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Romania vs China Dashboard: Time Gap, Exchange Rate, Trade, Distance
One page answers “how do Romania and China actually differ”: local time, dated exchange-rate references, ten indicator cards, with gaps explicitly shown, bilateral trade, the distance between capitals — everything named and checkable.
This data snapshot was retrieved on 2026-09-20. Of 10 indicators for 2025, 6 have values for both countries; 4 cannot be compared. The stored ECB rate is dated 2026-09-18; conversion is disabled when it is over five business days old. Trade uses BACI; distance is a straight line between the airports.
Indicators, trade and exchange rates use the dated snapshots stated above. ECB reference rates can differ from the rates offered by banks and exchange counters.
Two clocks: Bucharest ⇄ Shanghai
The gap badge = the two IANA zone offsets at the same instant (Shanghai fixed at UTC+8; Bucharest +3 in summer / +2 in winter under EU rules), recomputed every second — no lookup tables, no hardcoded 5/6.
Gap
Converter: RON ⇄ CNY ⇄ EUR
Formula: amount × rate[to] ÷ rate[from] (rate[X] = X per EUR, ECB daily fixing). The fixing is not a sell rate; counters add their own spread.
ECB 2026-09-18
Historical reference, not a current rate: 1 RON = 1.4579 CNY · 1 CNY ≈ 0.68591 RON · 1 EUR = 5.2647 RON = 7.6755 CNY
10 World Bank indicator cards
Of 10 indicators, 6 have values for both countries; 4 cannot be compared in this snapshot. Displayed values are rounded; ratios and differences use the unrounded inputs.
Each card: CN+RO values + the numeric relation (one-sentence template) + year + definition + direct World Bank link. Missing 2025 values are marked “current-year missing”, never borrowed.
People
Population
CN 1.41B people · RO 19.02M people
1,406,585,000 CN · 19,020,271 RO
China's population is 74.0× Romania's (difference 1.39B people).
Data year: 2025 · Total midyear population (World Bank WDI).
Land area
CN missing for 2025 · RO missing for 2025
missing for 2025 CN · missing for 2025 RO
Incomplete 2025 data: this indicator cannot be compared.
Data year: 2025 · Land area in sq km (excluding inland waters).
Urbanization
CN 66.34% · RO 52.17%
66.34% CN · 52.17% RO
China higher by 14.17 percentage points.
Data year: 2025 · Urban population share (national statistical definitions).
Money
GDP (current US$)
CN $19.50T · RO $428.68B
19,498,039,388,042.60 USD CN · 428,677,977,854.83 USD RO
China's GDP is 45.5× Romania's (difference $19.07T USD).
Data year: 2025 · Gross domestic product in current US dollars.
GDP per capita
CN $13.9K · RO $22.5K
13,861.97 USD CN · 22,537.95 USD RO
Romania's per-capita figure is 1.63× China's (difference $8,676 USD).
Data year: 2025 · GDP divided by midyear population (current US dollars).
GDP growth
CN 4.96% · RO 0.68%
4.96% CN · 0.68% RO
China higher by 4.28 percentage points.
Data year: 2025 · Annual GDP growth at constant prices (%).
Inflation (CPI)
CN 0.06% · RO 7.19%
0.06% CN · 7.19% RO
Romania higher by 7.13 percentage points.
Data year: 2025 · Annual consumer-price inflation (%).
Life
Life expectancy
CN missing for 2025 · RO missing for 2025
missing for 2025 CN · missing for 2025 RO
Incomplete 2025 data: this indicator cannot be compared.
Data year: 2025 · Life expectancy at birth (years).
Connectivity
Internet use
CN 91.60% · RO missing for 2025
91.60% CN · missing for 2025 RO
Incomplete 2025 data: this indicator cannot be compared.
Data year: 2025 · Share of the population using the internet (%).
Mobile subscriptions (per 100)
CN missing for 2025 · RO missing for 2025
missing for 2025 CN · missing for 2025 RO
Incomplete 2025 data: this indicator cannot be compared.
Data year: 2025 · Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people (incl. multi-SIM).
Bilateral trade (BACI)
BACI is reconciled academic data whose methodology differs slightly from national customs; totals by direction only, no line detail.
BACI 2024
CN→RO $8.78B · RO→CN $2.44B
8,782,431,181 / 2,441,036,123 USD
vs 2023: CN→RO +17.8% · RO→CN +30.3%
2023: CN→RO $7.46B · RO→CN $1.87B
Data year: 2024 (oec-fetch)
Distance: Bucharest OTP ⇄ Beijing PEK
Self-computed great-circle (OurAirports database coordinates, non-AIP values; the method page says so).
OTP ⇄ PEK
7,054.2 km
OTP 44.571792N 26.103285E · PEK 40.077349N 116.596702E · R=6371.0088 km
Nonstop: since 2026-09-04, Air China CA913/CA914 3× weekly (Mon/Wed/Fri); timetable OTP→PEK about 9 hours 40 minutes, PEK→OTP about 10 hours 50 minutes.
Coordinates retrieved: 2026-09-20 · OurAirports coords, non-AIP (honest ceiling)
Method notes
- World Bank WDI (CC BY-4.0): direct links on each card; attribution on the method page.
- ECB eurofxref daily fixing: vintage stamped on the converter; frozen if the XML lags over 5 business days.
- BACI/OEC tesseract (HS6): Year cut + row-level Year check; the wrongly taken multi-year totals ($90B/$25B) are void (see method).
- Clocks: derived from IANA rules; 2026 transitions on 3-29/10-25 at 01:00Z.
- Distance: haversine, R=6371.0088 km, coordinates on the method page.
- Nonstop flight: since 2026-09-04, Air China Beijing–Bucharest 3× weekly (timetable at method, D6).
Questions
How many hours apart are Romania and China?
6 hours in winter, 5 in summer — but don't memorize figures, watch the badge: it derives live from IANA rules and flips by itself in transition weeks.
How many yuan is 1 leu?
The stored ECB reference is labelled with its date. Conversion stops when it is over five business days old; consult your bank or exchange counter for a current transaction.
Is GDP per capita higher in Romania?
On World Bank 2025 current-US$ methodology: Romania about $22,538, China about $13,862. The page sets figures side by side, with no “who is more developed” verdicts.
How fresh are the figures?
This page uses the dated snapshot shown above. Indicator years and exchange-rate dates are labelled separately; conversion stops when the stored ECB rate is over five business days old. There is no promise of daily refresh.
Lifecycle
Version-pinned snapshots; corrections roll back to the last all-green snapshot with a dated note; source links checked quarterly.