Lithuanian country profile

Overview: Lithuania is located in the Baltic Sea, bordering Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Russia. It covers an area of 65,300 square kilometers. The total length of the national boundary is 1846 km, of which the land boundary is 1747 km and the coastline is 99 km long. /kloc-the formation of Lithuanian nationality in the 0/3rd century. 1 9 4 0 became one of the countries that the Soviet Union joined. 1991independence on September 6th. 1991September 1 4 established diplomatic relations with China, and China has the highest suicide rate in the world.

The national flag is a horizontal rectangle with an aspect ratio of 2∶ 1. It consists of three parallel stripes, yellow, green and red from top to bottom.

The national emblem is the coat of arms. On the red shield, a knight dressed in silver straddles a white war horse, waving a silver sword in his right hand and holding a shield with a golden double cross on the blue ground in his left hand.

Residents: The residents are mainly Lithuanians, and the official language is Lithuanian. Believe in Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity.

Natural environment: the western and central parts are flat with hills in the middle. The main river is Nyamunas River. There are many lakes in the east. It has a maritime climate, but most areas are dry. Peat and building materials are the main resources.

Economic overview: Industry and agriculture are relatively developed. Agricultural products are mainly long-fiber flax, potatoes, grains and beans. Dairy cattle and meat animal husbandry is a special department in agriculture, which mainly raises cattle and pigs. The output value of animal husbandry accounts for 7 0% of the total agricultural output value.

Important city: Vilnius, the capital, is the national political and economic center.

Date of establishment of diplomatic relations with China:1.991September1April.

Currency: Ritter (currently using coupons and "Wa Gonnord Ji")

Attractions: Lake Trache Group, Santa Anna Church.

World Heritage: Kurlanshazou, vilnius historic centre.

The national population is 3,462,700 (65,438 in 2003 10), and the population density is 53 people/km2. Lithuanians account for 83.45%, Poles for 6.7% and Russians for 6.3%. In addition, there are ethnic groups such as Belarus (1.2%), Ukraine (0.7%) and Jews (0. 1%). The official language is Lithuanian, and most residents know Russian. Mainly Catholicism, with more than 2.7 million followers. In addition, there are Orthodox Christianity, Judaism and Protestantism.

Vilnius, the national capital, covers an area of 287 square kilometers and has a population of 553,000 (65,438+February 2002). 1 The annual average temperature is -4℃, and the average temperature in July is 20℃.

National Reconstruction Day (National Day): 16 February (19 18 16 Lithuania announced the establishment of the Republic of China); Restoration of Independence Day: March 1 1 (Lithuania issued the declaration of restoration of independence on March 1990); July 6th: National Day (1253 On July 6th, Lithuanian King Mintaukas was crowned).

Brief situation

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Located on the east bank of the Baltic Sea, it is adjacent to Latvia in the north, Belarus in the east, Kaliningrad and Poland in the southwest and the Baltic Sea in the west. The total length of the national boundary is 1846 km, of which the land boundary is 1747 km and the maritime boundary is 99 km. This is a transitional climate from the ocean to the mainland. 1 The annual average temperature is -5℃, and the July average temperature is 17℃.

A.D. 1240 established a unified Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Lithuania and Poland joined forces three times after 1385. Lithuania was gradually annexed by Russia after 1795. During World War I, Lithuania was occupied by Germany. After the October Revolution, Soviet regimes were established in most territories. 1918 February 2006 16, Lithuania declared its independence and established a bourgeois republic. 1939 In August, the Soviet Union signed a secret treaty with Germany, which was immediately occupied by the Soviet Union. After the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, Lithuania was occupied by Germany. 1944, Soviet troops entered Lithuania, established the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic and joined the Soviet Union. 1March 1990 1 1, Li Li declared independence from the Soviet Union. 1991September 6, the Soviet state Council recognized independence. Hitachi joined the United Nations.

