The Driving Effects of Forest Industry in China: An Input-Output Analysis

This paper analyses Chinese forest industry's significance and its driving effects with the 2007' input-output statement and the 2008' national economic census data; and concludes that forest industry itself created GDP 330 billion RMB, while driving the GDP increase by 270 million RMB, showing an obvious driving effect. Especially the paper making industry contributed most; The industry created 4.6 million jobs, while driving the job increase by 25 million, demonstrating forest industry's job-creating capacity and its labour-intensive characteristics. The timber processing sector particularly created 2.4 million jobs, while driving the job increase by 10 million; Forest industry drove profit increase by 520 billion RMB, of which timber processing and paper making sectors contributed significantly; The whole industry drove the wage and welfare distribution up by 460 billion RMB, of which furniture manufacturing sector accounted for the largest share with 190 billion RMB, demonstrating forest industry's important status among all sectors and significant driving effect on economy.