The CIA calculated according to purchasing power parity： China’s GDP continued to be super beautiful last year.

　　The share of consumption in China’s GDP began to rise. The picture shows a pedestrian walking in front of the shopping mall window on the 1 ST in Beijing. (AFP)

　　The reference news network reported on April 6. Russian media said that the CIA’s 2015 World Profile was released. The CIA has published a World Survey every year since 1962, and since 1981 it has been published publicly.

　　According to "Russian newspaper" reported on April 5th, according to the newly released "World Profile", in terms of gross domestic product (GDP) calculated by purchasing power parity, the top five GDP in 2015 were China (accounting for 17.1% of the world), the United States (15.8%), India (8%), Japan (4%) and Germany (3.5%).

　　Interestingly, it is a cliche that China gradually overtook the United States in GDP. However, unlike many predictions, the United States still maintains its position as the global hegemon. The United States is still the world’s financial center, the world’s science and technology center, the producer of all the major brands of the global information and cultural network, and the strongest military power.

　　Although China has surpassed the United States in GDP and the gap is widening year by year (in 2015, China’s GDP increased by 6.8%, while the United States’ growth rate was 2.6%), although GDP is regarded as the most important economic indicator, concerns about economic difficulties and slowdown are centered on China’s economy rather than the United States’.

　　However, the slowdown of GDP growth in China is not so disastrous: it has dropped from 7.7% to 6.8% in three years. Economists can easily give a beautiful explanation.

　　Let me talk about the growth rate. Russia’s economy shrank by 3.9%. Among the 225 countries counted in Introduction to the World, Russia ranks 213th. Brazil, the world’s seventh largest economy, performed slightly better, shrinking by 3%. The situation in 12 countries and regions is worse than that in Russia, including Syria, Venezuela (shrinking by 10%), Ukraine (shrinking by 11%) and Gaza (shrinking by 15%). Yemen ranks first from the bottom with a shrinking of 28%.

　　Among the developed countries in the EU, the biggest GDP growth occurred in Eastern Europe: Czech Republic increased by 3.9% and Poland increased by 3.5%. The average economic growth rate of the EU is 1.8%, which is considered as steady growth.

　　There is also one of the most important indicators: per capita GDP. Except for some exceptions, per capita GDP is related to other indicators such as the development of science and technology, the level of social and political rights and freedoms, the quality of education and medical care, and has nothing to do with population indicators such as birth rate, residents’ life expectancy and residents’ growth rate.

　　Russia’s per capita GDP is $23,700, ranking 79th in the world. The first place is Qatar ($145,000), followed by Luxembourg ($102,000) and Somalia ($400). By the way, South Korea is $36,700 and North Korea is $1,800.

　　The per capita GDP of the United States is $56,300, that of Western European countries is between $35,200 (Spain) and $59,000 (Switzerland), and that of Eastern Europe is between $26,000 (Hungary) and $31,500 (Czech).

　　According to the report, it is difficult to draw a unified conclusion because the data is complicated. However, these facts themselves have the value of existence.