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In 2000, Lithuania experienced general elections for local governments and parliaments. Local elections were held in March, and new leaders of 60 municipal and district administrative organs were elected. The quadrennial parliamentary election was held in June 5438+10. The Social Democratic Party and the Labour Democratic Party won the most votes, while the former ruling Conservative Party suffered a crushing defeat. However, with the support of the President, the two new parties, Freedom Alliance and New Alliance, quickly formed alliances with other parties just after the general election, won a majority of seats in the parliament, and finally seized power, forcing the Social Democratic Party and the Labor Party to become the largest opposition parties in the parliament. Paulauuskas, President of the New Alliance, is the Speaker, and Rolandas Paksas, President of the Freedom Alliance, is elected 1 1 Prime Minister of the Government. The positions of government ministers and deputy ministers are also shared by the two parties. The current government basically maintains the original internal and external policies, implements economic liberalization at home, and promises to crack down on corruption, increase education and medical expenses, reduce taxes, promote economic development and reform the social security system. In diplomacy, accession to treaties, good-neighborly relations and economic diplomacy are still the mainstay. We continued to push forward the integration process with Europe, officially started the negotiations on joining the European Union, and formally joined the WTO from June 5 to February 38, 2000. Actively seek and promote exchanges and cooperation with NATO, and set the accession schedule as 2002.

In June 20001year, the government collapsed due to the intensified political differences between the Liberal Alliance and the New Alliance. In July, the Social Democratic Party and the New Alliance formed a coalition government, and Brazauskas, chairman of the Social Democratic Party, became prime minister. The new government basically continued the policies of the previous government, continued to carry out market economy, privatization reform and tax reduction policies in China, and promised to implement a series of measures to promote economic development and improve the social security system. The core of foreign policy is "joining the EU".

In 2002, the Legislative Council remained stable, and the relationship between the President, the Parliament and the government was basically coordinated. The government has further promoted the process of market economy reform and privatization, increased its efforts to attract foreign investment, focused on improving the social security system, and actively responded to unemployment, medical care, and old-age care. Adhere to the policy of joining NATO and the European Union and being good neighbors as the core, and make important progress. In June 5438+065438+ 10 and February 65438+February, Li was invited to join NATO and the European Union, and is expected to become a full member in May 2004.

The first round of presidential election was held on February 22, 2002. Adamkus, then president, and Paksas, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party, stood out among 17 candidates and entered the second round of competition. In the second round of elections held on June 5, 2003, Paksas won with 54. 15% of the vote, becoming the third president after independence, and officially took office on February 26. On February 22nd, 2002, the election of 65438+ local self-government committee (local council) was held simultaneously. 65,438+0,38 candidates from 25 political parties and 20 political alliances competed for 65,438+0,560 seats in 60 municipal and district autonomous committees, with Social Democratic Party, Conservative Party, Peasant Party-New Democratic Alliance, Liberal Alliance and New Alliance in the top five respectively.

constitution

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1992 10 was adopted by referendum on125, and came into effect on12, with many revisions. The current Constitution is * * * Chapter 15 and Article 154. It is stipulated that Lithuania is an independent democratic Republic, with sovereignty belonging to all people and equal rights for all citizens. Establish a parliamentary state. Parliament is the highest legislative body of the country, approving or rejecting the candidate for prime minister nominated by the president; To appoint and remove state leaders; Have the right to impeach the president, but need the support of more than 3/5 members. The president is elected by citizens by direct vote, with a term of five years and a maximum of two consecutive terms. Any citizen who has reached the age of 40 and has lived in Lithuania for nearly three years can run for president. When the President dies, resigns, is impeached or cannot perform his duties due to health reasons, his duties shall be exercised by the Speaker. The president is the supreme commander of the national armed forces, making decisions on major diplomatic issues, appointing and removing the prime minister with the consent of the parliament, and appointing and removing ministers on the proposal of the prime minister.

Parliament is the highest legislative body of the country, with a unicameral system, 65,438+0,465,438+0 seats and a term of four years. Members of Parliament are directly elected by citizens who have settled in the legislature over the age of 25, of whom 7 1 is elected by the national 7 1 constituency and 70 are elected by political parties. Political parties that have won more than 5% of the votes enter the parliament, and the number of members is distributed according to the proportion of votes obtained by each party. The current parliament was elected in 2000 10. Social Democratic Party 5 1 seat, New Alliance 25, Liberal Alliance 23, Liberal Democratic Party 1 1 seat, Motherland Alliance (Conservative Party) 9, Peasants Party and New Democratic Party 7, centrist Alliance, Polish Election Movement and Christian Democratic Party 8. Arturas Paulauskas, Speaker of Parliament, was elected in June 65438+10/October 65438+September 2000. Palmer is the chairman of the new alliance.

government

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This government is the first 12 government after independence. Established in July 20001year, 13 ministries. Prime Minister ALGIRDAS-MYKOLAS BRAZAUSKAS, Foreign Minister Tanas Vaglio, Minister of Economy PETRAS CESNA, Minister of Social Security and Labor VILIJA BLINKEVICIUTE, Minister of Agriculture Jeronimas Telis, Minister of Environment ARUNAS KUNDROTAS, Minister of Finance DALIA GRYBAUSKAITE, Minister of Justice Vitautas Ma Erkai, Minister of Defence LINAS LINKEVICIUS, Minister of Culture ROMA DOVYDENIENE, Minister of Education and Science ALGIRDAS MONKEVICIUS.

