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TAIWAN’S INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ACROSS THE TAIWAN STRAIT
“We must certainly complete the great task of unifying the mother country” (1978)
A comparison of two Chinese economies- China and Taiwan in 2006
China Taiwan
GDP (official exchange rate)Index with Taiwan GDP = 100
US$ 2,527 billion
688.0
US$ 346.7 billion
100.0
GDP (purchasing power parity)Index with Taiwan GDP = 100
US$ 10,210 billion
1,410.0
US$ 681.8 billion
100.0
GDP comparison (2006) with Taiwan GDP = 100
2,527
367.7
10,210
681.8
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
China Taiwan
2006
GDP (
US$ m
.)
GDP at official exchange rate GDP at PPP
GDP in China and Taiwan (at current prices)
China GDP(US$ m.,
current prices)
Taiwan GDP(US$ m.,
current prices)
Taiwan GDP as % China GDP
1978 210,649 26,836 12.71980 303,056 42,285 13.71985 307,022 63,409 20.71990 390,278 164,513 42.21995 727,981 273,792 37.62000 1,198,476 321,230 26.82001 1,324,818 291,694 22.02002 1,453,820 297,668 20.52003 1,640,967 305,624 18.62004 1,931,644 331,007 17.12005 2,244,563 354,918 15.82006 2,645,212 364,422 13.8
Changing relative levels of GDP (1978-2006)
China GDP
Taiwan GDP
0
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
1978 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
GDP (
US$ m
.)
A comparison of per capita GDP inChina and Taiwan (2006)
China Taiwan
Average per capita GDP(PPP terms)
With Taiwan per capita GDP = 100
US$ 7,800
26.4
US$ 29,600
100.0
Per capita GDP (PPP), 2006
Per capita GDP (ppp)
7800
29600
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
China Taiwan
Per c
apita
GDP 2
006 (
PPP)
Quantitative indicators of Taiwan’s merchandise trade
All figures in US$ million Exports Imports Total Balance
1952 117 187 304 -701960 164 297 461 -1331965 450 556 1,006 -1061970 1,481 1,524 3,005 -431975 5,309 5,952 11,261 -6431980 19,811 19,733 39,544 781985 30,726 20,102 50,828 10,6241990 67,214 54,716 121,930 12,4981995 113,342 104,012 217,354 9,3301999 123,733 111,196 234,929 12,5372000 151,950 140,732 292,682 11,2182001 126,314 107,971 234,285 18,3442002 135,317 113,245 248,562 22,0722003 150,600 128,010 278,611 22,5902004 182,370 168,758 3511280 13,6132005 198,432 182,614 381,046 15,8172006 224,017 202,698 426,715 21,319
Taiwan’s merchandise trade
0
50000
100000
150000
200000
250000
1952 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Expo
rts/Im
ports
(US$
m.)
Exports Imports
Taiwan’s outward investment (1952-2006, selected years)Total outward
investment(US$ million)
Shares to (%):North America Asia Europe
1952-79 59.3 22.9 82.6 0.21980 42.1 83.4 7.5 0.21985 41.3 86.7 10.2 2.21990 1,552.2 54.0 38.8 6.21995 1,356.9 58.0 34.5 4.42000 5,077.1 77.7 16.7 1.22001 4,391.7 78.8 18.6 1.02002 3,370.0 73.5 15.7 3.72003 3,968.6 68.8 26.8 2.02004 3,382.0 55.6 37.7 1.82005 2,447.4 66.1 17.6 4.12006 4,315.4 54.1 32.2 2.9
NOTE: Asia here excludes Mainland China
“Resolutely liberate Taiwan. Save theTaiwanese people from their misery” (1955)
“We must liberate Taiwan” (1958)
“We must liberate Taiwan” (1971)
“Taiwanese compatriots are our brothers” (1976)
“Taiwanese compatriots are our blood brothers” (1978)
China’s economic potential in comparative perspective
China’s per capita GDP as % of each region (country)
Implied US dollar gap
1995 2015 1995 2015
Seven dynamic Asian countries (incl. Taiwan)
42.5 51.6 - 3,603 - 6,010
32 advanced capitalist
countries
15.8 28.9 - 14,157 - 15,801
Eastern Europe 51.6 68.9 - 2,492 - 2,894World 51.1 87.4 - 2,541 - 925
USA 11.3 21.1 - 20,724 - 23,870Japan 13.5 25.1 - 17,067 - 19,135India 169.2 205.1 + 1,085 + 3,278Former Soviet
Union73.9 108.8 - 937 + 516
Changing cross-straits trade dependence All figures shown as % estimates
Taiwan’s total trade with China as share of Taiwan’s global
trade
Taiwan’s exports to China as share of Taiwan’s global
exports
Taiwan’s imports from China as share of Taiwan’s global
imports
China’s imports from Taiwan as share of China’s global imports
1985 1.06 1.40 0.58 2.34
1988 2.47 3.70 0.96 4.06
1990 4.23 6.54 1.40 8.24
1991 5.57 9.79 0.46 11.75
1992 7.31 12.84 1.03 13.091993 9.19 16.28 1.31 13.46
1994 9.93 16.99 2.17 13.86
1995 10.36 17.15 2.97 14.711996 10.79 17.63 2.97 14.93
1997 11.03 18.08 3.41 15.77
1998 11.00 17.62 3.91 14.15
1999 11.00 17.22 4.07 12.86
2000 10.67 16.46 4.43 11.112001 13.45 20.27 5.47 10.512002 15.89 23.30 7.04 10.682003 17.70 25.43 8.61 9.282004 18.72 26.83 9.95 8.72
2005 20.04 28.36 11.00 8.53
2006 20.65 28.27 12.23 8.00
Taiwan and China – changing mutual trade dependence
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
1985 1988 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
(%)
Taiwan’s total trade with China as share of Taiwan’s global trade Taiwan’s exports to China as share of Taiwan’s global exportsTaiwan’s imports from China as share of Taiwan’s global imports China’s imports from Taiwan as share of China’s global imports
Taiwan’s outward investment
Investmentdestination:
1991-2006 cumulative January-July 2007
Amount of investment
(US$ m.)
