Chapter 7.37: Nantong City

Overview

Nantong is situated in the south of Jiangsu Province on the north bank of the Yangtze River estuary, facing Shanghai across the Yangtze River. It is 128 kilometres from Shanghai. Nantong is criss-crossed by rivers and canals and has a 430km coastline. It has a total area of 8,000 square kilometres and a population of 7.85 million. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.37.1.

Table 7.37.1: Major economic indicators, Nantong City

Item	2000	2001
Population (millions)	7.845
Gross domestic product (billion RMB)	74.28	80.94
GDP per capita (thousand RMB)
Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)
Urban residents	7.911	3.710
Rural residents	8.485	3926
Savings (billion RMB) [*]	77.34	87.27
Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)	23.95	25.81
Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB)	13.22	13.49
Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)	35.6	39.27
Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)	25.46	28.18
Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)	25.01	27.1
Note: The above figures are preliminary and are unadjusted for errors and omissions Source: Nantong Statistical Bulletin 2000 and 2001
[*] Both institutional and private savings.