Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run

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THE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
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Foreword
When historians look back at our period, it is likely that few developments will appear quite so
striking as the economic emergence of China. When those historians step back a bit further, though, they
will see that this was not an emergence, but a re-emergence. China may well be on course to become the
world’s largest economy, but it has held that title before – little more than a hundred years ago.
Our knowledge of China’s long-term economic development is based in large part on the work of
the author of this book, Angus Maddison. In a series of remarkable studies over the years, Mr. Maddison
has traced the course of China and the world’s economy over the past 2000 years. This is a staggering
intellectual achievement, and one with which the OECD is proud to be associated. His work has
deepened immeasurably our understanding of the long-term growth of the global economy–the
challenges that were met and the opportunities that were missed.
The world faces a new set of economic opportunities and challenges, and China lies at the heart
of them. Years of phenomenal growth have made China one of the engines of the global economy,
bringing great benefits: the lives of millions of Chinese have been transformed, providing them with
new opportunities for work, travel and personal development. But there are challenges that need to be
addressed if China is to continue on this growth path. They include increasing inequality in income
distribution; regional disparities; population ageing; environmental degradation and impediments to
innovation. Yet, by overcoming those, the Chinese economy will provide the foundation to future
prosperity and wellbeing of its population.
In recent years, OECD has worked ever more closely with China to examine issues such as these,
sharing insights we have gained from our member countries and learning from the extraordinary
experience of this country. Our analysis has focused on issues such as governance, the economy,
agriculture, innovation and environmental performance, as well as its growing economic relationships
with countries in Africa and South America.
Now, as this book – the 2nd edition of Chinese Economic Performance in the Long Run – goes to
press, OECD is beginning a new phase of our relationship, a process we call “enhanced engagement”.
A deepening of our ties with China is indeed essential if OECD is to continue to play its role in
developing responses to global policy challenges. To prepare for where we are going, of course, we
must first understand from where we have come. Thanks to Angus Maddison, we have never been
better equipped to do so.
Angel Gurría
Secretary–General of the OECD
September 2007
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Acknowledgements
I was very fortunate to have Chinese friends — Gai Jianling, Meng Xin, Ren Ruoen, Wang Ziaolu,
Harry X. Wu, Xu Xianchun and Yue Ximing who were willing to help in interpreting Chinese language
material. I am grateful to Michèle Fleury–Brousse, Remco Kouwenhoven, Boon Lee, Peter van Mulligen,
Aparna Rao and Ly Na Tang Dollon for help in statistical processing, to Sheila Lionet for her skill and
patience in typesetting a very difficult manuscript and Michèle Girard for bibliographical help. The Food
and Agriculture Organization was kind enough to provide access to its data files on Chinese agricultural
output. Graeme Snooks and Prasada Rao were very generous in providing comments and hospitality
when I visited their universities. I received useful comments from Derek Blades, Pierre van der Eng,
David Henderson, Peter Nolan, Eddy Szirmai, Victor Urquidi, Donald Wagner and from participants in
seminars in the Australian National University, CEPII, Griffith University, the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology, Melbourne Business School, the University of New England, Peking University,
the Reserve Bank of Australia, the School of Oriental and African Studies, the Oxford Centre for Chinese
Studies, the European Historical Economics meeting in Montecatini Terme, an SSB–OECD Workshop on
National Accounts and a seminar in Beijing organised by the OECD Development Centre and the Institute
of Industry and Techno–economics of the Chinese State Planning Commission. My biggest debt is to my
wife, Penelope Maddison, for continuous encouragement, sustained moral and material support.
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The second edition of this book was made possible by a generous financial contribution from the
Government of the Czech Republic to which the Development Centre expresses its gratitude.
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Foreword by the Secretary-General of the OECD ...........................................................................................4
Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................................5
Preface by Javier Santiso...............................................................................................................................11
Author’s Prelude to the Second Edition........................................................................................................13
Summary and Conclusions...........................................................................................................................15
Chapter 1 Intensive and Extensive Growth in Imperial China..................................................................23
Chapter 2 Economic Decline and External Humiliation, 1820–1949......................................................43
Chapter 3 Dynamics of Development in the New China.........................................................................59
Chapter 4 Problems and Prospects: The Outlook for China and the World Economy, 2003–2030..........93
Appendix A Performance in Farming, Fishery, Forestry and Agricultural Sidelines, China 1933–95..........105
Appendix B Industrial Performance, China 1913–2003............................................................................143
Appendix C Growth and Level of Chinese Gross Domestic Product.........................................................149
Appendix D Population and Employment.................................................................................................165
Appendix E Foreign Trade........................................................................................................................173
Appendix F People and Places in Pinyin and Wade–Giles.......................................................................177
Maps .............................................................................................................................................181
Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................183
List of Chapter Tables, Figures and Box
Table 1.1 Chinese Imperial Dynasties and Capital Cities........................................................................24
Table 1.2 Rough Comparative Estimates of the Population of China, Europe, India, Japan and World,
1–2003 AD ............................................................................................................................24
Table 1.3 Levels of Chinese and European GDP Per Capita, 1–1700 AD................................................29
Table 1.4 Land Use and Population in China and Other Parts of the World, 1993..................................32
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Table 1.5a Dated Irrigation Works by Dynasty .........................................................................................34
Table 1.5b Irrigated Area, 1400–1995......................................................................................................34
Table 1.6 Major Magnitudes in Chinese Farming, 1400–1952 ...............................................................37