The main website is http://www.lrvk.lt/ (government); Http://www.urm.lt/ (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).

Administrative divisions are divided into 10 counties. * * * There are 60 municipal administrative units, including 9 big cities, 43 districts and 8 small cities. The main cities are Vilnius, kaunas, Pether and siauliai.

EGIDIJUS KURIS, President of the Constitutional Court of the Judiciary, took office on March 6, 2002, and served until March 2008. Vitotas Grecius, President of the Supreme Court, took office on July 8, 1999 for a term of nine years. Attorney General ANTANAS KLIMAVICIUS took office on June 5438+February 65438+March 2000 for a term of seven years.

Political Party * * * There are 40 registered political parties and political organizations. The main political parties are:

(1) Lithuanian Social Democratic Party: the ruling party. It was established in 1896, rebuilt in 12 August 1989, registered in 17 10/990, and registered in 20001year/. There are12,000 people in party member. President Algirdas-Mikolas Brazauskas. CESLOVAS JURSENAS, former chairman of Lao People's Party, and VYTENIS ANDRIUKAITIS, former chairman of Social Democratic Party, are vice-chairmen. It has 5 1 seat in parliament.

(2) New Alliance: also known as Social Liberal Party, the ruling party. 1998 was established on April 25th, with more than 4,500 people in party member. Chairman Artūras Paulauskas. 25 seats in parliament.

(3) Lithuanian Freedom Alliance:1990165438+/KLOC-0 was established on October 24th. Chairman Eugenius Ghent villars. There are more than 2000 members. 23 seats in parliament.

④ Lithuanian Liberal Democratic Party. On March 9, 2002, it was split by the Lithuanian Freedom Alliance. Chairman Rolandas Paksas. It has 1 1 seats in parliament.

(5) Motherland Union (Lithuanian conservative): 1993 was established in May 1 year. There are 14000 people in party member. Chairman ViTatas Belguise. Hold nine seats in parliament.

(6) Peasants and New Democratic Party: founded in June 2000. There are more than 3000 members. Chairman Qazi Milla Pruen skeen. Seven parliamentary seats.

(7) Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party: 200 1 May 12 was formed by the merger of Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party and Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party Union. There are more than 10000 members. Chairman Kazibo Bayless. Hold three seats in parliament.

(8) Lithuanian Central Trade Union: 1993 was founded on June 5, and registered on October 27 of the same year. At present, there are more than 2,300 people in party member, and its chairman is Romualdas Aldaz Ozolas. Hold three seats in parliament.

(9) Lithuanian Poles' "Election Action": 1994 10 was established on129 October and registered on March 8, 1995. There are about 1000 people in party member. Chairman Anna Jesien Kevic. Two seats in parliament.

(10) Lithuanian League of Political Prisoners and Expulsions: 199 1 officially registered as a political organization,1July 6 1994 became a political party,1August 9 registered. There are 60,000 people in party member. President BALYS GAJAUSKAS.

Other political parties are: Lithuanian National Party "Youth Lithuania", Lithuanian National Union, Lithuanian Green Party, Independent Party, Republican Party, Lithuanian Socialist Party, Lithuanian Liberal Union, Lithuanian Russian Union, Lithuanian Reform Party, Lithuanian People's Party and Lithuanian Life Logic Party. And the political organization Lithuanian Union of National Minorities.

Rolandas Paksas: President. 1June 1956 10 was born in the northern city of Tessie. 1979 graduated from Vilnius College of Civil Engineering, majoring in industrial and civil engineering. 1984 graduated from Leningrad Civil Aviation College. 1979- 1985 served as the flight coach of the Soviet air force. 1997 was elected as a member of Vilnius City Council in March, and 10 was elected as the mayor of Vilnius in April of the same year. 1June, 999-June, 65438+10/October as Prime Minister. 1999 10 in 20001served as presidential adviser from October to February. From April to September 2000, he was re-elected as the mayor of Vilnius. In June 2000, 5438+ 10 was elected as a member of parliament and resigned as the mayor of Vilnius. In the same year1October 27th, he became the prime minister again. 20065438+0 Resigned on June 20th. After independence, he was a member of the Conservative Party Council. /kloc-0 left the conservative party in June, 1999, and/kloc-0 joined the liberal alliance in February, 1999 as its chairman. 200 1 12 withdrew from the liberal alliance and formed the Lithuanian liberal democratic party as its chairman. 20031October 5,65438 was elected president and was sworn in on February 26. Married, his wife Ma Le is an economist, and he has a son and a daughter. Love tennis and aerobatics. Can speak Japanese, Russian, Polish and understand English.

