China Premium Database

We consistenly added new data series in the last 12 months to enrich your service.

 

In July 2020, we expanded significantly the macroeconomic indicators for top-tier cities. We have increased the number of time series from 335,000 to 360,000 to offer you the most comprehensive macroeconomic data on China. Our regional data now covers 2,000 counties and 297 prefecture level cities.  

 

Choose a sector to see specific data releases in the past year

 

As well as new data we have made improvements to the functionality of the platform and introduced key strategic partnerships to enhance the service.

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International Trade

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Real Estate

Access our new International Trade data additions. Click below for further details.

Foreign Trade: Major Commodity by Country

Addition of 300 new data series related to Export/Import by Major Commodity. Explore data here

Machinery Trade

We are continuously updating the Machinery trade data. Explore data here.

Foreign Trade

Addition of 4,358 foreign trada data series denominated in USD in a monthly frequency. This adition is additionally to the existing RMB series. 

Explore data in Foreign Trade and Foreign Trade: By Region.

Petrochemical Trade

In May 2019 we continued to update the China Customs’ international trade data in our China Premium Database. During the month we updated the trade data in the petrochemical industry. Explore data here.

Non Ferrous Metal & Automobile Trade

CEIC is delighted to announce the continuous update of the Non Ferrous Metal and Automobile industry trade data.

Rare-Earth Trade

Economic Index: Third Party Data

Released of Euromoney Belt and Road Indices (EBRI), a quarterly index that combines International Monetary Fund (IMF) GDP data with investment climate scores sourced from economists and political experts.

Access our new Real Estate data additions. Click below for further details.

Enterprise Financial Data - Real Estate (All)

Real estate developers’ source of funds from banks and non-bank financial institutions: Added monthly data to the timeliness of the existing data. This data is from the National Bureau of Statistics.

Explore data here.

Residential Building Investment YTD with YoY

Addition of monthly (below 90sq m / above 144sq m) Residential Building Investment YTD with YoY, which shows the investment trend deviation in Nov with increasing 90sq m investment (+4.1%) and decreasing 144sq m (-4.2%), revealing the investment focus transferring to smaller residential building. Explore data:

CN: Real Estate Inv: ytd: Residential Building: below 90 sq m
CN: Real Estate Inv: ytd: Residential Building: above 144 sq m
CN: Real Estate Inv: YoY: ytd: Residential Building: below 90 sq m
CN: Real Estate Inv: YoY: ytd: Residential Building: above 144 sq m

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Money Market, Interest Rate,

Yield and Exchange Rate


Access our new Money Market, Interest Rate, Yield and Exchange Rate data additions. Click below for further details.

Yield to Maturity and Turnover Data

Yield to maturity and turnover data had been added to CEIC’s coverage. Explore data here.

Foreign Currency Pairs

Addition of two newly released Foreign currency pairs trading volume data: China Foreign Exchange Trading Center (CFETC): Foreign Currency Pair Trading CN: Foreign Exchange

Required Reserve Ratio

The newly released data is extended to cover small & medium depository institutions. It allows client to monitor RRR by the size of financial institutions. Explore data here.

Interval Ratio of Lending Rate of Loan Prime Rate

Rediscount and Lending Rate: Mortgage

Addition of Chinese real estate mortgage rates data on 41 major cities. Explore data here.

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Financial Markets

 

 

Access our new Financial Markets data additions. Click below for further details.

Pledged Share

We have enhanced our coverage of the investor count in the integrated account with break down by account status. Explore data here.

 

We have introduced the statistics on shares pledged as loan collateral released by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corp. Explore data here.

STAR Market

We have added stock trading market statistics of the new tech focused exchanged in Shanghai. Explore data here.

Securities Market: Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchange

Commodity Futures Market 

► Addition of Monthly/Daily Commodity Futures data from Shanghai Futures/Dalian Commodity/Zhengzhou Commodity Exchanges including Live Hog, Bonded Copper and Peanut Kernel etc. Explore data here.

 

►Newly added commodity futures trading statistics:

- China Premium reacted promptly after the release of the Daily and Monthly Turnover volume & value and Open position data of SA Future (also include Settlement Price), MA Option and PTA Option, and has added 20 data series of the new commodities accordingly.

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover: Daily

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position: Daily

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price: Daily

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price

Table: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Commodity Options: Turnover: Daily

 

- China Premium has introduced the Turnover volume & value and the Open position (interest) of Gold Option according to the data release of the new option. In addition, we have also included the TSR 20 Warehouse Stock amount corresponding to the release of Shanghai Future Exchange.

