Chengdu GDP hits 1 trillion yuan
By Zhang Zhao | China Daily | Updated: 2015-01-21 07:08
Range of international moves make it a rising city
At a recent economic meeting in Chengdu, officials announced that the western city's GDP surpassed the 1 trillion yuan ($161.1 billion) benchmark for the first time last year.
Electronics and IT alone contributed 280 billion yuan, and the auto industry generated 130 billion yuan as the overall economy grew 8.8 percent.
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