Zhuhai's GDP grows 3% in 2020
- By Wang Zhiyong
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Zhuhai, a coastal city in southern China, recorded a 3% increase in its GDP in 2020, reaching 348.19 billion yuan ($53.34 billion).
Meanwhile, the city's fixed-asset investment grew 13.1% last year, with revenue in its general public budget reaching over 100 billion yuan, according to information released by Yao Yisheng, mayor of Zhuhai, on April 15, 2021.
R&D expenditure in Zhuhai accounted for 3.15% of the city's GDP.
Since the Hengqin Free Trade Zone opened in 2009, a total of 320 billion yuan in fixed-asset investments has been completed, and 3,500 enterprises have been registered by residents from the neighboring Macao Special Administrative Region, Yao said.
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, makes Zhuhai the only city on the mainland connected directly to Hong Kong and Macao by road.
As one of China's first special economic zones, Zhuhai is the second largest port city in the country, behind only Shenzhen.
The city covers an area of 1,724 sq km with a permanent resident population of 2.02 million at the end of 2020, according to the latest information released Thursday.
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