The fiscal revenue of the Qing dynasty accounted for about a quarter of the total economic output. The total economic output of the Qing Dynasty should be1.900 million taels of silver, equivalent to 83 billion yuan at present, 4.5 billion yuan in 1.978, 3.9 billion yuan in 1.957, and the gross national product of China 1.949 was about 30 at constant prices. 1840, the total economic output of the Qing Dynasty was equivalent to one eighth of that of the founding of New China.
There has always been "historical data" that the GDP of the Qing Dynasty accounts for one-third of the world at 1840, which is absurd. Because China was an agricultural country at that time, its GDP was very low, so it could not be calculated by simple recursive or mechanical population estimation. During the period of 1840, the total economic output of the Qing Dynasty was generally smaller than that of Britain.
Extended data:
The Influence of Opium War on the National Economy of Qing Dynasty;
1. With the dumping of products in China and the acquisition of agricultural and sideline products such as silk and tea in China, China is gradually involved in the world market;
2. The dominant self-sufficient natural economy has been strongly impacted, and China has increasingly become a part of the world capitalist market.
3. This objectively promotes the development of China's commodity economy and is conducive to the rise of China's national capitalism. Economically, foreign trade is growing rapidly, and at the same time, China's market is open to the outside world.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Opium War