The SAFE recently released the revised data on China's Balance of Payments Statement for the year 2010, as well as the revised data for each quarter of 2010 according to the latest situation, and the annual data from 2005 to 2009.

The current account and the capital and financial account continued to post a "twin surplus" in 2010, and international reserves maintained a growing momentum. The surplus under the current account totaled USD305.4 billion, a rise of 17 percent compared with that in the previous year. Specifically, according to the statistical coverage of the balance of payments, the surpluses in goods, income, and current transfers reached USD254.2 billion, USD30.4 billion, and USD42.9 billion, respectively, whereas the deficit in trade in services amounted to USD22.1 billion. Meanwhile, China's surplus under the capital and financial account totaled USD226 billion, an increase of 25 percent. In particular, net inflows of direct investments, portfolio investments, and other investments amounted to USD124.9 billion, USD24 billion, and USD72.4 billion respectively. International reserves assets posted an increase of USD471.7 billion, a rise of 18 percent. Specifically, transactions in foreign exchange reserves assets registered an increase of USD469.6 billion (exclusive of the influence of changes in value due to non-transaction factors such as exchange rates and prices) and the reserve position in the IMF and special drawing rights registered a total increase of USD2.2 billion.

In Q4 of 2010, the surplus under the current account was USD102.1 billion, a rise of 7 percent year on year; the surplus under the capital and financial account totaled USD118.9 billion, an increase of 88 percent; and international reserves assets posted an increase of USD185.7 billion, an increase of 49 percent.