Chapter 7.46: Shantou City


Overview

Shantou is situated in the south- eastern part of Guangdong Province. It is 161 kilometres from east to west and 148 kilometres from north to south. Shantou has a coastline of 389 kilometres, starting in the east at Shangdong Village in Raoping County and ending in the west in Huilai County. Shantou Special Economic Zone was established in 1981. In 1991 the Zone was enlarged from 52.6 square kilometres to 234 square kilometres. Shantou administrates five districts (Longhu, Jinyuan, Shengping, Dahao and Hepu), one county (Nan'ao) and two county-level cities (Chaoyang and Chenghai). Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.46.1.

Table 7.46.1: Major economic indicators, Shantou City

Item

2000

2001

Population (millions)

4.59

4.62

Gross domestic product (billion RMB)

47.79

46.099

GDP per capita (thousand RMB)

10.529

10.017

Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)

   

       Urban residents

8.706

4.343

       Rural residents

8.951

4.089

Savings (billion RMB)*

52.614

57.823

Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)

11.152

10.184

Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB)

4.59

4.443

Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)

22.382

21.135

Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)

19.98

20.521

Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)

21.9

22.416




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

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