Chapter 7.33: Qinhuangdao

Overview

Situated at the north- eastern end of Hebei Province, with the Yanshan Mountain to the north, the Bohai Sea to the south and Liaoning Province to the east, Qinhuangdao has a coastline of 113 kilometres, a total area of 7,523 kilometres, of which the city proper makes up 363 square kilometres. Its population is 2.69 million. It is one of the 14 open coastal cities designated by the State Council in 1984. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.33.1.

Table 7.33.1: Major economic indicators, Qinhuangdao City

Item	2000	2001
Population (millions)	2.66	2.69
Gross domestic product (billion RMB)	28.72	30.7
GDP per capita (thousand RMB)	10.755	11.5
Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)
Urban residents	6.733	3.000
Rural residents	7.029	3.288
Savings (billion RMB)	23.065	24.957
Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)	8.268	8.99
Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB)	3.901	4.03
Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)	10.39	10.94
Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)
Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)	8.548	9.488
Source: Qinghuangdao Euro-Industrial Park