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An Analysis on Characteristics of China’s Processing Trade and Its Development Strategy Robert J.Carbaugh School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics 1. The important position of processing trade in China’s foreign trade In China, the trade of exports can be classified into three types according to the trade mode, namely common trade, processing trade, and other trade. From the “sixth five-year plan” to the “eighth five- year plan”, China’s foreign trade has kept on rising, centering on the common trade and assisting by the processing trade. In 1994, the total values of processing trade surpassed that of common trade for the first time. After that, the exports of processing trade are increasing annually, and its position in China’s foreign trade is rising. Data shows that the proportion of processing trade to total exports has always surpassed 50% since 1995. This fact proves the important position of processing trade in China’s imports and exports of trade. 2. The characteristics of China’s processing trade and the reasons for these characteristics in recent years 2.1 Reviewing China’s total values of exports in last decade, we can conclude three characteristics of processing trade in China at present. Firstly, the position of processing trade in China’s exports of trade tends to be stable. The proportion of the values of processing trade to the total values of exports is about 55% or so from 2000 to 2006. This proportion is relatively stable. It indicates the importance of processing trade in China and its position becomes stable. Indirectly, it shows that the industrial structure and sections of foreign trade are basically stable, and the income of processing trade is chiefly coming from some industries. Secondly, the industrial structure of processing is upgrading. According to the comparative advantage ladder, we know that the comparative advantages of different countries, from the lower to the higher, are resource-inte