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Economic Development and Achievements
Updated: 2006-05-10 16:09 According to its development principle of "three focuses and one commitment", NETDZ has actively introduced foreign capital, technology and management experience during these 20 years. It has gained remarkable achievements in the aspects of economic development, industrial cultivation, science and technology progress, land development, urban construction, expansion of exports, increasing employment, and so on. NETDZ has become the most vigorous and promising growth point in China's economy. At the same time with its own development, NETDZ has promoted its locating city's restructuring of industries and enhancement of its economic strength through the extension of industrial chains, which help the reform of traditional industries. NETDZ has made its financial contribution to our country and the local government. NETDZ's economic gains, efficient utilization of land resource, input-output ratio,per capita labor productivity, and GDP per capita are all proved to be in the leading level and show its demonstration function. (1) The country and locating city's new economic growth point (Source:Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce) In terms of the development speed, NETDZ's GDP in 2004 increased by 32.43% comparing to the same period the previous year, much higher than the average level of the country. From 1984 to 2003, the average increment speed of NETDZ's GDP was 41.36%. The high economic growth effectively drove the economic development of their locating areas and the country as a whole. It's not only shown on the indicators that the NETDZ has promoted the national and regional economic development, it's also shown on its contribution to central and local finance. In 2004, the combined tax revenue of enterprises in NETDZ amounted to 93.3 billion yuan, accounting for 3.63% of the country's tatle. (see Table 2-1) Table 2-1 Main Economic Indicators in 54 NETDZs in 2004 (Source:Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce) (2) The country's important modern industrial base The high-tech industry has enjoyed outstanding rapid development in NETDZ. In 2003, their industrial output value amounted to 590.46 billion yuan, with industrial added value of 132.2 billion yuan (according to incomplete statistic), rising 37.13% and 33.7% respectively than the previous year, and accounting for 41.69% and 36.7% of NETDZ's overall industrial output value and industrial added value respectively. (see Chart 2-3) Table 2-2 Hi-tech Industry Indicators in NETDZ in 2001-2003
(Source:Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce) Numerous technological innovation results were generated in NETDZ. By the end of 2003, the number of introduced high-tech projects into NETDZ has exceeded 4000, the financial support funds have been accumulated to 5.786 billion yuan, and the cumulative introduced and established R&D centers have totaled to 653, in which 8630 scientific research achievements have been accomplished, including 6130 projects being industrialized and converted into production power. NETDZ has distinct features in its industries, which mainly concentrated on the following six fields: electronics & IT, communications and transportation facilities and manufacturing, electric machinery & devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals, chemical materials and products, and food & beverage. According to incomplete statistic, the total output value in the six sectors hit 793.11 billion yuan, with industrial added value of 218.25 billion yuan, accounting for 61.2% and 60.59% respectively of the total value in NETDZ. The output value of NETDZ's electronics & IT sector was 377.67 billion yuan in 2003, with the industrial added value reaching 91.5 billion yuan. Their proportions to NETDZ as a whole were 29.15% and 25.4% respectively. In 2002, the proportion of the output value and added value of NETDZ's electronics & IT sector to the country's value were 23.64% and 19.69% respectively. Electronics & IT sector has become the largest pillar industry in NETDZ. Some of the industrial products from NETDZ's enterprises also occupy quite a large share in China. Incomplete statistic show that in 2002, the output of automobiles from NETDZ was 599 thousand, accounting for 54.86% of the total of the country; the output of mobile phones was 58.013 million, accounting for 47.76% of China. In 2003, the output of above-mentioned products surged to 923.6 thousand and 6.9533 million respectively, with their proportions to the country being further increased. Moreover, the output of NETDZ's automotive glass, program-controlled exchange, duplicator, video player, color monitor occupied 60%, 21%, 30%, 30%, and 14% respectively of the country's total output. (3) An important role in China's export-oriented economic growth In 2003, NETDZ's export value amounted to US$48.88 billion, up 18.15% than the year earlier, exceeding 13.55% than the national average growth rate and accounting for 11.15% of the country's total exports. The imports in 2003 was US$51.986 billion, 56.41% and 16.51% higher than the national average, accounting for 12.59% of China's total imports as a whole. (see Table 2-3) Table 2-3 Indicators of 54 NETDZs in 2003 (Source:Department of Foreign Investment Administration, Ministry of Commerce) At present, NETDZ has become the best-performing area in China in terms of intensive and effective utilization of land resources. (see Table 2-4) According to statistic, NETDZ has been home to16200 industrial enterprises by the end of 2003, including 11600 overseas-funded industrial enterprises, which accounts for 70% of the total number. Averagely, there are 45 enterprises established and operated on per square kilometer area. For many NETDZs, the industrial output value per developed square kilometer reached 4 to 7 billion yuan annually. NETDZ has admitted 2.89 million employees. Table 2-4 Unit Output Per Square Kilometer of NETDZ in 2003
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