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[Abstract] This issue of CDC Newsletter include (1) China Economic Update for 2009; (2) China Data Update (China Statistical Databases; China Census Databases; and China Spatial Data Reports and Maps); (3) Top 20 Institutions by the Number of Visits; (4) The Global Distribution of China Data Online Members; (5) Upcoming China Data Center Events; and (6) China Data Center Partners.
China Economic Update for 2009
According to a preliminary estimation by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the gross domestic product (GDP) for the year 2009 was 33,535.3 billion Yuan, up by 8.7 percent at comparable prices or 0.9 percent lower than that in the previous year. The total exports in 2009 were 1201.67 billion US dollars, dropping by 16.0 percent from a year earlier. The imports were 1005.6 billion US dollars, reducing by 11.2 percent year-on-year. The trade surplus was 196.07 billion USD, decreasing by 34.2 percent.
For detailed report, please visit http://chinadataonline.org/
China Data Update: China Data Online
China Data Online service is the primary data source for China studies for faculties and students, which provides comprehensive data coverage, authoritative data source, and many unique functions for online China data users, including
- China Statistical Databases
- China Census Databases
- China Spatial Data Reports and Maps
China Statistical Database offers the mostly updated statistics on China’s economic development at national, provincial, city, county, and industrial levels, which include: monthly statistics, national statistics, provincial statistics, city statistics, county statistics, industrial statistics, dynamic statistical maps, and more than 800 electronic statistical yearbooks published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.
China Census Database offers more than 3,000 data assemblies from Industrial Census, Basic Unit Census, Economic Census, and Population Census and Survey of different years.
China Spatial Data Reports and Maps offers an integrated system for spatial data and intelligence, which provides easy access to many time-saving, easy-to-use, and pre-formatted summary, comparison and rank reports and maps, and allows users to quickly retrieve information for any area of Mainland China. For more information and online demos, please visit http://chinadataonline.org/
Top 20 Institutions by the Number of Visits：
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
University of Minnesota
University of Michigan
Nanyang Technological University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
University of Washington
University of Hong Kong
Harvard University
The IMF Fund and the World Bank
Stanford University
Yale University
New York University
University of California at Berkeley
Johns Hopkins University
Princeton University
George Washington University
Middlebury College
Duke University
London School of Economics
University of Kansas
The Global Distribution of China Data Online Members：
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Netherlands
Norway
Philippines
Russia
Scotland
Singapore
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
U.K.
U.S.A.
Upcoming China Data Center Events
You are welcome to join our special session on "Spatial Data and Analysis for China Studies" at AAS 2010 Annual Meeting:
Time: 1:00-2:30PM, March 27, 2009
Site: Room 305/306, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Time: 1:00-2:30PM, March 27, 2009
Site: Room 305/306, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
- Spatial Data and Intelligence for China Studies
Shuming Bao, China Data Center, the University of Michigan
- The Current State of China Historical GIS Project
Peter Bol, Center For Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
- Spatial Studies of Religion and Chinese Society
Fenggang Yang, China Center for Religion and Society Study, Purdue University
- The Initial Readings of the Data about Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Monasteries
Jiang Wu, Department of East Asian Studies, the University of Arizona
- The Political Economy of Religion and Development: Findings of the Initial Data Analysis
Juan Wang, Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Shuming Bao, China Data Center, the University of Michigan
- The Current State of China Historical GIS Project
Peter Bol, Center For Geographic Analysis, Harvard University
- Spatial Studies of Religion and Chinese Society
Fenggang Yang, China Center for Religion and Society Study, Purdue University
- The Initial Readings of the Data about Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Monasteries
Jiang Wu, Department of East Asian Studies, the University of Arizona
- The Political Economy of Religion and Development: Findings of the Initial Data Analysis
Juan Wang, Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
Upcoming China Data Center Events:China Data Center Exhibitions:
Please visit our booth and meet the center staffs at the following events:
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2010 Annual Meeting
Conference Exhibition, Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Philadelphia, PA
March 25-28, 2010
China Data Center Partners:
All China Market Research Co., LTD.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
CEMAC
National Bureau of Statistics
LIESMARS, Wuhan University
CCER, Peking University
Conquest Systems
SRC, LLC.
LexisNexis
East View
GTA
Kinokuniya Company Ltd.
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