全國財政收入（不含債務收入）完成8，642億元（1， 041.2億美元），比上年增長16.7%；財政支出（不含債務支出）9，197億元（1，108億美元），增長15.9%；支大于收555億元（66.9億美元），其中中央財政赤字560億元（67.5億美元），控制在預算目標之內。中央財政債務收入2，447億元（298.4億美元），完成預算的99.6%。貨幣供應量增長17.3%。全年現金投放1，376億元（165.8億美元），超過計劃控制目標176億元（21.2億美元）/全部金融機構存款增加12，940億元（1，559億美元），增長18.6%；貸款增加10，703億元（1，289.5億美元），增長16.7%。適時下調貸款利率，減輕了企業負擔。國家外匯儲備達到歷史最高水平，年末為1，399億美元，比年初增加349億美元。

The country’s financial revenue (excluding liability revenue) totaled 864.2 billion yuan (US$ 104.12 billion), up 16.7 percent on the previous year, and financial expenditure (excluding liability expenditure) reached 919.7 billion yuan (US$110.8 billion), up 15.9 percent, with the latter exceeding the former by 55.5 billion yuan (US$6.69 billion). The deficit of the state treasure stood at 56 billion yuan (US$6.75 billion), which was within the budgeted goal. The state treasury’s liability revenue was 247.7 billion yuan (US$29.84 billion), fulfilling the budgeted goal by 99.6 percent. Currency supply increased by 17.3 percent. A total of 137.6 billion yuan (US$16.58 billion), was issued throughout the year, exceeding the controlled plan by 17.6 billion yuan (US$2.12 billion). The total savings deposits in all financial institutions increased by 1,294 billion yuan (US$155.9 billion), a rise of 18.6 percent over the previous year, and loans rose by 1,070.3 billion yuan (US$128.95 billion), up 16.7 percent. The interest rate on loans was lowered in due course, helping reduce the burden on enterprises. China’s foreign exchange reserve reached US$139.9 billion at the end of last year, a record high and an increase of US$34.9 billion over the figure at the beginning of the year.

對外貿易增長較快，利用外資的質量得到提高。去年中國隊外貿易躍居世界第10位。全年進出口總額3，251億美元，比上年增長12.1%，順差403億美元：其中吸收外商直接投資453億美元，借用國外貸款120億美元，運用境外發行股票等方式利用外資67億美元。境外實際投資18.3億美元，對彌補國內資源不足和帶動出口發揮了一定作用。

Fairly rapid growth was registered in foreign trade, and foreign capital utilization improved in quality. Last year, China rose as the world’s 10th largest country in foreign trade. Imports and exports totaled US$325.1 billion, an increase of 12.1 percent over the previous year, with a trade surplus of US$40.3 billion. Exports accounted for US$182.7 billion, rising by 20.9 percent. A total of US$64 billion of foreign investment and US$12 billion of foreign loans, and US$6.7 billion was gained through issuing stocks overseas. China invested US$1.83 billion abroad, playing a certain role in making up for the shortage of domestic resources and in promoting export.

人民生活繼續得到改善。全社會消費品零售總額達到26，843億元（3，234億美元），實際增長10.2%。城鎮居民人均可支配收入和農民人均純收入分別實際增長 3.4%和4.6%。全年城鎮新就業700萬人，下崗人員再就業245萬人，城鎮登記失業率3.1%。人口自然增長率為10.06%。

The people’s living standards continued to improve. Retail sales of consumer goods in the country totaled 2,684 billion yuan (US$323.4 billion), representing an actual increase of 10.2 percent. The per-capita disposable income of city dwellers rose by 3.4 percent, and the per-capita net income of rural residents by 4.6 percent. Last year, 7 million people in cities and towns found their first jobs, and 2.45 million laid-off workers were re-employed, and the registered unemployment rate in cities and towns was 3.1 percent. The natural population growth rate was 10.06 per thousand.