in 2021 ...
The first three chapters briefly discuss China's geography, the Chinese economy before 1949, the socialist centrally planned command structure from 1949 to 1978, and a short analysis of the Chinese economic reform period that began in 1978. Then, beginning with Chapter 4, topics are narrowly defined by economic sector and discussed in greater ...
But adjusting for purchasing power parity (PPP), China became the world's second largest economy as early as 1999 surpassing Japan, and has toppled America to become the biggest economy since 2014. [7] From 1979 until 2010, China's average annual GDP growth was 9.91%, reaching a historical high of 15.2% in 1984 and a record low of 3.8% in 1990 ...
The China Economic Analysis Monthly is published online, and reports on recent macroeconomic developments. The E-paper and the China Economic Analysis Monthly are available in traditional and simplified Chinese. 2. China Economic Analysis Monthly This monthly publication provides an indepth look at China's economy. Featuring graphs and text on ...
Historically, the Chinese economy was characterized by widespread poverty, extreme income inequalities, and endemic insecurity of livelihood. [1] Improvements since then saw the average national life expectancy rise from around forty-four years in 1949 to sixty-eight years in 1985, while the Chinese population estimated to be living in absolute poverty fell from between 200 and 590 million in ...
The industrialization of China refers to the process of China undergoing various stages of industrialization and technological revolutions.The focus is on the period after the founding of the People's Republic of China where China experienced its most notable transformation from a largely agrarian country to an industrialized powerhouse.