Table 1.7 Rozman’s Urban Ratios for China from T’ang to Later Ch’ing..................................................39
Table 1.8 De Vries’ Estimates of Urban Population of Europe, 1000–1800 AD......................................40
Table 2.1 Comparative Levels of Economic Performance, China and Other Major Parts
of the World Economy, 1700–2003........................................................................................44
Table 2.2a Shares of World GDP, 1700–2003..........................................................................................44
Table 2.2b Rates of Growth of World GDP, 1700–2003...........................................................................44
Table 2.2c Rates of Growth of World Per Capita GDP, 1700–2003..........................................................44
Table 2.3 Population by Province, China 1819–1953 ............................................................................51
Table 2.4 Exports Per Capita, China, India and Japan, 1850–2003.........................................................54
Table 2.5 Structure of Chinese GDP in 1933 Prices, 1890–1952 ...........................................................54
Table 2.6 Length of Railway Lines in Service, 1870–1995......................................................................56
Table 2.7 Stock of Direct Foreign Investment, China, 1902–36..............................................................56
Table 2.8 Leading Items in Chinese Commodity Trade, 1937.................................................................56
Table 3.1 Growth of GDP, by Sector, at Constant Prices, China 1890–2003...........................................60
Table 3.2 Structure of Chinese GDP, 1890–2003...................................................................................60
Table 3.3 China’s Geopolitical Standing, 1820–2003.............................................................................60
Table 3.4 Comparative Growth Performance, 14 Countries, 1913–2003................................................62
Table 3.5 Comparative Levels of Economic Performance, 14 Countries, 2003–06..................................64
Table 3.6 Vital Statistics, Labour Input and Education Levels, China 1952–2003....................................65
Table 3.7 Student Enrolment by Level of Education, China 1930s to 2005.............................................66
Table 3.8 Years of Education Per Person Aged 15–64, Ten Countries, 1950–92......................................66
Table 3.9 Basic Growth Accounts, China, Japan, South Korea and the United States, 1952–2003..........68
Table 3.10 Indicators of Sectoral Growth Performance, China 1952–2003...............................................70
Table 3.11 Changes in Economic Structure, China 1952–2003................................................................70
Table 3.12 Degree of Participation in Different Forms of Socialist Agriculture, 1950–58..........................73
Table 3.13 Characteristics of Agricultural Performance, China, 1933–2003 .............................................73
Table 3.14 Rates of Change in Farm Output, Inputs and Total Factor Productivity: Four Phases,
China 1952–94 ......................................................................................................................76
Table 3.15 Wen’s Measures of Rates of Change in Agricultural Output, Inputs and Total Factor Productivity,
China 1952–87 ......................................................................................................................77
Table 3.16 Comparative Performance Levels in Chinese, Japanese, Soviet and US Farming, 1933–94......77
Table 3.17 Rural/Urban Distribution of Population and Employment, China 1952–2005.........................78
Table 3.18 Characteristics of Small–Scale Enterprise by Type of Ownership, China 1978–96...................79
Table 3.19 Sector Breakdown of Small–Scale Enterprise, China 1995 ......................................................79
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Table 3.20 Comparative Performance in Agriculture, Industry and Services, China 1952–2003 ...............80
Table 3.21 Characteristics of Industrial Performance, by Type of Ownership, China 1952–96..................82
Table 3.22 Comparative Performance Levels in Chinese, Japanese, Soviet/Russian,
and US Manufacturing, 1952–94............................................................................................82
Table 3.23 Volume of Merchandise Exports, Seven Countries, 1929–2003...............................................86
Table 3.24 Value of Merchandise Exports in Constant Prices, Seven Countries and World, 1929–2003 ..86
Table 3.25 Export Performance, China 1870–2003..................................................................................88
Table 3.26 Geographic Distribution of Commodity Trade, China 1952–2005..........................................88
Table 3.27 Leading Items in Chinese Commodity Trade, 2005.................................................................88
Table 3.28 Size and Structure of Government Revenue and Expenditure, China 1952–2005 ...................90
Table 4.1a Comparative GDP Performance of China, Russia, Japan, India and the United States,
1990–2030.............................................................................................................................95
Table 4.1b Comparative Per Capita GDP Performance of China, Russia, Japan, India and the United States,
1990–2030.............................................................................................................................95
Table 4.2 Intensity of Energy Use and Carbon Emissions, China, the United States and World,
1973–2030.............................................................................................................................98
Table 4.3 World Economic Growth Performance and Projections, 1952–2030.....................................100
Table 4.4 Per Capita GDP: the World and Major Regions, 1952–2030.................................................102
Table 4.5 Growth of GDP: the World and Major Regions, 1952–2030.................................................102
Table 4.6 Shares of World GDP, 1700–2030........................................................................................103
Figure 1.1 Chinese Population 1–2030 AD.............................................................................................30
Figure 3.1 Comparative Levels of GDP in China and Four Other Big Countries, 1952–2003...................61
Figure 3.2 Total GDP and Labour Productivity, 1952–2003.....................................................................63
Figure 3.3 Gross Value Added and Labour Productivity in Chinese Agriculture, 1952–2003 ...................75
Figure 3.4 Gross Value Added and Labour Productivity in Chinese Industry and Construction, 1952–2003 ..83
Box 3.1 China’s Emergence from International Isolation, 1949–2001..................................................87
Figure 4.1 Comparative Levels of GDP, China and the United States, 1700–2030...................................94
Appendix Tables and Maps
Table A.1 Input–Output Characteristics of Chinese Farming, Official Estimates, China, 1987...............109
Table A.2 Official Annual Measures of Aggregate Performance in Agriculture, China 1952–95............110
Table A.3 Maddison Measures of Chinese Agricultural Performance, Benchmark Years, 1933–94 ........111
Table A.4 Estimated Levels of Gross Output, Inputs and Value Added in Chinese Farming,
Benchmark Years, 1933–94 ..................................................................................................111
Table A.5 Estimated Levels of Gross Output and Value Added in Chinese Fishery, Benchmark Years,
1933–94...............................................................................................................................112
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