Related News
China replaces Japan as 2nd largest economy
By Wang Yanlin |
February 14, 2011, Monday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
CHINA ended Japan's 42-year reign as the world's second-largest economy in 2010 as confirmed by Japan's newly -released GDP figure.
Japan's gross domestic product fell 1.1 percent from a year earlier in the fourth quarter of 2010, the first contraction in five quarters, the Japanese Cabinet Office said today.
It concluded Japanese economic output at US$5.47 trillion in 2010, compared with China's US$6.03 trillion.
China claimed the title as the world's second-largest economy after the United States last August when its GDP in the first eight months surpassed that of Japan.
With a stable growth momentum and an advancing rate of 9.8 percent in the fourth quarter, China consolidated its position, ending the year with an annual GDP growth of 10.3 percent from 2009.
But China remained a developing country as Commerce Minister Chen Deming stressed last month in Davos, Switzerland.
According to the World Bank, China's GDP per capita was US$3,744 in 2009, ranking 86th worldwide. In contrast, Japan's GDP per capita was US$39,727, more than 10 times that of China.
Japan's gross domestic product fell 1.1 percent from a year earlier in the fourth quarter of 2010, the first contraction in five quarters, the Japanese Cabinet Office said today.
It concluded Japanese economic output at US$5.47 trillion in 2010, compared with China's US$6.03 trillion.
China claimed the title as the world's second-largest economy after the United States last August when its GDP in the first eight months surpassed that of Japan.
With a stable growth momentum and an advancing rate of 9.8 percent in the fourth quarter, China consolidated its position, ending the year with an annual GDP growth of 10.3 percent from 2009.
But China remained a developing country as Commerce Minister Chen Deming stressed last month in Davos, Switzerland.
According to the World Bank, China's GDP per capita was US$3,744 in 2009, ranking 86th worldwide. In contrast, Japan's GDP per capita was US$39,727, more than 10 times that of China.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
