进出口总额  指实际进出我国国境的货物总金额。包括对外贸易实际进出口货物，来料加工装配进出口货物，国家间、联合国及国际组织无偿援助物资和赠送品，华侨、港澳台同胞和外籍华人捐赠品，租赁期满归承租人所有的租赁货物，进料加工进出口货物，边境地方贸易及边境地区小额贸易进出口货物(边民互市贸易除外)，中外合资企业、中外合作经营企业、外商独资经营企业进出口货物和公用物品，到、离岸价格在规定限额以上的进出口货样和广告品(无商业价值、无使用价值和免费提供出口的除外)，从保税仓库提取在中国境内销售的进口货物，以及其他进出口货物。进出口总额用以观察一个国家在对外贸易方面的总规模。我国规定出口货物按离岸价格统计，进口货物按到岸价格统计。

外商直接投资  指外国企业和经济组织或个人(包括华侨、港澳台胞以及我国在境外注册的企业)按我国有关政策、法规，用现汇、实物、技术等在我国境内开办外商独资企业、与我国境内的企业或经济组织共同举办中外合资经营企业、合作经营企业或合作开发资源的投资(包括外商投资收益的再投资)，以及经政府有关部门批准的项目投资总额内企业从境外借入的资金。

对外承包工程  指各对外承包公司以招标议标承包方式承揽的下列业务：(1)承包国外工程建设项目，(2)承包我国对外经援项目，(3)承包我国驻外机构的工程建设项目，(4)承包我国境内利用外资进行建设的工程项目，(5)与外国承包公司合营或联合承包工程项目时我国公司分包部分，(6)对外承包兼营的房屋开发业务。对外承包工程的营业额是以货币表现的本期内完成的对外承包工程的工作量，包括以前年度签订的合同和本年度新签订的合同在报告期内完成的工作量。

对外劳务合作  指以收取工资的形式向业主或承包商提供技术和劳动服务的活动。我国对外承包公司在境外开办的合营企业，中国公司同时又提供劳务的，其劳务部分也纳入劳务合作统计。劳务合作营业额按报告期内向雇主提交的结算数(包括工资、加班费和奖金等)统计。

 

 

total imports and exports at customs  refer to the value of commodities imported into and exported from the boundary of china. they include the actual imports and exports through foreign trades, imported and exported goods under the processing and assembling trades and materials, supplies and gifts as aid given gratis between governments and by the united nations and other international organizations, and contributions donated by overseas chinese, compatriots in hong kong and macao and chinese with foreign citizenship, leasing commodities owned by tenant at the expiration of leasing period, the imported and exported commodities processed with imported materials, commodities trading in border areas(excluding mutual exchange goods), the imported and exported commodities and articles for public use of the sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative enterprises and ventures exclusively with foreign own investment .also included are import or export of samples and advertising goods for whose cif or fob value are beyond the permitted ceiling (excluding goods of no trading or use value and free commodities for export),imported goods sold in china from bonded warehouses and other imported or exported goods.the indicator of the total imports and exports at customs can be used to observe the total size of external trades in a country.in accordance with the stipulation of the chinese government,imports are calculated at cif, while exports are calculated at fob

foreign direct investment  refers to the investments inside china by foreign enterprises and economic organizations or individuals(including overseas chinese,compatriots from hong kong and macao,and chinese enterprises registered abroad), following the relevant policies and laws of china, for the establishment of ventures exclusively with foreign own investment, sino-foreign joint ventures and cooperative enterprises or for co-operative exploration of resources with enterprises or economic organizations in china. it includes the re investment of the foreign entrepreneurs with the profits gained from the investment and the funds that enterprises borrow from abroad in the total investment of projects which are approved by the relevant department of the government.

contracted projects with foreign countries  refer to projects undertaken by chinese contractors (project contracting companies)through bidding process.they include:  (1)overseas civil engineering construction projects financed by foreign investors; (2)overseas projects financed by the chinese government through its foreign aid programs; (3)construction projects of chinese diplomatic missions,trades offices and other institutions stationed abroad; (4)construction projects in china financed by foreign investment; (5)sub-contracted projects to be taken by chinese contractors through a joint umbrella project with foreign contractor(s); (6)housing development projects.the business income from international contracted projects is the work volume of contracted projects completed during the reference period, expressed in monetary terms, including completed work on projects signed in previous years.

foreign exchange earnings from international tourism  refer to the total expenditures of foreigners, overseas chinese, chinese compatriots from hong kong, macao and taiwan during their stay in the mainland of china, which are earnings of foreign exchange from international tourism from the point of view from china.