China Stock - Annual Return since 2005

Performance of Chinese stock market was tracked using the CSI 300 index.  It is a capitalization-weighted stock market index consists of the top 300 stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. Over the years, the CSI 300 index has been deemed the Chinese counterpart of the S&P 500 and a gauge to reflect the overall performance of the Chinese stock market.

Key takeaways from annual return of CSI 300 index since 2005:

• 9 positive years, or 50% of the time. 
• 9 negative years, or 50% of the time.
• Best year in 2007, with index price increased 161.6%.
• Worst year in 2008, with index price dropped -66%.

CSI 300 Annual Return Chart

CSI 300 Annual Return by Year

Year	Annual Return
2005	-7.60%
2006	121.02%
2007	161.55%
2008	-65.95%
2009	96.71%
2010	-12.51%
2011	-25.01%
2012	7.55%
2013	-7.65%
2014	51.66%
2015	5.58%
2016	-11.28%
2017	21.78%
2018	-25.31%
2019	36.07%
2020	27.21%
2021	-5.20%
2022	-21.63%