The economic plan is reflected in the rising prevalence of such goods in the trade balance: In the first quarter of 2011, mechanical and electronic products took up 43 percent of total import value and high-tech goods took up 26 percent entirely different from the 2004 deficit, in which the primary imports by value were crude oil, steel and plastics.
FORBES: First-Quarter Trade Deficit Highlights China's Delicate Balancing Act