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STATISTICAL
COMMUNIQUE ON THE 2003
NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
OF THE CITY OF BEIJING
February 2004
BEIJING
covers 16,807.8 square kilometers. Mountainous
areas occupy 10,417.5 square kilometers, accounting
for 62% of the city's landmass. The rest, 6390.3
square kilometers or 38% of the total, are flatland.
Beijing
Municipality governs 16 districts and 2 counties:
Dongcheng District, Xicheng District, Chongwen
District, Xuanwu District, Chaoyang District,
Fengtai Dsitrict, Shijingshan District, Haidian
District, Mentougou District, Fangshan District,
Tongzhou District, Shunyi District, Changping
District, Daxing District, Pinggu District, Huairou
District; Miyun County, and Yanqing County.
At
the end of 2000, Beijing had a resident population
of 14.56 million, including 11.488 million domicile
population. The population density was 866 persons/km2.
The average life expectancy was 74 for Beijing
residents. Of the total population of Beijing,
7.61 million were male, and 6.95 million were
female;
11.51 million were urban population and 3.05 were
rural population.
In
2003, the birthrate of Beijing population was
5.06, death rate, 5.15; natural growth rate, -0.09,
down by 1 per mill age point from the previous
year. People of all Chinas 56 ethnic groups are
found in Beijing. In addition to the Han Nationality,
People of the Hui, Man and Mongolian ethnic groups
numbered more than 100,000,000 separately.
People
of Beijing believe in Buddhism, Taoism, Islam,
Catholicism and Christianity. Of which, Buddhism,
Taoism and Islam produced great influence on Beijings
history, culture and art. There are 90 sites for
religionary activities. There are 75,000 believers
of various religions.
Beijing
is the capital of the People's Republic of China,
the political and cultural center of China, the
center of national and international exchange,
and one of the world famous historic and culturaI
cities and ancient capitals. Early in 700,000
years ago, tribes of primitive men emerged in
Zhoukoudian area of Beijing.
Beijing
is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China,
the political and cultural center of China, the
center of national and international exchange,
and one of the world famous historic and cultural
cities and ancient capitals. Early in 700,000
years ago, tribes of primitive men emerged in
Zhoukoudian area of Beijing.
Beijing
was originally named Ji in the annalistic record.
In 1045 B.C, Beijing became the capital of Ji,
Yan and other vassals states. From 221 B.C when
Qin Shihuang Emperor united China to 937 A.D,
Beijing had been a town of military importance
in north of China and the capital of local regimes.
In
938 A.D, the Liao Dynasty ruling north of China
made Beijing (known as Yanjing at that time) as
its capital. Subsequently, Beijing had been the
capital of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
for more than 650 years. On October 1st, 1949,
the Peoples Republic of China was founded and
Beijing became the capital of New China.
There
are many historical sites in Beijing. The Forbidden
City, the Great Wall, the Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian,
the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and the
Thirteen Mausoleums of Ming Dynasty are on the
UNESCO List of World Heritage.
At
the end of 2003, Beijing had 26 km2 of arable
land, and 51.5 km2 of forest. The amount of growing
stock of forest was 14.28 million cubic meters.
The forest coverage rate was 30.6%.
Total
volume of surface water in Beijing: 2.53 billion
m3 year that of ground water: 2.63 billion m3
year.
Of the underground mineral resources, the limestone
for mortar, sand for brick and tile, vein quartz
for cement composition, hornblende rock for finishing,
dolerite for stone casting, and diorite for finishing
had the top reserves in China in 1996.
Within
the area of Beijing, there are Yongding River,
Chaobai River, Wenyu River, Juma River, and Jucuo
River, etc., all of which are water systems of
Haihe River. Of which, Yongding River is 174km
long, and Chaobai River, 90km long. These rivers
run from northwest to southeast. Yongding River,
which runs through the southwest of Beijing in
a slanting direction, is the largest river in
Beijing.
In
suburbs of Beijing are 30 small lakes including
Kunminghu, Yuyuantan, Beihai, Zhonghai, Nanhai,Qianhai,
Houhai, Xihai, Longtanhu, Taoranting, and Purple
Bamboo Garden lakes.
The
Beijing Municipal People's Congress and its Standing
Committee are the organs that exercise state power
in the area under Beijing Municipality's jurisdiction.
Deputies to the district and county people's congresses
are chosen through direct election. Deputies to
the Beijing municipal People's Congress are elected
by the people's congresses of the districts and
counties.
