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China by the numbers: Understanding China's provincial priorities
China's coastal cities may have led its economic transformation, but today inland China is driving growth and competing for foreign investments in technology and infrastructure. Click the dotted provinces on the map to learn more about economic priorities, growth rates, wages, and disposable incomes across this diverse country.
Anhui
2009 nominal GDP: 150 billion USD (RMB 1,005.3 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 12.9% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,938 USD (RMB 26,363)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,104 USD (RMB 14,086)
Province priorities:
- Modernize the agricultural sector
- Promote the services and electronic information sectors
- Improve on railway construction
- Develop a strong export sector
Beijing
2009 nominal GDP: 177 billion USD (RMB 1,186.6 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 10.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 8,418 USD (RMB 56,328)
2009 urban disposable income: 4,018 USD (RMB 26,705)
Province priorities:
- Infrastructure development
- Foster innovation
- Control pollution and develop clean technology
- Develop car manufacturing, medicine, equipment manufacturing and new energy technologies
Chongqing
2009 nominal GDP: 97 billion USD (RMB 652.9 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 14.9% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 4,031 USD (RMB 26,985)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,352 USD (RMB 15,749)
Province priorities:
- Develop agricultural sector
- Develop manufacturing base
- Accelerate high-tech industrialization
- Develop strategic emerging industries
Fujian
2009 nominal GDP: 178 billion USD (RMB 1,195 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 12% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,839 USD (RMB 25,702)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,924 USD (RMB 19,577)
Province priorities:
- Develop the services sector
- Modernize the agricultural sectors
- Promote high-tech manufacturing
- Promote international trade
Gansu
2009 nominal GDP: 50 billion USD (RMB 338.2 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 10%, YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,587 USD (RMB 24,017)
2009 urban disposable income: 1,782 USD (RMB 11,929)
Province priorities:
- Promote the energy and agricultural sectors
- Develop highway construction
- Strengthen ecological management
Guangdong
2009 nominal GDP: 583 billion USD (RMB 3,908.2 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 9.5% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 4,945 USD (RMB 33,110)
2009 urban disposable income: 3,222 USD (RMB 21,574)
Province priorities:
- Reduce carbon intensity, promote energy efficiency, and increase investment in alternative energies
- Increase domestic consumption by raising income levels
- Promote innovation and high-tech manufacturing
- Develop a strong export sector
Guizhou
2009 nominal GDP: 58 billion USD (RMB 389.2 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 11.2% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,675 USD (RMB 24,602)
2009 urban disposable income: n/a
Province priorities:
- Develop railway and highway construction
- Develop the electric power industry
- Strengthen forestry development
- Develop and accelerate urbanization
Hainan
2009 nominal GDP: 24 billion USD (RMB 164.7 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 11.7% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,266 USD (RMB 21,864)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,054 USD (RMB 13,751)
Province priorities:
- Modernize the agricultural sector
- Develop tourism industry
- Control pollution and develop a clean energy industry
- Encourage cultural exchange
Hebei
2009 nominal GDP: 254 billion USD (RMB 1,702.7 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 10% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,698 USD (RMB 24,756)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,198 USD (RMB 14,718)
Province priorities:
- Private business development
- Develop financial services market
- Increase domestic consumption
- Develop economic zones and industrial parks
Heilongjiang
2009 nominal GDP: 123 billion USD (RMB 828.8 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 11.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,442 USD (RMB 23,046)
2009 urban disposable income: 1,877 USD (RMB 12,566)
Province priorities:
- Foster innovation
- Increase energy efficiency
- Invest in human capital and training
- Promote privately-held businesses and reform state-owned enterprises
Henan
2009 nominal GDP: 289 billion USD (RMB 1,936.7 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 10.7% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,707 USD (RMB 24,816)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,147 USD (RMB 14,372)
Province priorities:
- Increase banking establishments in rural areas
- Establish a commodity exchange in Zhengzhou city
- Relocate rural residents to small and medium-sized cities
- Develop steel and non-ferrous metal industries
Hubei
2009 nominal GDP: 191 billion USD (RMB 1,283.2 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.2% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,396 USD (RMB 22,739)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,496 USD (RMB 16,712)
Province priorities:
- Increase investment in green technology
- Develop manufacturing sector
- Increase domestic consumption by raising income levels
Hunan
2009 nominal GDP: 193 billion USD (RMB 1,293.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.6% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,715 USD (RMB 24,870)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,253 USD (RMB 15,084)
Province priorities:
- Develop railway and highway construction
- Develop high-tech industries
- Develop finance industry and improve investment structure
Jiangsu
2009 nominal GDP: 508 billion USD (RMB 3,406.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 12.4% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 4,730 USD (RMB 31,667)
2009 urban disposable income: 3,070 USD (RMB 20,552)
Province priorities:
- Develop manufacturing and services sectors
- Promote technology innovation
- Encourage energy conservation and emission reduction
Jiangxi
2009 nominal GDP: 113 billion USD (RMB 758.9 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,137 USD (RMB 21,000)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,247 USD (RMB 15,047)
Province priorities:
- Rebuild the export industry
- Modernize the services sector
- Invest in an energy project in the Lake Poyong/Shangrao region
Jilin
2009 nominal GDP: 107 billion USD (RMB 720.3 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.3% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,546 USD (RMB 23,846)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,092 USD (RMB 14,006)
Province priorities:
- Promote environmental and ecological construction
- Develop agricultural sector
- Develop new industries and modern services
Liaoning
2009 nominal GDP: 225 billion USD (RMB 1,506.6 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 4,142 USD (RMB 27,729)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,360 USD (RMB 15,800)
Province priorities:
- Develop infrastructure construction
- Develop state-owned enterprises
- Strengthen ecological management
- Develop high-tech industries
Qinghai
2009 nominal GDP: 16 billion USD (RMB 108.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 10.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 4,628 USD (RMB 30,983)
2009 urban disposable income: 1,896 USD (RMB 12,692)
Province priorities:
- Develop the tourism industry
- Modernize the agricultural base
- Foster emerging industries such healthcare, green energy, equipment manufacturing, and energy production
- Encourage the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Shaanxi
2009 nominal GDP: 122 billion USD (RMB 818.7 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 13.6% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,875 USD (RMB 25,942)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,110 USD (RMB 14,129)
Province priorities:
- Encourage growth in emerging industries such as engineering, alternative energy, and tourism
- Support large-scale projects in transportation and energy production
- Industrialize the agricultural sector
- Make Xi'an an international city
Shandong
2009 nominal GDP: 505 billion USD (RMB 3,380.5 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 11.9% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,944 USD (RMB 26,404)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,660 USD (RMB 17,811)
Province priorities:
- Encourage domestic investment
- Promote high-quality products and develop the export industry
- Increase population and economic growth in small and medium-sized cities
- Promote tourism and services sector
Shanghai
2009 nominal GDP: 222 billion USD (RMB 1,490.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 8.2% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 8,300 USD (RMB 56,565)
2009 urban disposable income: 3,984 USD (RMB 26,675)
Province priorities:
- Reduce pollution and increase energy efficiency
- Accelerate construction of new suburbs
- Promote Shanghai as an international financial center
- Develop Shanghai as an international shipping center
- Develop high-tech industrialization and manufacturing
Shanxi
2009 nominal GDP: 110 billion USD (RMB 736.6 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 5.5% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,858 USD (RMB 25,828)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,209 USD (RMB 14,787)
Province priorities:
- Develop services sector
- Develop infrastructure construction
- Develop agricultural sector
Sichuan
2009 nominal GDP: 211 billion USD (RMB 1,415.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 14.5% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,740 USD (RMB 25,038)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,077 USD (RMB 13,904)
Province priorities:
- Promote innovation
- Modernize the agricultural sector
- Promote local financial reforms
- Develop the social security system
- Strengthen environmental conservation and protection
Tianjin
2009 nominal GDP: 112 billion USD (RMB 750.1 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 16.5% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 6,236 USD (RMB 41,748)
2009 urban disposable income: 3,201 USD (RMB 21,430)
Province priorities:
- Develop high-tech industries
- Accelerate urbanization
- Encourage growth of small and medium-sized enterprises
- Strengthen environmental conservation and protection
Yunnan
2009 nominal GDP: 92 billion USD (RMB 616.8 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 12.1% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 3,589 USD (RMB 24,030)
2009 urban disposable income: 2,154 USD (RMB 14,424)
Province priorities:
- Improve infrastructure by building new roads, reservoirs, and facilities in Kunming
- Develop the real estate sector
- Develop services sector
- Encourage the growth of rural income levels
Zhejiang
2009 nominal GDP: 341 billion USD (RMB 2,283.2 billion)
2009 real GDP growth rate: 8.9% YOY
Annual wages per head (2008): 5,101 USD (RMB 34,146)
2009 urban disposable income: 3,676 USD (RMB 24,611)
Province priorities:
- Improve the provincial-level legal system
- Develop health care system
- Increase public services to the elderly
- Expand housing and public facilities in cities to accommodate immigrant workers
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