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The involvement of China in labor migration has been very minimal. However, migration is affecting China in some major ways. Internal migration triggered by the shift to a market economy has brought a vast number of people (perhaps 150 million) toward the provinces of the East Coast. At the same time, the overseas Chinese diaspora, estimated at perhaps 20 million, has played an important role in facilitating new migration and in channeling investments into the mainland. Trafficking of Chinese migrants, particularly to Japan and the United States, has received wide exposure in the media. | ||
SOCIAL INDICATORS |
ECONOMIC INDICATORS |
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| Human Development Index Rank (1999) | 98 | Growth Rate of GDP, 1999 | 7.1 | |
| Gender Development Index Rank (1999) | 79 | Per Capita GNP (US$), 1998 | 750 | |
| Population (m) 2001 | 1273 | Changes in Consumer Prices, 1999 | -1.4 | |
| Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) 1999 | 1.8 | Balance of Trade ($ million), 1999 | 49,180 | |
| Life Expectancy (male/female) 1999 | 68/73 | Balance of Payment on Current Acc. (% GDP), 1999 | -0.4 | |
| Secondary Education (% age group) 1995 | 67 | Foreign Direct Investment ($ million), 1998 | 45,460 | |
| Percent of population below poverty (1996) | 6 | External Debt Outstanding ($ million), 1999 | 157,749 |