对外贸易增长较快，利用外资的质量得到提高。去年中国队外贸易跃居世界第10位。全年进出口总额3，251亿美元，比上年增长12.1%，顺差403亿美元：其中吸收外商直接投资453亿美元，借用国外贷款120亿美元，运用境外发行股票等方式利用外资67亿美元。境外实际投资18.3亿美元，对弥补国内资源不足和带动出口发挥了一定作用。
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 apoad, playing a certain role in making up for the shortage of domestic resources and in promoting export.
人民生活继续得到改善。全社会消费品零售总额达到26，843亿元(3，234亿美元)，实际增长10.2%。城镇居民人均可支配收入和农民人均纯收入分别实际增长 3.4%和4.6%。全年城镇新就业700万人，下岗人员再就业245万人，城镇登记失业率3.1%。人口自然增长率为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.
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