According to the preliminary calculation: in 2001, the province’s GDP reached 943.83 billion yuan, which, calculated at a comparative price, is 10.1 percent higher than that in the preceding year.

GDP ratio:

In 2001, the first industry created an added value of 135.95 billion yuan, or 4.2 percent more than that of the preceding year; the second industry, 465.45 billion yuan, a growth of 11.3 percent; the tertiary industry, 342.43 billion yuan, a growth of 10.7 percent. The proportions of the three industries changed from 14.9: 49.6: 35.5 in 2000 to 14.4: 49.3: 36.3 in 2001, indicating a further improved structure.

Average GDP per capita:

The average GDP per capita hit a historical record of 10, 465 yuan in 2001, 910 yuan higher than that in the preceding year. Counted at a comparative price, it increased by 9.1 percent than that in the preceding year.

Poverty alleviation plan:

There are 1.50 million people in the province living under the poverty line (625 yuan).

After the province carried out its program to aid the poor in 1994, the provincial government offered aid to 13,384 poor villages, 602 townships and 28 counties, having solved the basic living problem of 7.21 million people up to 2000. The provincial government now has worked out a new plan for poverty relief in the period of 2001-2010 and made it publicized so that the public know all about the detailed targets.

Unemployment rate:

Since 1998, the rate of registered unemployment in cities and towns had been 3.5 percent.

Revenue:

In 2001, the provincial financial revenue was 57.29 billion yuan, an increase of 23.6 percent over the previous year.

Agricultural output value:

In 2001, the annual added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery was 135.95 billion yuan, 4.2 percent more compared with the preceding year, of which, 82.35 billion yuan were from agriculture, a growth of 4 percent; 3.53 billion yuan were from forestry, a growth of 5.5 percent; 28.93 billion yuan were animal husbandry, a growth of 7.4 percent; and fishery, 21.14 billion yuan, 1.4 percent down. The ratio of each of the different sectors of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was: 60.6 percent, 2.6 percent, 21.3 percent and 15.5 percent respectively.

Industrial output value:

The province’s industrial production grew rapidly. In 2001, the sales of large-scale enterprises reached 914.6 billion yuan, having obtained an added value of 290.84 billion yuan, 14.8 percent over the preceding year.

Foreign trade:

Its total volume of import and export in 2001 was US$28.96 billion, a growth of 15.9 percent compared with that of the preceding year, of which, the export was US$18.13 billion, an increase of 16.7 percent, 9.9 percentage points higher than the nation’s average growth rate. Its investments in overseas countries and regions increased rapidly. In 2001, 71 more enterprises (or institutions) were newly approved to invest abroad, an increase of 31.5 percent over the preceding year, their total investment was US$140 million, a growth of 63.4 percent. Of this figure, investment in processing trade was US$110 million, averagely US$1.905 million per project.

Foreign investment:

In 2001, a total of 3,058 new foreign-invested projects were contracted, an increase of 11.9 percent over that of the preceding year, which absorbed US$7.16 billion of foreign capital, a growth of 27.6 percent. More than US$4.25 billion of the foreign investment had been put in place for use, a growth of 11.4 percent. Of the direct foreign investment of US$6.72 billion, US$3.62 billion was actually utilized; the growth rate of contracted and utilized direct investment was 32.4 percent and 21.9 percent respectively. The newly approved loans from foreign overseas totaled US$210 million, of which US$450 million were actually utilized, 49.9 percent and 37.1 percent lower respectively than the previous year.

People’s living standard:

In 2001, the average annual per capita disposable income of the province’s urban citizens reached 7,101.1 yuan, an increase of 9.4 percent over the preceding year. The average per capita consumption expenditure of urban citizens in the year was 5,252.4 yuan, an increase of 4.6 percent over the preceding year.

The average annual per capita net income of rural residents in the province was 2,659.2 yuan, an increase of 109.6 yuan over the preceding year, a growth rate of 4.3 percent. The average per head consumption expenditure of peasant was 1,770.4 yuan, an increase of 90.7 yuan, 5.4 percent more than the previous year.