Alturas Paulauuskas: speaker. 1953 was born in Vilnius on August 23rd. 1976 graduated from the Law Department of Vilnius University. 1979, deputy attorney general of Shiya Dolis district. 1982 served as the procurator-general of Walenna district. 1987 deputy attorney general. 1990- 1995 was appointed as the first attorney general after independence. 1995- 1997, as deputy attorney general. 1998 formed a new alliance and served as the chairman. In 2000, 10, 19 was elected as the speaker. Married with a son and a daughter. Like skiing and reading. I can speak Japanese, Russian and a little English.

Algirdas-Mikolas Brazauskas: Prime Minister. 1932 was born in lirokishki on September 22nd, 2002. Doctor of Economics. 195 1- 1956 studied in kaunas institute of technology, majoring in hydraulic engineering and architecture. 1956- 1957 as the chief engineer of kaunas hydropower station project management office; 1958- 1962 director of energy construction trust management office; 1962- 1965 director, building materials industry administration bureau, state economic commission; 1965 minister of building materials industry; 1967 as the first vice chairman of the state planning commission; 1977- 1988 secretary of the central secretariat of Ren Li, in charge of economic affairs; 1988 first secretary of the central Committee of Ren Li. 1served as deputy prime minister in March 1990. 1989, Li * * led by him broke away from the Soviet * * * production party and declared independence. At the beginning of 1990, * * was renamed Lithuanian Labor Democratic Party. 12 In February, Bulbu was elected as the chairman of the Labor People's Party. 1992 Elected Speaker of Parliament and Acting President. 1993 February 14 was elected as the first president. 1998 expires in February. 200 1 1 The Labor Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party merged to form the Social Democratic Party and were elected as the party chairman. In July of 200 1 year, he was appointed as the Prime Minister of 12. 1993165438+1October Bu paid an official visit to China as the president. Married. Love sailing and hunting. Speak French and Russian.

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The electronics, textile and food processing industries are relatively developed, and the export of sugar, milk and meat products has certain advantages. The transition of market economy has been basically completed, and the output value of non-state-owned enterprises accounts for 73% of GDP. In 2002, the macroeconomic situation further improved, financial and tax reforms achieved results, the privatization process continued to deepen, market supply and demand improved, and foreign capital inflows increased. The economy maintained rapid growth, with GDP increasing by 5.9%. However, there are not many pillar industries, the regional economic development is unbalanced, the government's investment in education, culture, medical care and other fields is limited, and the unemployment rate remains high.

Gross domestic product (2002): 565.438 million litas.

Per capita GDP (2002): 65,438+04,780 litas.

GDP growth rate (2002): 6.7%

Currency name: Litas, and the secondary currency is CENTAS.

1 L =100L

Exchange rate: 1 USD = LTL 3.25 (65438+February 2002).

Inflation rate (2002): 0.3%

Unemployment rate (2002): 1 1.3%.

There are abundant forests and water resources here. The forest area is 6.5438+0.978 million hectares, with a coverage rate of 30.3%. There are 722 rivers and more than 4000 lakes. In addition, there are peat and mineral building materials.

In 2002, the industrial output value of this industry was 26.652 billion litas, up 7.5% year-on-year, accounting for 52.56% of GDP. The main industrial sectors are mining and quarrying, processing and manufacturing, and energy, accounting for 1.7%, 86.2%, 12. 1% of the industrial output value respectively. The output value of mining and processing manufacturing industry was 22.293 billion litas, up by 7.7%, and the output value of power, natural gas and water supply industry was 4.063 billion litas, up by 6%. The industrial employed population accounts for 17.9% of the total population.

