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.
Item | 2000 | 2001 |
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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 |