Photographs: Sheng Li/Reuters
China has quickly grown to become the world's second-largest economy with $7.3 trillion in gross domestic product. Bank of America's David Cui recently published his Not So Trivial Facts report on China. In it were some stunning facts about China's massive productive activities, according to Business Insider.
Let's take a look at China's massive productive activities.
Source: Business Insider
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters
Air conditioners
Chinese air conditioner production: 109.0 million units
China as a per cent of global total: 80.0 per cent
China produces 81.1 air conditioner units per 1,000 people, compared with 4.8 air conditioner units in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Chance Chan/Reuters
Personal computers
Chinese PC production: 320.4 million units
China as a per cent of global total: 90.6 per cent
China produces 238.3 PC units per 1,000 people compared with 5.9 units in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Energy saving lamps
Chinese energy saving lamps production: 4.3 billion
China as a per cent of global total: 80.0 per cent
China's got 3.2 lamps per capita, compared to 0.2 in per capita in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Sheng Li/Reuters
Pork production
Chinese pork production: 51.5 million tonnes
China as a per cent of global total: 49.8 per cent
China produces 38.3 kg of pork per person, compared with 6.7 kg per person in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: David Gray/Reuters
Solar cell production capacity
Chinese solar cell production capacity: 21.8 gigawatts
China as a per cent of global total: 74 per cent
China has solar cell production capacity of 16.2 kilowatts per capita, compared with 1.4 KW per capita in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
Shoe production
Chinese shoe production: 12.6 billion pairs
China as a per cent of global total: 63.0 per cent
China produces 9.4 pairs of shoes per person, compared with 1.3 pairs in the rest of the world
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Mobile-phone production
Chinese mobile-phone production: 1.1 billion units
China as per cent of global total: 70.6 per cent
China produces 840.7 units per 1,000 people, compared with 83.6 units per 1,000 people in the rest of the world.
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Carlos Barria/Reuters
Cement production
Chinese cement production: 1.8 billion tonnes
China as a per cent of global total: 60 per cent
China produces 1,390 kg of cement per person, compared with 221 kg per person in the rest of the world
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
Coal production
Chinese coal production: 1.8 billion tonnes of oil equivalent
China as a per cent of global total: 48.2 per cent
China produces 1.3 tonnes of oil equivalent per capita, compared with 0.3 tonnes per capita in the rest of the world
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China's mind-boggling numbers reveal its power
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
Shipbuilding capacity
Chinese shipbuilding capacity: 76.6 million metric tonnes
China as a per cent of global total: 45.1 per cent
China has 57.0 tonnes of shipbuilding capacity per thousand people, compared with 16.6 tonnes per thousand people in the rest of the world
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