Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$5 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2013

% State Global Exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#2

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#2

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#6

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#5

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2021

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$5 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2013

% State global exporting to china

9%

of Goods Exports 2021

6%

of Service Exports 2020

State Ranking in Heartland

#2

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#2

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

State Ranking in U.S.

#6

In Total Goods Exports Value 2021

#5

In Total Service Exports Value 2020

Partnership

Sister Cities

  • Bolingbrook/Xuchang
  • Chicago/Shanghai & Shenyang
  • Galesburg/Ma’anshan
  • Rockford/Changzhou
  • Springfield/Jining
  • Urbana/Haizhu District
  • Joliet/Liaoyang
  • Peoria/Benxi

Sister Partnership

Illinois

Liaoning

Export Details

2021

Goods Exports

$6.1 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2022) +20%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($2.9B)

+31%

2

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines ($300M)

+27%

3

Navigational & Measuring Instruments ($289M)

+11%

2020
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Service Exports

$1.9 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2022) -35%

1

Education ($521M)

-17%

2

Air Freight & Port Services ($332M)

-43%

3

Royalties From Industrial Processes ($169M)

+19%

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Jobs

50,700

Jobs supported by exports to China in 2020 (USCBC Export Report 2022)

6,700

Jobs supported by Chinese companies (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

+170

Chinese companies operating in-state (NCUSR Rhodium Group 2018)

1

Dalian Hexing Investment Co., Ltd. 1,109 jobs

2

Wanxiang Group Corporation 751 jobs

3

Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation 535 jobs

Education

(IIE Open Doors 2022)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

  1. University of Illinois – Urbana – Champaign
  2. University of Chicago
  3. Northwestern University

14,072

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$521 Million

Estimated revenue added by Chinese International Students (USCBC Export Report 2022)

Chinese-American Population

149,429

(APIAVote 2020)

Goods Exporting

At $2.9B, Illinois leads the Heartland region in shipping oilseeds and grains to China in terms of revenue

$14.2 Billion

Chinese Foreign Direct Investment from 1990-2020

(Rhodium Group’s US-China Investment Hub)

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For the states’ trade statistics: USCBC Export Report 2022.

For information relating to Chinese-owned operations in-state: Rhodium Group and NCUSR’s 2018 Report.

For information relating to Chinese international students: Open Door’s 2022 Annual Data.

For the population of Chinese Americans in-state: APIAVote’s 2020 AAPI Numbers and Facts Report or https://population.com/ if the report did not have the data.

For FDI: Rhodium Group’s US-China Investment Hub.

For sister city relationship information: Asia Matters for America.
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