Table: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Options: Turnover: Daily

Table: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Options: Open Position: Daily

Table: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Warehouse Stock

 

- China Premium provides timely update of the Turnover volume & value and the Open position (interest) of the Iron Ore Option for our client to have a more convenient and handy access to the latest changes in the China Derivatives Market.

Table: Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Options: Turnover: Daily

Table: Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Options: Open Position: Daily

Table: Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover: Daily

 

- China Premium has added the Turnover Volume & Value and Open Interest of CSI 300 Index Option according to the new data release of China Financial Futures Exchanges.

Table: China Financial Futures Exchange: Options: Turnover: Daily

Table: China Financial Futures Exchange: Options: Open Interest: Daily

 

- China Premium has enhanced the coverage of the Turnover Volume and Open Interest of 300ETF Options according to the new data release from Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, in order to provide our clients with an updated and timely data information exposure.

Table: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Options: Turnover: Daily

Table: Shanghai Stock Exchange: Options: Open Interest: Daily

Table: Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Options: Turnover: Daily

Table: Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Options: Open Interest: Daily

 

-  Ethenylbenzene & Stainless Steel commodity futures

Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover: Daily
Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover
Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position: Daily
Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position
Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price: Daily
Table : Shanghai Futures Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover: Daily
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Turnover
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position: Daily
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Open Position
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price: Daily
Table : Dalian Commodity Exchange: Commodity Futures: Settlement Price

 

-  Shanghai International Energy Exchange: TSR 20 futures

Table Turnover: Volume: Shanghai International Energy Exchange: TSR 20

 

 -  Dalian Commodity Exchange: Polished Round-Grained Rice futures

Table Turnover: Volume: Dalian Commodity Exchange: Polished Round-grained Rice

 

-  Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Urea  futures

Table Turnover: Volume: ZCE: Ureay

 

► Futures of apples: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange newly introduced futures of apples. Explore data here.

 

► Addition of daily warehouse stock data of Nickel, Tin & Crude Oil:

CN: Warehouse Stock: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Tin
CN: Warehouse Stock: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Crude Oil
CN: Warehouse Stock: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Nickel

Foreign Currency Bonds 

CEIC has captured the new data released by the Shanghai Clearing House on the foreign currency bonds' issuance and depository information:

- Bond Issued
- Bond Depository
- Composition of Bond Held

Bond Market - Bond Connect

Newly added data of trading details and foreign bond holding amount in RMB via Bond Connect Scheme, a new mutual market access scheme that allows investors from Mainland China and overseas to trade in each other's bond markets.

Explore data:

- Bond Connect: Turnover Volume

- Bond Foreign Holdings

Commodity Derivative

We have improved the coverage of commodity derivative instruments promptly after Shanghai Futures Exchange/Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange released Stainless Steel/Rapeseed Meal related data in January. 

CN: Warehouse Stock: Shanghai Futures Exchange: Stainless Steel

CN: Turnover Volume: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Options: Rapeseed Meal

CN: Turnover Value: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Options: Rapeseed Meal

CN: Open Position: Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange: Options: Rapeseed Meal

Shanghai Gold Exchange 

The Shanghai Gold Exchange launched the Shanghai Silver Benchmark Price Trading to further serve the real economy and consolidate the foundation of the silver market.. Explore data here.

Securities Depository and Clearing

We have added No. Face Value of New Registered Securities Data and their breakdowns of Shanghai & Shenzhen released by China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Ltd. Explore data here.

Shenzhen Stock Exchange PE ratio with industrial breakdowns

Monthly Shenzhen Stock Exchange PE ratio with industrial breakdowns from ChiNext and SME added based on source release. PE (Price to Earning) ratio can be used to compare the stock price level of different industries.

Table CN.ZA: Shenzhen Stock Exchange: ChiNext: PE Ratio
CN: PE Ratio: Shenzhen SE: SME: Education
CN: PE Ratio: Shenzhen SE: Education
CN: PE Ratio: Shenzhen SE: Resident Service

Securities Market: PE Ratio

Addition of monthly real estate PE ratio from Shenzhen Stock Exchange indicating the average stock price level of the industry. Explore data here.

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Industrial Sector

 

Access our new Industrial Sector data additions. Click below for further details.

Aggregated sector financial data for mining, manufacturing and electrycity, gas & water

General financial data to improve research capabilities for user. Explore data:

- Financial Data: Mining.

- Financial Data: Manufacturing.

- Financial Data: Electricity, Heat, Gas, Water Production and Supply.

Automobile Sector

Addition of the fastest growing segment in China, new energy vehicle production and sales data to understand growth demand & supply dynamic. Explore data here.

Yarn/Automobile/Household Refrigerator/Freezer/Air Conditioner/Household Washing Machine

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Money & Banking

 

Access our new Money & Banking data additions. Click below for further details.