According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of major industrial products in 2000, 200 1 year and 2002:

2000 200 1 2002

Peat production (ten thousand tons) 24.55 26.32 5 1.25

Mining quartz sand (ten thousand cubic meters) 4.07 5.70 4.37

Chemical fertilizer (ten thousand tons) 9 1.4487+0 15.04

Papermaking (ton)122641473210436

Cement (ten thousand tons) 56.95 55.6438+0 59.92

Television sets (10,000 sets) 30000.000000000000001

Picture tubes (ten thousand sets) 276.2 306.8 342.7

Linen fiber (ton) 4095 6597 3660

Set (ten thousand sets) 54.05 48. 14 36.20

Cloth (100 million square meters) 1.086 1.039 9240

Power generation (100 million kilowatts/hour)113.84146.896438+0438.40888888886

Natural gas in the transmission pipeline (100 million cubic meters)10.065366666686

In 2002, the agricultural output value was 3.55 billion litas, accounting for 7% of GDP. Among them, grain increased by 9%, sugar by 17%, rape by 63%, potato by 45%, meat by 8%, eggs by 6% and milk by 1%. * * * There are 67,500 farms with cultivated land area of 230 1.300 hectares. 33% of the country's population lives in rural areas, and agricultural employment accounts for 17% of the total employed population.

According to the statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of major agricultural products in 2000, 200 1 year and 2002 were (thousand tons) respectively:

2000 200 1 2002

Grain 2730.7 2397.5 2602.0

Potato1791.61054.41531.3

Vegetables 329.4 322.0 26 1.0

Sweet vegetable 881.6894.1.1029.8

Marijuana 7.2 4.0 7.8

Rapeseed 8 1.0 64.8 105.6

Clean meat 264 208 224

Niunai172517301752

Eggs (100 million) 6.92 7.42 7.90

There are wholesalers 1 1389, retailers 42886 and catering entities 4998 in the service industry. Employees account for 17% of the employed population.

In 2002, the retail sales reached 65.438+0.546 billion liters, a year-on-year increase of 654.38+02.4%; The output value of catering industry was LTL 326.8 million, up by 18.7%.

In 2002, the tourism industry received 3,999,400 foreign tourists, a year-on-year decrease of 4.7%. The number and proportion of foreign tourists are: Russia/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/72800 (29.3%), Latvia/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/4600 (28.7%), Belarus 646800 (/KOOC-0/6.2%). Lithuanians left the country about 3,583,900 times, down 5.7% year-on-year. Main attractions: Vilnius Old Town, Tragai Castle, Bailang Port, Nida, siauliai Cross Mountain, Ruschininggai, etc.

The transportation system is complete, the railway network is integrated with European countries and the former Soviet Union, and it has a developed road network. Transportation is mainly through roads and railways.

Railway: total length 1997.2 km. In 2002, the railway freight volume was 36,788,200 tons, up 261%year-on-year; Among them, the domestic freight volume was 6.525 million tons, up 2.9% year-on-year, and the international freight volume was 30.2632 million tons, up 32.5% year-on-year.

Highway: the total length is 2 13 16km. Trunk highway1724km, national highway 4864km and branch highway14728km. Among them, asphalt pavement11980km, cement pavement 86km, gravel pavement 9227km and gravel pavement 23km. In 2002, public transport carried 654.38+656.65 million passengers, an increase of 0.8%.

Water transportation: in 2002, the total amount of maritime transportation was 25.8210.4 million tons, up by10.5% year-on-year; Among them, the loading capacity was 21252,700 tons, up 17.2% year-on-year, and the unloading capacity was 4,568,700 tons, up 8.3% year-on-year. Inland river freight volume was 510.5 million tons, down 5.2% year-on-year. Waterway passenger traffic was 2,890,200 passengers, up 1 18.4% year-on-year. Clay Pether is the only seaport in the country. Annual handling capacity: more than 7,000 ships, more than 70,000 passengers, and cargo transshipment capacity of more than 20 million tons.

Air transport: In 2002, airlines transported 376,300 passengers by air, up 3.6% year-on-year, and the passenger transport volume was 524.4 million passengers/km, up 8.4%. The transportation volume of goods, luggage and mail was 3,350.9 tons, up by 1.5% year-on-year. The airport entered Hong Kong for 350,600 passengers, up 8.8% year-on-year; 3,565,438+million person-times, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%; Transit passengers 1.60 million, down 6.3% year-on-year. The aircraft took off and landed 260 times13 times, including 2354 times/kloc-0 times on international routes. International airports include Vilnius Airport, Kaunas Airport and Bailang Airport.

Finance By the end of 2002, the foreign exchange reserve of gold was 8 billion/kloc-0.3 billion litas, up 20% year-on-year. The total national debt is 13 163 billion litas (accounting for 26.3% of GDP), of which foreign debt is 9 178 billion litas and domestic debt is 3.985 billion litas.

