In the year 2003, the 49 National Economic and Technological Development Zones and the five industrial parks which enjoy the same preferential policies (herein shortened to NETDZ) achieved GDP of 498.50 billion yuan, with industrial added value of 360.21 billion yuan (the proportion of industrial added value to GDP was 72.26%), industrial output value of 1295.71 billion yuan (current price), tax revenue of 75.66 billion yuan, export value of US$48.88 billion, import value of US$51.99 billion, contracted foreign investment of US$20.27 billion, actual overseas investment of US$10.33 billion, rising 34.56%, 37.22%, 38.40%, 25.60%, 48.15%, 56.41%, 27.31% and 35.92% respectively than the same period the previous year. Besides the contracted foreign investment which was lower than the national average level by 11.72%, the growing ranges of other indicators were higher than the national level by 25.46, 20.22, 11.20, 5.26, 13.55, 16.51 and 34.48 percent respectively in the above order.

In which, the 33 NETDZ located in eastern coastal areas realized GDP of 367.65 billion yuan, industrial added value of 269.7 billion yuan, industrial output value of 970.63 billion yuan (current price), tax revenue of 55.81 billion yuan, export value of US$37.91 billion, import value of US$36.87 billion, contracted foreign capital of US$16.51 billion, actual overseas investment of US$7.96 billion, surging 31.62%, 34.14%, 34.02%, 20.32%, 40.13%, 45.03%, 32.14%, and 41.93% respectively from the same period the year earlier.

The GDP in the 16 middle and western NETDZs were 46.79 billion yuan, with industrial added value of 29.05 billion yuan, industrial output value of 95.67 billion yuan (current price), tax revenue of 5.02 billion yuan, export value of US$759 million, import value of US$1.06 billion, contracted foreign investment of US$1.02 billion, actual overseas fund of US$674 million, up 44.71%, 42.26%, 49.89%, 35.44%, 57.57%, 56.13%, 7.23%, and 41.77% respectively in given order than the same period the previous year. Besides exports and contracted overseas fund, the incremental rates of other indicators all exceeded those in the eastern coastal 33 NETDZs.

The other five state-level industrial parks achieved GDP of 84.07 billion yuan, industrial added value of 61.46 billion yuan, industrial output value of 229.41 billion yuan (current price), tax revenue of 14.84 billion yuan, exports of US$10.21 billion, imports of US$14.06 billion, contracted overseas investment of US$2.74 billion, actually utilized overseas fund of US$1.69 million. According to the above order, the figures rose 42.96%, 49.83%, 54.87%, 46.08%, 87.06%, 96.97%, 10.65%, and 11.83%, respectively than the same period the previous year.