Cash Management

We added 2 months tenor rate & volume of central treasury cash management.  Explore data here.

Balance Sheet

This is a new table setup under Money & Banking topic which provides granular details of the total balance sheet figures and the breakdown within the financial industry.  Explore data here.

Commercial Draft

From the perspective of supply side economy, the amount of bills issued is closely correlated with the GDP.  Explore data here.

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Price

 

Access our new Price data additions. Click below for further details.

Market Price

Weekly producer goods market price such as ferrous metal, petrochemical product, coal and forest product released by National Bureau of Statistics, the data structure is adjusted based on source’s official release. Explore data here.
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Quotations of new energy data

Daily quotations of new energy data including photovoltaic core enterprises’ silicon wafers, lithium battery separator and materials released by Shandong Longzhong / ICCSINO, from the latest market changes. Explore data below

CN.PJ: Photovoltaic: Producer Price

CN.PJ: Lithium Battery Industry: Separator: Price

CN.PJ: Lithium Battery Industry: Lithium Battery Material: Price

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Socio Demographic

 

Access our new Socio Demographic data additions. Click below for further details.

Social Security

- Number of Insured Person of Social Security Fund 

Addition of new data introduced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. Explore data here.

 

- Revenue and Expense

Addition of newly released data from China's social security fund.

Explore data here.

The Outbreak of COVID-19

Population: Prefecture Level City

New regional data on Population by Prefecture Level City. Explore data: Table CN.GE: Population: Prefecture Level City

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Goverment and Public Finance

 

Access our new Goverment and Public Finance data additions. Click below for further details.

National Goverment Finance - Local Goverment Debt

► Added monthly data to enhance data frecuency. The data includes the issuance and outstanding amount of the local government debt. Access link here.

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Others

 

Access other new data additions in different sectors. Click below for further details.

Household Survey

► Addition of new regional data: Household Income and Expenditure: Prefecture Level City

 

► National Bureau of Statistics had provided more granularity of its consumer confidence index data by introducing the new sub series.  Explore data here.

 

Investment

► Addition of new data series in Fixed Asset Investment: Prefecture Level City

Electronic Sector

Because of the crucial nature of 5G and how it will help shape the next decade. CEIC is delighted to announce the coverage of 5G mobile phone shipments and new model released data. 

 

- Table CN.RFA: Mobile Phone Shipment

- Table CN.RFA: Mobile Phone: New Model Released

 

Transportation and Storage Sector 

► We have added passenger traffic during spring move, including daily updates of railway, highway, waterway and air traffic. Explore data here.

 

► ELI - index to reflect the logistics operation of e-commerce

 

► We have added daily Transport Passenger Traffic of Spring Festival Travel Rush and its breakdowns including Railway/Highway/Waterway/Air released by Ministry of Transport in February swiftly after the source has published the data.
Explore data here.

Electronic Sector

We have enhanced the software industry operating data such as sales revenue, total profit, export and employee counts. Explore data here.
 

Insurance Sector

► We have further improved the statistics coverage in the topic of insurance premium, industry balance sheet and industry overview. 

Insurance Premium: Monthly Summary

Insurance Industry Overview

Insurance Industry Balance Sheet

Labour Market

► We have added Migrant Worker Employment and Average Income Data. Explore data here.


► Employment: Surveyed Unemployment: Nationwide Urban area published by NBS since April 2018.


►Average working hours per week released by National Bureau of Statistics. Explore datahere .

Business and Economic Survey

►Addition of the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index by enterprise size. Explore data here.

 

►Released of Caixin PMI, Caixin China General Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), with Manufacturing and Service breakdowns thta gives an independent snapshot of the country’s macro economy. 

 

► We have added Cyclical Momentum Indices (CMI) dataset, which are macro indicators published by Macro Research of CICC. Explore data here.

 

► The CKGSB Business Conditions Index (CKBCI):  is a set of forward-looking diffusion indicators which is used to gauge the business sentiment of executives about the macro-economic environment in China. 

National Accounts

►  Addition of new times series within Gross Domestic Product: Prefecture Level City. Explore all new data here.

 

► We introduced national balance sheet statistics, additional consumer confidence indices from the National Bureau of Statistics, and transportation statistic for 90 plus cities. Explore data here.

►  We introduced Value Added of Culture and Related Industries as a Share of GDP. Explore data here.

 

►  As part of our committed monthly data enhancements, we have brought you newly introduced data on new economy value addition to China’s GDP. Explore data here.

 

Balance of Payment

We have introduced the net increase of domestic EQUITY & BOND held by overseas entity. Explore data here.

Environment Protection

Addition of newly released air contaminant concentration indices for 169 cities further supplements the existing PM2.5 air quality indices. 
Explore data here.

