Chongqing is located at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and crossed by the Jialing River in south-west China. It was part of Sichuan province until 1997, when it become the fourth municipality after Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin to be directly under the jurisdiction of the central government. The administrative jurisdiction of the Chongqing government was expanded to include the neighbouring Fuling and Wanxian cities and the Qianjiang region. Chongqing covers a total area of 82,403 square kilometres. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.22.1.
Item | 2000 | 2001 |
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Population (millions) | 30.92 | 30.97 |
Gross domestic product (billion RMB) | 158.934 | 175 |
GDP per capita (thousand RMB) | 5.157 | 5.655 |
Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB) | ||
Urban residents | 6.276 | 1.892 |
Rural residents | 6.721 | 1.971 |
Savings (billion RMB) [*] | 190.536 | 229.405 |
Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB) | 57.259 | 80.182 |
Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB) | 28.30 | 29.3 |
Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB) | 65.751 | 72.7 |
Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB) | 64.883 | 73 |
Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB) | 64.336 | 69.933 |
Source: China Statistical Yearbook2001 and State Statistical Bureau. | ||
[*] Both institutional and private savings |