Chapter 7.47: Xiamen City
Overview
Xiamen is a port city on China's south- eastern coast in the Fujian province . It is only 120 nautical miles from Taiwan across the Taiwan Straits. It covers an area of 1,516 square kilometres, of which Xiamen Island is 127 square kilometres. It has a population of 1.29 million. Xiamen city is one of China's first four Special Economic Zones, and has been granted the right to manage its own economic affairs while offering preferential investment policies to foreign companies. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.47.1.
| Description | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|
| Population (millions) | 1.29 | |
| Gross domestic product (billion RMB) | 19.68 | 55.64 |
| GDP per capita (thousand RMB) | 10.813 | 40.968 |
| Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB) | ||
| Urban residents | 10.494 | 3.879 |
| Rural residents | 11.365 | 4.322 |
| Savings (billion RMB)* | 46.216 | 64.237 |
| Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB) | 17.518 | 19.189 |
| Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB) | 2.061 | 2.251 |
| Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB) | 26.233 | 29.696 |
| Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB) | 21.402 | 23.692 |
| Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB) | 17.23 | 18.655 |
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