2013年中国黄金产量和消费量升至历史新高,因价格下跌刺激了消费者对黄金饰品和金条的需求,凸显全球需求从西方向东方的转移。中国黄金协会报告称,2013年中国消费者共购买1176.4吨黄金,较2012年上涨41%。同时,黄金产量较2012年增长6.2%达到428.16吨,连续第七年居全球最大的黄金生产国之位。目前市场最大的需求来自黄金首饰领域,消费量较2012年蹿升43%至716.5吨。同时,作为纯粹投资产品的金条消费量则增长57%,达到375.7吨,金 China’s gold output and consumption rose to historic highs in 2013, as falling prices stimulated consumer demand for gold jewelry and bullion, highlighting the shift in global demand from the West to the East. According to the China Gold Association, Chinese consumers bought 1176.4 tons of gold in 2013, up 41% from 2012. Meanwhile, gold production increased by 6.2% over the previous year to 428.16 tons, ranking seventh in the world for the seventh consecutive year as the world’s largest gold producer. At present, the largest demand in the market is from the field of gold jewelry. Consumption increased 43% to 716.5 tons from 2012. Meanwhile, bullion consumption as a purely investment product increased by 57% to 375.7 tons