Recently, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange announced2024Preliminary data of the balance of payments in the second quarter and the first half of the year。Wang Chunying, Deputy Director and Spokesperson of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), answered reporters' questions on relevant issues。
问：2024What are the characteristics of China's international balance of payments in the first half of this year？
答：Preliminary balance of payments data show that2024In the first half of this year, China's international payments maintained a basic balance。Among them, the current account surplus941$100 million, equivalent to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the same period.GDP) the ratio is1.1%Continue to be in a reasonable and balanced range;Two-way cross-border capital flows were steady and orderly。
First, the surplus of trade in goods remained at a relatively high level。In the first half of the year, China's international balance of payments caliber goods trade surplus2884$100 million, the second highest value for the same period in the calendar year, an increase year-on-year1%。Among them, goods trade exports15796$100 million, up from a year earlier3%；进口12912$100 million, up from a year earlier4%。In the first half of the year, the overall operation of China's national economy was stable and steady, and new quality productivity stimulated new momentum of foreign trade, superimposed marginal improvement of external demand, and promoted the steady growth of China's import and export of goods trade。
2) Service trade grew steadily。In the first half of the year, trade in services was in deficit1229Hundreds of millions of dollars。On the one hand, the travel deficit1032$100 million, up from a year earlier37%Overseas people coming to China and residents traveling across the border have increased, driving the growth of travel income and expenditure respectively43%和37%。On the other hand, the service trade surplus continued to grow。Among them, consulting, advertising and other commercial services surplus192$100 million, an all-time high;Telecommunications, computer and information services surplus100$100 million, up from a year earlier26%。
Third, two-way direct investment was steady and orderly。In the first half of the year, China's foreign equity direct investment net outflow653$100 million, all kinds of enterprises actively and orderly carry out global layout;Equity direct investment in China saw new capital inflows408Hundreds of millions of dollars。
On the whole, in the face of a complex and volatile external environment, China's efforts to promote high-quality development, further deepen reform in an all-round way to promote Chinese-style modernization, and strengthen the momentum of sustained economic recovery will help China maintain a basic balance in its international balance of payments。