The
Municipal People's Congress elects a standing
committee to serve as its permanent body. The
mayor and deputy mayors are elected at Congress
sessions. The Congress serves a term of five years.
The
People 's Government of Beijing Municipality is
the executive body of the Beijing Municipal People's
Congress and the administrative body exercising
state power in the area under jurisdiction of
the municipality. It woks under the leadership
of the State Council.
The
People's Government of Beijing Municipality exercises
the following power: implementing decisions of
the Beijing Municipal People's Congress and its
Standing Committee; implementing decisions and
orders of the State Council; developing administrative
measures, promulgating decisions and orders; exercising
leadership over the work of its own working departments
and peoples governments at district and county
level; executing municipal plans and budgets on
economic and social development, and administering
undertakings of economy, education, science, culture,
public health, sports, urban and rural construction,
as well as administrative work related to finance,
civil affairs, pubic security, ethnic group affairs,
juridical administration, supervision, and family
planning in the area under its jurisdiction.
The
Municipal Government consisting of the mayor,
deputy-mayors, a secretary-general and directors
of different municipal commissions, offices and
bureaus, is elected for a term of five years.
The
Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's
Political Consultative (CPPCC) is the municipal
organization of patriotic united front work. Led
by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC), it comprises representatives
from the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, the
various democratic parties, non-party democrats,
non-governmental organization and ethnic minorities
as well as overseas Chinese and compatriots from
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao and guest members.
All
local organizations of China's eight democratic
parties and local people's organizations in Beijing
are represented in the CPPCC Beijing Municipal
Committee. The Committee serves a term of five
years.
Beijing
is the national political and cultural center
and the center of international exchange, also
a vigorous and flourishing comprehensive industrial
city. After Chinas reform and opening up, especially
after the 9th Five-year Plan, Beijing Party Committee
of CCP and Beijing Municipal Government contemplated
a concept of Capital Economy. Following an idea
that Beijings economy will base on Beijing, serve
China and orient to the world, the economic structure
and layout was adjusted.
The
rapid transformation in the manner of economic
growth has given Beijing a sustained, fast and
sound economic growth. And Beijing's overall strength
has been leading in China. In 2003, Beijing yielded
a GDP of 366.31 billion yuan. In 2003, the financial
revenues from local general budget were 59.25
billion yuan, up by 18.2% over the previous year.
And the financial expenditures from local general
budget were 73.48 billion yuan.
Beijing
had 19,500 industrial enterprises in 2003, including
4019 state-owned enterprises and enterprises with
annual sales over 5 million yuan. Beijing boasts
a range of fairly complete industrial system dominated
by high-tech and modern manufacture industries.
Included are those of electronic, machinery, chemical,
light, textile and printing industries, which
have distinctively enhanced overall strength and
competitive edge. In 2003, the added value of
state-owned and large non-state industrial enterprises
was 101.25 billion yuan, and total profits of
them, 23.53 billion yuan.
CONSTRUCTION
The construction sector, which has made outstanding
contribution to the urban construction and economic
development, has a continuously increased scale.
In 2003, the added value of construction sector
of Beijing was 27.98 billion yuan, up by 10.7%
over the previous year. The construction sector
has grown gradually into a pillar industry with
diversified economic types, complete specialties
and solid strength. There were 2419 building construction
enterprises. The rate of technical equipment and
rate of power equipment was 12538 yuan/person
and 9.08 kw/person respectively.
BANKING
Beijing is the site of headquarters of the Peoples
Bank of China as well as national large financial
and insurance institutions. In 2003, the balance
of bank deposits came to 2024.4 billion yuan in
Beijing. And the balance of bank loans amounted
to 1185.3 billion yuan. By the end of 2003, foreign
financial institutions and organizations had set
up 118 representative offices (non-operating institutions)
in Beijing. And 18 foreign-funded banks had set
up branches in Beijing. The combined premium came
to 27.81 billion yuan for the insurance industrys
domestic and overseas operations, up by 22.6%
over the previous year.
TOURISM
Beijing is endowed with abundant tourism resources.
More than 200 tourist spots are open to outside.
They include the Forbidden City which is the world
largest imperial palace, the Temple of Heaven
which is a temple for imperial ceremonies in honor
of the Heaven, the Beihai Park which used to be
an imperial garden, the Summer Palace which is
the imperial garden, also the Badaling, Simatai
and Mutianyu sections of the Great Wall, as well
as the residence of Prince Gong, the largest siheyuan
(walled courtyard) in Beijing. There are 622 specially
designated tourist hotels, including 572 star-rated
ones, which together have 103,000 guestrooms.
