Exports

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$5 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State Global Exporting to china

8%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#2

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#2

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#4

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#4

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

China's Ranking

In State's Global Trading Partners 2022

#3

Decade Average

Goods Exporting to China

2008-2017 Pre-Trade War

$5 Billion

Highest Year on Record

Goods Exporting to China

2022

% State global exporting to china

8%

of Goods Exports 2022

6%

of Service Exports 2021

State Ranking in Heartland

#2

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#2

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

State Ranking in U.S.

#4

In Total Goods Exports Value 2022

#4

In Total Service Exports Value 2021

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

2022

Goods Exports

$6.6 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +9%

1

Oil Seeds & Grains ($3.5B)

+20%

2

Pharmaceuticals & Medicines ($426M)

+42%

3

Navigational & Measuring Instruments ($292M)

+1%

2021
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Service Exports

$2.2 Billion

(USCBC Export Report 2023) +13%

1

Education ($532M)

+2%

2

Air Freight & Port Services ($487M)

+46%

3

Royalties From Industrial Processes ($166M)

-1%

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Jobs

58,820

Jobs supported by exports to China in 2021 (USCBC Export Report 2023)

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 2023)

Top educational Institutions with chinese enrollment

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

14,940

Estimated number of Chinese International Students in-State

$532 Million

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

Chinese-American Population

151,392

(APIAVote 2022)

Goods Exporting

In 2022, Illinois remained the top exporter of Oilseeds & Grains to China in the Heartland Region

$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 2023.


For information relating to Chinese companies operating in-state: Rhodium Group and National Committee on U.S. China Relations’ “New Neighbors: 2018 Update”.


For information relating to Chinese international students: Open Doors’ 2023 Annual Data.


For the population of Chinese Americans in-state: APIAVote’s “2022 AAPI Voter Demographics by State


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


For sister city relationship information: Asia Matters for America by the East-West Center.


For foreign land ownership legislation: Mykel R. Taylor, Wendong Zhang, and Festus Attah. 2023. “Foreign Interests in U.S. Agricultural Lands: The Missing Conversations about Leasing.”

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