10 Mind-Boggling Facts About China's Massive Manufacturing Sector
China produces nearly 17 times as many air conditioners per person than the rest of the world.
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China manufactures more than 40 times as many personal computers per person than the rest of the world.
![China manufactures more than 40 times as many personal computers per person than the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532037,width-700,height-525,imgsize-279482/china-manufactures-more-than-40-times-as-many-personal-computers-per-person-than-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese PC production:
320.4 million units
China as a percent of global total:
90.6 percent
China produces 238.3 PC units per 1,000 people compared with 5.9 units in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China makes more than 16 times as many energy saving lamps per person than the rest of the world.
![China makes more than 16 times as many energy saving lamps per person than the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532039,width-700,height-525,imgsize-133461/china-makes-more-than-16-times-as-many-energy-saving-lamps-per-person-than-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese energy saving lamps production:
4.3 billion
China as a percent of global total:
80.0 percent
China's got 3.2 lamps per capita, compared to 0.2 in per capita in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China produces nearly six times as much pork per person as the rest of the world.
![China produces nearly six times as much pork per person as the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532040,width-700,height-525,imgsize-358466/china-produces-nearly-six-times-as-much-pork-per-person-as-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese pork production:
51.5 million tons
China as a percent of global total:
49.8 percent
China produces 38.3 kgs (approx. 84 pounds) of pork per person, compared with 6.7 kgs (approx. 15 pounds) per person in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China has over 11 times as much solar cell production capacity per person as the rest of the world.
![China has over 11 times as much solar cell production capacity per person as the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532041,width-700,height-525,imgsize-27372/china-has-over-11-times-as-much-solar-cell-production-capacity-per-person-as-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese solar cell production capacity:
21.8 gigawatts
China as a percent of global total:
74 percent
China has solar cell production capacity of 16.2 kilowatts (KW) per capita, compared with 1.4 KW per capita in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China makes more than seven times as many pair of shoes per person as the rest of the world.
![China makes more than seven times as many pair of shoes per person as the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532044,width-700,height-525,imgsize-147252/china-makes-more-than-seven-times-as-many-pair-of-shoes-per-person-as-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese shoe production:
12.6 billion pairs
China as a percent of global total:
63.0 percent
China produces 9.4 pairs of shoes per person, compared with 1.3 pairs in the rest of the world.
Note this data is as of 2010.
Source: BAML
China manufactures 10 times as many cell phones per person compared with the rest of the world.
![China manufactures 10 times as many cell phones per person compared with the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532045,width-700,height-525,imgsize-149868/china-manufactures-10-times-as-many-cell-phones-per-person-compared-with-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese cell phone production:
1.1 billion units
China as percent of global total:
70.6 percent
China produces 840.7 units per 1,000 people, compared with 83.6 units per 1,000 people in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China produces more than six times as much cement per person as the rest of the world.
![China produces more than six times as much cement per person as the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532048,width-700,height-525,imgsize-214905/china-produces-more-than-six-times-as-much-cement-per-person-as-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese cement production:
1.8 billion tons
China as a percent of global total:
60 percent
China produces 1,390 kgs (approx 3,064 pounds) of cement per person, compared with 221 kgs (approx. 487 pounds) per person in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China mines more than four times as much coal per person than the rest of the world.
![China mines more than four times as much coal per person than the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532049,width-700,height-525,imgsize-943479/china-mines-more-than-four-times-as-much-coal-per-person-than-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese coal production:
1.8 billion tons of oil equivalent
China as a percent of global total:
48.2 percent
China produces 1.3 tons of oil equivalent per capita, compared with 0.3 tons per capita in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
China has three times as much shipbuilding capacity per capita as the rest of the world.
![China has three times as much shipbuilding capacity per capita as the rest of the world.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-21532050,width-700,height-525,imgsize-175900/china-has-three-times-as-much-shipbuilding-capacity-per-capita-as-the-rest-of-the-world-.jpg)
Chinese shipbuilding capacity:
76.6 million metric tons
China as a percent of global total:
45.1 percent
China has 57.0 tons of shipbuilding capacity per thousand people, compared with 16.6 tons per thousand people in the rest of the world.
Source: BAML
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