Some 151 international travel agencies are operating
in Beijing. These employ more than 5,000 tourist
guides, who are able to speak 21 languages separately.
Their services have spread all over the world.
Due to the influence by SARS, the tourism was
badly affected in the first half of 2003. Despite
of the gradual recovery of tourism market in the
second half of 2003, Beijing handled 1.851 million
overseas tourist arrivals during the year, and
its tourism revenue came to US$1.9 billion, representing
the first decline since 1990.
REAL
ESTATE
Beijing's real estate sector has been growing
rapidly in recent years. In 2003, the investment
in real estate was 120.3 billion yuan. And 18.958
million square meters of marketable houses were
sold, including 17.711 million square meters of
residences. More than 90% of marketable houses
were sold to individuals.
Beijing
has been painstaking in planning and building
commercial facilities as part of its endeavor
to develop into a modern international metropolis.
Many large-sized shopping malls and supermarkets
are actually centers of commercial culture for
a customer-oriented atmosphere and environment.
In 2003, retail sales of consumer goods reached
191.67 billion yuan, up by 14.5% over the previous
year. Todays Beijing is a paradise for eaters,
offering food from all over China and the world.
SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY
Science and technology: Beijing is China's largest
research base. At the end of 2003, there were
nearly 4000 institutions engaged in scientific
activities in Beijing. 293 enterprises of the
world top 500 opened representative offices or
R&D centers in Beijing. There were 274,000
people engaged in scientific activities in Beijing,
including 227,000 scientists and engineers (those
received at least university education or those
with middle- and high-ranking professional titles)
who accounted for 82.8% of the total number of
technological personnel.
The
technological innovation service system was established
preliminarily in Beijing. Innovation intermediate
service system enjoyed optimized circumstance.
There were a total of 5000 intermediary scientific
organizations, 150 more related industrial associations,
and 500 professional service centers in Beijing.
Registered technical contracts numbered 32173
in 2003, with the contractual transaction value
at 26.54 billion yuan including 22.66 billion
yuan of technical transactions up by 19.0%, 20.0%
and 25.2% over the previous year respectively.
Distinct progress was made in the industrial bases
of the fields such as software, microelectronics,
new material, biological engineering, new medicine.
By
the end of 2003, there were 514 software businesses
identified in the year, and 1213 software products
registered, bringing the cumulative number of
software businesses to 1749, and the cumulative
number of registered software products to 4820.
Some 70% national independent software products
were developed in Beijing. The value of software
export reached US$138 million, up by 48.2%
Beijing
owns 26 libraries and more than 100 various museums.
Of which, the National Library of China is the
largest one in Asia. Radio and TV programs in
multiple languages are available round the clock.
MEDICAL
SERVICES
Medical services grew rapidly. Service system
improved gradually. Health care forces expanded
continuously. The team of medical service personnel
kept stable. There were 48,000 practicing doctors
altogether and 459 various hospitals in Beijing
with a total of 67,000 beds averaging 4.21 doctors
and 5.89 hospital beds for every 100 people. Hardware
facilities of hospitals were approaching to the
advanced international step by step. 100% hospitals
were provided with general medical facilities.
SPORTS
The mass sports developed vigorously. In 2003,
more than five million people participated in
physical exercise frequently, accounting for 40%
percent more of Beijing's permanent population.
There were 3811 sites for morning and evening
National Fit-Keeping exercise. More facilities
were provided for the National Fit-Keeping Project,
for which the total investment reaching 170 million
yuan in the year.
The
level of athletic sports improved steadily. At
the end of the year, there were nearly one thousand
excellent athletes in Beijing. In 2003, athletes
won a total of 17 medals in international games,
including 11 gold medals and 3 silver medals;
and gained 162 medals in the national games, including
57 gold medals and 58 silver medals. At the end
of 2003, there were 4674 various stadiums and
gyms altogether in Beijing.
LIVING STANDARD
With the rapid growth of economy, the overall
living standard of Beijing people further improved.
In 2003, the per capita disposable income of urban
residents reached 13,882.9 yuan, and the per capital
living expenses of urban residents reached 11,123.8
yuan. Recent years saw clear changes in the consumption
structure. The share of survival-oriented consumption
declined, with increased share of the enjoyment-
and development-oriented consumption. The Engel's
coefficient of urban residents was 31.7%. The
per capita usable floor space of houses for Beijing's
urban residents was 18.7 m2. The per capita net
income of rural residents was 7439.5 yuan in 2003.