State financial situation in 2000-2002 (10 billion litas)

fiscal balance

2000 57.8 13 58.422 -0.609

200 1 year 63.447 69.748-6.35438+0

2002 104.74 1 10.64-5.9

* * * Banks 10. The main banks and assets are as follows:

Vilniaus Bank, with assets of LTL 6.048 billion, deposits and letters of credit worth LTL 46.5438+LTL 62 billion, and loans of LTL 2.744 billion.

2.Lufthansa-LTB, with assets of LTL 3.959 billion, deposits and letters of credit worth LTL 3.360 billion and loans of LTL 65.438+LTL 20.6 billion.

3. Lithuanian Agricultural Bank, with assets of LTL 6,543.8+0.792 billion, deposits and letters of credit worth LTL 6,543.8+0.654 billion, and loans of LTL 958 million.

4. Si Nuo's "Snoras" bank has assets of over 906,543.8 million litas, deposits and letters of credit worth 686 million litas and loans of 548 million litas.

According to the statistics of the State Customs, in 2002, the export volume was 20,279.8 million litas, up by 654.38+00.6%, and the import volume was 28,205.438 million litas, up by 654.38+06.5438+0%, with a deficit of 7,940.3 million litas .. The main export commodities were mineral products and textiles, and the main import commodities.

Import and export trade in 2000-2002 (Yilite)

2000 200 1 2002

Export value152.375183.28 202.798

Import value 2 18.260 254.438+032 282+0.

Difference -65.885 -70.804 -79.403

In 2002, the export to EU countries was 9815.4 billion litas, accounting for 48.4% of the total export, with a year-on-year increase of 12.0%. Exports to CIS countries amounted to LTL 3,893.7 billion, accounting for 19.2% of the total exports, up 7.7% year-on-year. Imports from EU countries amounted to1269.9 billion litas, accounting for 45% of the total imports, with a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. Imports from CIS countries amounted to 7,393.7 million litas, accounting for 26.2% of the total imports, down 0.9% year-on-year.

In 2002, the main export partners and their proportions were: UK/KOOC-0/3.5%, Russia/KOOC-0/2./KOOC-0/%,Germany/KOOC-0/0.3%, Latvia 9.6% and Poland 6.2%. The main import partners and their proportions are: Russia 2 1.4%, Germany 17.2%, Italy 4.9% and Poland 4.8%.

By the end of 2002, the cumulative foreign direct investment 1, 310.82 billion litas, up by 23.7% year-on-year, of which the foreign direct investment in 2002 was 2.3 billion litas, and the per capita foreign investment was 3,808 litas. The main investment fields are: processing and manufacturing industry 29.3%, finance 20. 1%, trade 17.3%, postal and other services 13.9%. The main investment countries are: Denmark 17.2%, Sweden 15.3%, Estonia1.7%, Germany 9.6% and the United States 8.7%.

Foreign aid In the first half of 2000, the Communist Party of China received all kinds of financial and humanitarian aid132.6 million, an increase of 61300,000 year-on-year, of which1300,000 was provided in the form of materials. Of these assistance, 15.9% comes from domestic enterprises and individuals, and the remaining 84 1% comes from 35 countries in the world, mainly including: 60 million litas from the United States, 22 million litas from Germany, 7.9 million litas from France, 4.5 million litas from Denmark, 0.9 million litas from Norway and Poland.

People's Life In 2002, the consumer price index dropped by 65,438 0% year-on-year. Per capita wage 1 1 18.7 LTL. The minimum monthly income is LTL 430, the minimum monthly living standard is LTL 290, and the average pension is LTL 3265438 +0. The income of the social insurance fund is LTL 4.487 billion and the expenditure is LTL 4.383 billion.

From June, 5438 to September, 2002, the monthly per capita disposable income of families was 425 litas, and the monthly per capita expenditure was 422 litas, of which the monthly per capita income of urban residents was 473.6 litas, the monthly per capita expenditure was 467 litas, the monthly per capita income of rural residents was 348.3 litas, and the monthly per capita expenditure was 357.5 litas.. 35.26% of residents' income is spent on food and beverage, 7.78% on alcohol and tobacco, 6.89% on clothing, shoes and hats, 14.68% on water, electricity and gas, 5. 13% on house decoration and maintenance, 4.88% on medical care and 7. 18% on it.