Chapter 7.15: Shandong Province

Overview

Shandong Province lies in the lower reaches of the Yellow River on China's eastern coast . The province covers a peninsula and hinterland. The peninsula stretches between the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea and faces Liaodong Peninsula in the north. Mountains and hilly land in the central and southern parts of the province and on the peninsula account for 35 per cent of the province's total area. The province has a coastline of more than 3,200 kilometres and a number of fine ports. Its total area is 156,700 square kilometres and its population is 90.41 million. The provincial capital is Jinan. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.15.1.

Table 7.15.1: Major economic indicators, Shandong Province

Item	2000	2001
Population (millions)	86.20	90.41
Gross domestic product (billion RMB)	854.244	943.83
GDP per capita (thousand RMB)	9.555	10.465
Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)
Urban residents	6.489	2.659
Rural residents	7.101	2.805
Savings (billion RMB) [*]	742.2	850.17
Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)	253.110	277.84
Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB)	126.857	135.95
Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)	424.440	465.45
Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)	302.947	342.43
Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)	254.59	283.49
Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001 and State Statistical Bureau
[*] Both institutional and private savings