A look at Xinjiang

Updated: 2005-07-11 14:32

After the founding of People’s Republic of China, especially since the policy of reform and opening up was adopted, great achievements have been made in economic and social development of Xinjiang. Overall strength of national economy increased sharply. A national economic system was established with agriculture as the foundation and industry as the leading sector. And a regional economic pattern was shaped by and large with the economic belt along northern side of Tianshan Mountains as the reliance, with trunk lines of railway and highway as framework of transport and with regional economic center cities as the impetus provider to bring along regional economic development. In 2002, the GDP of the entire region reached 159.828 billion RMB, up 8.1% over the previous year, the same growth rate as the previous year. The added value of the primary industry was 30.5 billion yuan, increased by 5.0%; the added value of the secondary industry reached 67.210 billion yuan, increased by 8.4% (of which, added value of industry is 47.3 billion yuan, increased by 8.6%; added value of building industry is 19.91 billion yuan, increased by 7.9%), the added value of the tertiary industry hit 62.118 billion yuan, increased by 9.6%. The amounts of added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industry account for 19.1%, 42.0% and 38.9% of the GDP respectively. The percentage of the primary industry added value in GDP decreased by 0.3 percentage point, that of the secondary industry by 0.4 percentage point, and that of the tertiary industry increased by 0.7 percentage point. The per capita GDP reached 8,365 yuan, increased by 6.2%.

In 2002 the gross output value of farming, forestry, animal husbandry, side-line production and fishery hit 52.5 billion yuan, increased by 5.2% over the previous year. Of the output value, the output value of farming sector reached 36.3 billion yuan, up 3.9%; the output value of animal husbandry 14.8 billion yuan, increased by 8.9%; the output value of forestry 1.1 billion yuan, up 11.5%; the output value of fishery 300 million yuan, increased by 2.1%. Efforts have been intensified to optimize the mix of farming sector. High-quality and high-yield industries and industries with local characteristics are developing rapidly, the planted area for grain, vegetable, melons and fruits, and other crops with local characteristics increased, the planted area for cotton was reduced. In 2002, the planted area for grain was 1.494 million hectares, increased by 7.1%; the planted area for cotton was 944,000 hectares, decreased by 16.4%; the planted area for oil-bearing crops was 215,100 hectares, decreased by 1.1%; 87600 hectares of beet was planted, increased by 2.5%; 150000 hectares of vegetables was grown, increased by 19.1%. In 2002, the yield of grain hit 8.71 million tons, up 9.4%; that of cotton reached 1.50 million tons, decreased by 4.5%; the yield of oil crops was 430,000 tons, increased by 0.8%; the output of beet maintained the same volume as that of the previous year, 4.55 million tons; 5.63 million tons of vegetables was produced, up 15.6%; the yield of melons reached 2.35 million tons, increased by 50.4%; 1.97 million tons of fruits was produced, up 27.7%.

The industrial added value of the entire region reached 47.3 billion yuan, increased by 8.6% over the previous year. The added value of light industry was 7.9 billion yuan, up 12.5%; that of heavy industry hit 39.4 billion yuan, increased by 7.8%.

In 2002, the output of yarn reached 317,000 tons, increased by 4.7%; 524,000 tons of sugar was produced, up 24.8%; 380,000 tons of canned food, increased by 82.7%; 300,000 tons of drinks, up 1.4%; 2.21 million wood furnishings, an increase of 15.7%; 29.10 million tons of raw coal, increased by 3.2%; 20.36 million tons crude oil, up 4.6%; 10.50 million tons of crude oil was processed, increased by 3.5%; 21 billion KWH of electricity, an increase of 6.3%; 1.754 million tons of steel, increased by 33.1%; 1.52 million tons of product steel, up 13.1%; 10.30 million tons of cement, increased by 5.0%; 157,000 tons of ethene, decreased by 7.4%; 760,000 tons of chemical fertilizer, an increase of 4.3%; 11.79 million kva of transformer, increased by 16.9%.

In 2001, 2.36 billion yuan of goods were exported, an increase of 28.8% over the previous year. The sale rate of industrial products reached 99.4%, increased by 0.9 percentage point. The sale rate of light industrial products hit 97.4%, up 3.2 percentage point; that of heavy industry products was 99.9%, increased by 0.4 percentage point.

In 2002, economic benefit composite index of industrial enterprises above government-required scale stood at 136.5%, decreased by 6.8 percentage point over that of the previous year. The contribution rate of total assets decreased by 1.3 percentage point, the value-maintained and value-added rate of assets increased by 2.9 percentage point, asset-liability ratio decreased by 3.5 percentage point, current asset turnover ratio increased by 0.2 times, the rate of profit based on the cost of production and expenses decreased by 3.0 percentage point, all-personnel labor productivity increased by 6,142 yuan/person year, the loss rate of enterprises stood at 41.6%, increased by 3.2 percentage point over the previous year.

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