Chapter 7.4: Shanxi Province


Overview

Situated in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, on a plateau, Shanxi province is landlocked and borders on the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north and Henan Province in the south. Most of the area is more than 1,000 metres above sea level. Highlands and mountains in the eastern and western parts of the province account for almost three- quarters of the province's total area of 156,300 square kilometres and has a population of 32.72 million. The provincial capital is Taiyuan. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.4.1.

Table 7.4.1: Major economic indicators, Shanxi Province

Item

2000

2001

Population (millions)

32.478

32.716

Gross domestic product (billion RMB)

164.381

177.5

GDP per capita (thousand RMB)

5.137

5.444

Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)

   

Urban residents

4.725

1.906

Rural residents

5.391

1.956

Savings (billion RMB) [*]

262.71

309.07

Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)

54.816

70.8

Value-added of primary products industry (billion RMB)

17.986

17.15

Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)

82.759

91.22

Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)

63.636

69.09

Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)

62.9

68.0

Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001 and State Statistical Bureau

[*] Both institutional and private savings




Doing Business with China
Doing Business with China
ISBN: 1905050089
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 648
Authors: Lord Brittan

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