摘要
China’s per-capita GDP has surpassed the$10,000 landmark,according to a statement by the National Bureau of Statistics on January 17.In 2019,the GDP totaled$14.38 trillion,showing the long distance it has traveled since reform and opening up in 1978.In 1978,the GDP was$149.5 billion,accounting for just 1.8 percent of the global economy.The percapita GDP stood at$156,much lower than the average even in the least developed countries south of the Sahara Desert at$490.From the perspective of per-capita GDP,China was the poorest country in the world at that time.
