BEIJING
Beijing is the nation’s political and cultural heart as well as the center
of China’s international exchange and one of the most famous ancient
cultural capitals in the world.
Fast facts
Olympics-related construction and other
developments gave the city's economy a
RMB1 trillion boost in 2008
In 2010, minimum labor rates in Beijing
rose 20 percent to the second highest in the
country (after Guangzhou)
Serious water shortages, pollution, energy
demands and land distribution issues
are longstanding challenges facing both
investors and the government
Item
Unit
2002
Beijing by numbers
2003 2004 2005
2007
2008
Population
m people
GDP
RMBbn
Proportion: primary industry
%
: secondary industry
%
: tertiary industry
%
Growth year on year
%
Per capita GDP (all residents)
RMB
Fixed asset investment
RMBbn
Growth year on year
%
11.36
313
3.1
35.6
61.3
10.2
27,553
181.43
18.5
11.49 11.63
361.2 428.33
2.6
2.5
36
32.7
61.4
64.8
15.4
18.6
31,436 36,830
215.71 252.83
18.9
17.2
11.81 11.98
681.45 772.03
1.4
1.3
30.9
28.7
67.7
70
59.1
13.3
57,701 64,443
282.72 337.15
11.8
19.3
2006
16.33
900.62
1.1
27.5
71.4
16.7
55,151
396.66
17.7
14.39 17.55 19.61
1,044 1,187 1,377.9
1.1
1
0.9
25.6
23.5
24.1
73.3
75.5
75
15.9
13.7
10.2
72,550 67,613 70,265
381.47 461.69 549.35
-3.8
21.0
19
2009
2010
Industrial production value
RMBbn
Growth year on year
%
Per capita disposable income of
urban residents
RMB
Growth year on year
%
Retail sales
RMBbn
Growth year on year
%
Exports
US$bn
Growth year on year
%
Imports
US$bn
Growth year on year
%
Contracted FDI
US$bn
Growth year on year
%
Used FDI
US$bn
Growth year on year
%
New FIEs
No
Growth year on year
%
87
7.9
101.73 129.02
16.9
26.8
178.24 184.85
38.1
3.7
205.33
11.1
N/A 1,103.9 270.16
N/A
N/A
23.3
12,464 13,883 15,637
17,653 19,978 21,989 24,725 26,738 29,073
13.5
11.4
12.6
12.9
13.2
10.1
12.4
8.1
8.7
174.48 191.67 219.18 290.281 327.52 380.02 458.9 530.94 622.93
9.5
9.9
14.4
32.4
12.8
16.0
20.8
15.7
17.3
12.6
16.89 20.57
30.9
38 48.92
57.5 48.37 55.47
6.7
34.0
21.8
50.2
23.0
28.7
17.5 -15.9
14.7
144 214.3 166.35 245.94
398.91 516.13 740.8
946.41 120.2
0.4
29.4
43.5
27.8
-87.3
19.8
48.8 -22.4
40.3
2.81
3.27
6.26
6.52
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
8.49
3.6
16.4
91.4
4.2
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5.1
2.15
3.08
3.53
4.55
5.07
6.08
6.12
6.36
27.2
-57.8
43.3
14.6
28.9
11.4
20.0
0.6
3.9
1,370
1,360 1,806
2,136 2,106 2,177 1,897 1,423
N/A
19.4
-0.7
32.8
18.3
-1.4
3.4
-12.9
-25
N/A
Sources: National Bureau of Statistics China Statistical Yearbooks, city government publications, media sources deemed reliable.
N/A is data not announced in the city government’s annual economic and social report and growth data is calculated based on in house data for the previous year. May be available from other sources.
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