As % totaloutward
investment
Amount of investment
(US$ m.)
As % totaloutward
investment
China 54,898.5 54.5 4,831.1 71.1
British CentralAmerica 18,449.9 18.3 582.4 8.6
United States 7,629.5 7.6 183.6 2.7
Hong Kong 2,483.4 2.5 100.1 1.5
Singapore 3,477.4 3.5 303.3 4.5
Vietnam 1,353.1 1.3 52.6 0.8
Japan 1,102.2 1.1 3.7 0.05
Thailand 991.9 1.0 26.0 0.4
Philippines 499.0 0.5 8.0 0.1
Others 8,678.3 8.6 614.6 9.2
Cumulative investment by Taiwan, 1991-2006 (US$ million)
China, 54,898.50
British Central America , 18,449.90
United States, 7,629.50
Hong Kong, 2,483.40
Singapore, 3,477.40Vietnam, 1,353.10
Japan, 1,102.20Thailand, 991.9Philippines , 499
Others, 8,678.30
Outward investment from Taiwan
PRC estimates of Taiwan’s utilised investment (FDI) in mainland China (2006)
Region or country of origin Value of FDI(US$ million)
GLOBAL 63,020.5ASIA 35,084.9Taiwan 2,135.8Cayman Islands 2,095.4Virgin Islands 11,247.6SUB-TOTAL
(Taiwan, Cayman and Virgin Islands)
15,478.8
Samoa 1,537.5United States 2,865.1Hong Kong 20,232.9Japan 4,598.1
Source: China Statistical Yearbook, 2007.
Regional distribution in China of Taiwanese FDI
1995 2000 2005 Cumulative 1991-2005
US$ m. % US$ m. % US$ m. % US$ m. %ALL CHINA 1,092.7 100.0 2,607.1 100.0 6,007.0 100.0 47,256.2 100.0
Jiangsu(incl.
Shanghai)
394.8 36.1 1,251.6 48.0 3,366.6 56.1 21,218.0 44.9
Guangdong 222.8 20.4 1,019.7 39.1 1,220.2 20.31 13,135.6 27.8
Fujian 56.0 32.1 121.7 11.1 398.3 6.6 3,882.9 8.2Zhejiang 0.19 0.1 57.43 5.3 484.8 8.1 3,225.5 6.8Hebei 7.47 4.3 83.19 7.6 196.0 3.3 2,023.2 4.3Shandong 2.06 1.2 24.04 2.2 109.0 1.8 830.4 1.8Sichuan 0.17 0.1 6.50 0.6 43.8 0.7 535.0 1.1Hubei 0.80 0.5 24.44 2.2 39.4 0.7 471.3 1.0Hunan 0.14 0.1 31.56 2.9 12.0 0.2 180.1 0.4Liaoning 0.31 0.2 36.61 3.4 18.6 0.3 390.2 0.8Other 9.33 5.4 89.76 8.2 118.2 2.0 1,363.8 2.9
Distribution of Taiwanese investment in China, 1991-2005
Jiangsu and Shanghai , 44.9
Hubei, 1Hunan, 0.4Liaoning, 0.8
Other, 2.9
Sichuan, 1.1Shandong, 1.8
Hebei, 4.3
Zhejiang, 6.8
Guangdong, 27.8
Fujian, 8.2
Distribution of Taiwanese investment in China, 2005
Jiangsu and Shanghai 56%
Zhejiang8%
Fujian7%
Guangdong20%
Sichuan1%
Hunan0%
Hebei3%
Other2%
Liaoning0%
Shandong2%
Hubei1%
“The feelings of sisters on both sides of the Taiwan Straits” (1990)