The per capita floor space of living houses for
rural residents was 33.9 m2
FOREIGN
RELATIONS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
IN striving to become a modern international metropolis,
Beijing spares no effort to enhance its economic,
trade, scientific, technological, educational
and cultural relations with governments and non-government
organizations from all countries and regions.
It has exchanges of friendship with 124 capitals
or big cities in 72 countries. Beijing and 27
cities in 24 countries are cemented in a twin-city
relationship.
The
Beijing Municipality plays host to 144 embassies,
representative offices of 18 international and
regional organizations, and bureaus of 185 foreign
news organizations. More than 7,000 foreign companies
have set up representative offices in the Chinese
capital. Moreover, some 15,760 foreign students
are studying in Beijing. Beijing has successfully
hosted the 11th Asian Game and a range of international
conferences including the 4th United Nations Womens
Congress, and the 21st World University Games.
Since 1998, the Beijing International Week for
High-tech Industry has been held successfully
every year.
IMPORTS
EXPORTS VALUE
In 2003, total value of exports and imports through
Beijing customs was US$68.46 billion. Of this
total, the value of export was US$16.85 billion.
Foreign capitals actually utilized in the year
reached US$2.15 billion. Of the world top 500
multinationals, more than 160 have invested money
in Beijing.
URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
Modern buildings close together in a serrate formation
make the age-old Beijing more vigorous. More than
100 billion yuan of investment in fixed assets
each year has driven the rapid growth of Beijing,
and also laid material foundation for the rapid
change of Beijing. In 2003, the investment in
fixed assets totaled 215.71 billion yuan in Beijing.
High attention has been paid to urban infrastructure
in the urban construction, which has been given
preferential development. In 2003 the investment
in infrastructure construction was 41.78 billion
yuan in Beijing, a new high in Beijing's history
of infrastructure investment size.
Beijing
has modern and intercrossed traffic network extending
in all directions. By the end of 2003, roads in
Beijing totaled 14453 kilometers. Road density
was 86km/km2. There were 1.991 million motor vehicles
in Beijing, including 656,000 private cars. Beijing
has its developed urban public traffic system.
There are 620 public traffic lines with an annual
passenger volume of 4.27 billion person-times.
Beijing is one of the national largest railway
hubs. Through trains are available between Beijing
and most medium- and large-sized cities in China.
Over several speed increases, together with a
series of reform measures such as morning start
and evening arrival, and online ticket sale, railway
has attracted a large group of passengers. In
2003, the passenger transportation volume by railway
was 43.518 million person-times. Beijing is the
joining center of national air routes.
The
Capital International Airport handles more than
200 domestic and international routes, which link
Beijing to major world countries and regions as
well as most cities in China. Upon launching into
operation, the new airport terminal has become
one of the busiest airports in Asia.
POSTAL
SERVICES
Beijing's postal services cover all countries
and regions in the world. Direct dialing is possible
between Beijing and 2,300 Chinese cities and 260
countries and regions. At the end of 2003, fixed
telephone sets averaged 47.4 lines per 100 people
in Beijing, and the users of mobile telephone
reached 11.09 billion and there were 77 cell phones
per 100 persons. In addition, rising services
such as digital communication, multimedia, Internet,
phone message service, short message of cell phone
expanded rapidly.
ENVIRONMENT
Beijing has significantly improved its air quality.
In 224 days, or 61.4% of the total days of 2003,
the air quality was rated second-grade and over.
Meanwhile, a large-scale improvement in the capitals
ecological environment has been launched. Common
people living in Beijing for a long time or new
comers can feel agreeable in Beijing with blue
sky, green land and clear water. Beijing is building
three lines of green ecological barriers. In 2003,
the forestation area completed in the first line
of green belt was 1000 square hectares. At the
end of 2003, the public green land rose by 409
hectares. The overall coverage rate of forest
in Beijing and the coverage rate of greenery in
urban area of Beijing reached 47.5% and 41% respectively,
2 and 0.8 percentage points higher than the previous
year respectively.
Water
environment control saw new progress. The overall
control of water system in Gaobeidian Lake was
completed and open to navigation. The sewage damming
projects in Qinghe River and Liangshui River were
completed basically. The projects of Xiaojiahe
and Wujiacun Sewage Disposal Plants were put into
operation. The disposal capacity of urban sewage
reached 1.886 million tons per day. And more than
56% of sewage in the urban and suburb areas of
Beijing were disposed.