Construction Sector

► National Bureau of Statistics had provided quarterly data on residential construction area and value completed by Provinces.

 

Residential Construction: Building Construction: Area Completed

Residential Construction: Building Construction: Value Completed

Consumer Goods and Services

►  Introduction of Taobao & Tmall ecommerce data metrics with granular goods categories break down from Moojing Market Intelligence, which specializes on alternative internet big data predominantly in the e-commerce field.

 

► New data on a regional level: Retail Sales of Consumer Goods: Prefecture Level City

 

► Addition of newly released data on the online retail development. Explore data here.

Agriculture Sector

► Animal Husbandry: Addition of the Number of Sow Pig Stock and its QoQ data by the National Bureau of Statistics.

Automobile Sector

► Automobile Production and Automobile Sales: Enhanced coverage of production and sales of Large/Medium/Light School Bus. Data from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. 

Examples of School Bus data series:

CN: Automobile: Sales: CC: Bus: Large: School Bus
CN: Automobile: Sales: CC: Bus: Medium: School Bus
CN: Automobile: Sales: CC: Bus: Light: School Bus
CN: Automobile: Production: CC: Bus: Large: School Bus
CN: Automobile: Production: CC: Bus: Medium: School Bus
CN: Automobile: Production: CC: Bus: Light: School Bus

Energy Sector

Addition  of 7 costal provinces power plants weekly coal data, which includes the Available Days for Coal Inventory and Load Rate for Power Plants at Province level. Explore data here .

Information and Communication Sector

Annual post and telecom business volume (based on 2020 price), with breakdowns including telecom and post separately, which is used to replace data based on 2015 price. Explore below:

CN: Post & Telecom: Business Volume(2020p)

CN: Post & Telecom: Business Volume(2020p): Telecom

CN: Post & Telecom: Business Volume(2020p): Post

New Partnerships

 

As of June 2018, users have access to content from our sister company EMIS. Moreover, we offer every month new insights for China from our proprietary research arm.

EMIS Insights: Explore comprehensive industry reports on China, contains in-depth sector analysis, detailed statistics and infographics on the country's economy.

CEIC Insights: our proprietary research team releases 10 new economic insights about China monthly.

CDMNext

We are pleased to announce over 20 functionality and design enhancements geared towards improving your user experience and the launch
in December 2019 of CDMNext v4.0 & in April 2020 of CDMNext Add-ins v3.2.

 

Have you adopted CDMNext as the web platform to access our China Premium Database? If not, get in contact with your account manager or helpdesk@ceicdata.com on how to make the change today.

SEARCH ENHANCEMENTS

► New regional search filter for China.

► Search with Mnemonics ID: CEIC mnemonic codes that are unique to each time series, and standardized across countries.

► Indented tree for better UI grouping on the database layout.

► More search filters to narrow desired results.

► Dynamic search pages with insights and data highlights.

► Dataset tabs offering the ability to select results across searches and tabs.

► Comparable – new cross-country control with pre-defined search filter to view indicator for all countries

► Option to copy search with all filter parameters to R, API, Python calls.

► X13 ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment for Chinese Holidays Adjustment.

VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS

► Revamp of the series suggestion manager for suggested indicators, forecast series, replacement for inactive series, header and breakdown, and dependencies for base vs. in-house calculated series.

► New Visuals: histogram, pie chart, heat map China provincial map. A stand-alone visual editor with easy rename & replace for series names and descriptions.

► Replacements Comparison: Visual comparison of series replacements in single series preview.

► Chart button: Additional location to access "Chart" on header.

DOWNLOAD ENHANCEMENTS

► New download attributes for region, subnational and mnemonic codes

► Custom download selection from search and selection

► Create a chart with series directly from download window

► Introduction of visual editing from 3 different modes: within Excel add-in, CDMNext or protected per CDMNext link

► Easily export data to supported format in MATLAB application. 

► Easily export data series to support the format in the add-in, API, R. 

► Advanced copy to clipboard functionalities to copy chart/map/table to MS Excel/Word/PPT.

► Download option for individual footnote articles.

MULTI-LANGUAGE INTERFACE

► CDMNext & CDMNext Excel Add-in available in 6 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Indonesian Bahasa. 

HELP & SUPPORT

► Enhanced customer support in email us, live chat, guest sign-out functions.

► New Math Functions (cross section function, unit multiplier, more currency conversions).

► Rename & Replace feature: the Rename Module helps users to quickly search selected series to rename or replace the series information, such as series name and function description, etc.

► New video tutorials with an overview and key features.

► Installation of WPS Add-in, Excel Add-in, CEIC R package, CEIC API, E-Views is available under "Applications".