BIZCHINA / Fujian ABC

Major Industries
(china.org)
Updated: 2006-05-16 10:05

Agriculture
 In 2005, the province's total agricultural output value was 139.027 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6% from the previous year.
 
Industry
 The industrial added value totaled 286.957 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%.
 
High-tech
 The output value from high-tech industries was 18.3% up from the 2004 figure.
 
Construction
 Its added value was 35.534 billion yuan.
 
Transportation
 Freight carried by various means of transport for the year was 12.6% up from the previous year to reach 157.711 billion ton-kilometers, which included 20.29 billion ton-kilometers by railway, down 7.4%; 23.825 billion ton-kilometers by highway, up 10.2%; 113.464 billion ton-kilometers by waterway, up 17.6%; and 127 million ton-kilometers by airway, up 18.8%.

The number of passengers carried by various means of transport was 9.0% up to reach 48.114 billion person-kilometers, which included 9.09 billion person-kilometers by railway, up 6.6%; 30.999 billion person-kilometers by highway, up 8.2%; 139 million person-kilometers by waterway, up 5.3%; and 7.854 billion person-kilometers by airway, up 15.1%.
 
Postal services
 The annual turnover of postal operations totaled 2.56 billion yuan, 13.5% up from the previous year.
 
Telecommunications services
 The annual turnover of telecommunications services totaled 50.397 billion yuan, up by 24.7%. At the end of 2005, the number of fixed line subscribers reached 13.99 million, an increase of 1.33 million from the previous year-end; and the number of mobile phone subscribers reached 13.02 million, an increase of 1.72 million.
 
Retail
 The annual turnover from retail sales reached 234.582 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1% from the previous year.
 
Tourism
 Foreign exchange earnings from tourism totaled US$1.305 billion, up by 22.5%. Revenue from domestic tourism totaled 57.8 billion yuan, up by 24.9%.

(Statistics as of 2005)


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