Pilots
of classified collection of domestic waste were
set up in 250 residential quarters in Beijing.
The first-phase project of Gaoantun Plant for
Landfill of Refuse has been put into use. Waste
produced in urban area can be cleared off every
day, all of which disposed in an innocent way.
The innocent disposal rate of waste in urban area
was 91.3% in the year.
BEIJING
ROADS INFO
Beijing has modern and intercrossed traffic network
extending in all directions. By the end of 2003,
roads in Beijing totaled 14453 kilometers. Road
density was 86km/km2. There were 1.991 million
motor vehicles in Beijing, including 656,000 private
cars. Beijing has its developed urban public traffic
system. There are 620 public traffic lines with
an annual passenger volume of 4.27 billion person-times.
Beijing is one of the national largest railway
hubs. Through trains are available between Beijing
and most medium- and large-sized cities in China.
Over several speed increases, together with a
series of reform measures such as morning start
and evening arrival, and online ticket sale, railway
has attracted a large group of passengers. In
2003, the passenger transportation volume by railway
was 43.518 million person-times. Beijing is the
joining center of national air routes. The Capital
International Airport handles more than 200 domestic
and international routes, which link Beijing to
major world countries and regions as well as most
cities in China. Upon launching into operation,
the new airport terminal has become one of the
busiest airports in Asia.
POSTS
AND TELECOM
Beijing's postal services cover all countries
and regions in the world. Direct dialing is possible
between Beijing and 2,300 Chinese cities and 260
countries and regions. At the end of 2003, fixed
telephone sets averaged 47.4 lines per 100 people
in Beijing, and the users of mobile telephone
reached 11.09 billion and there were 77 cell phones
per 100 persons. In addition, rising services
such as digital communication, multimedia, Internet,
phone message service, short message of cell phone
expanded rapidly.
The
year 2003 was a year that witnessed the beginning
of all-sided drive of a relatively comfortable
community. A strategic target of New Beijing,
Great Olympics was highlighted. Accelerated development
was considered as the general keynote and the
optimization of development environment as the
main task to actively response to the new changes
in the international and domestic situation. Beijing
people devoted every effort to eliminate the negative
effect brought by the SARS epidemic. They blazed
new trails with a pioneering spirit and worked
diligently. Beijings economy remained rapid growing.
The opening up and reform together with the modernization
drive made new progress continuously. Science,
technology, education, culture, health, sports
and other social undertakings progressed in a
comprehensive way. The income of urban and rural
households increased rapidly, with the peoples
living standard further improved.
I.
General Outlook
Economic strength: The national economy remained
rapid and sound development. According to the
preliminary statistics, the gross domestic product
(GDP) of Beijing was 361.19 billion yuan in 2003,
up by 10.5 percent over the previous year, reaching
the aim of expected growth rate. The economic
growth rate kept over 10 percent for consecutive
five years. The per capita GDP reached 31613 yuan,
up by 9.2 percent over the previous year equivalent
to some US$3819 at current exchange rate.
Trend
of economic performance: The economy of Beijing
went through the baptism of SARS spread in the
first half of 2003. The year 2003 saw an economic
performance featuring higher-start fallback recovery
bounceback.
Industrial
structure: The overall structure of the tertiary,
secondary and primary industries was stable. In
2003, the added value of the primary industry
was 9.53 billion yuan, up by 3.3 percent over
the previous year that of the secondary industry,
129.85 billion yuan, up by 11.9 percent over the
previous year and that of the tertiary industry,
221.82 billion yuan, up by 10 percent over the
previous year. The proportion of the three industries
was 2.6 percent, 36.0 percent and 61.4 percent
respectively. Of which, the proportion of the
secondary industry was 1.2 percentage points higher
than the previous year. The three industries contributed
0.93 percent, 41.74 percent and 57.33 percent
to Beijings economic growth respectively.
Financial
revenue and expenditure: Financial revenues remained
rapid growth, with the controlling capability
improved continuously. In 2003, the financial
revenue of local governments of Beijing for general
budget registered 59.25 billion yuan, up by 18.2
percent over the previous year. In the financial
revenues, the value-added tax and sales tax was
7.53 billion yuan and 26.37 billion yuan, up by
12.8 percent and 15.8 percent over the previous
year respectively the corporate income tax and
individual income tax was 9.37 billion yuan and
5.72 billion yuan, up by 17.8 percent and 16.7
percent.
The
financial expenditure of local governments of
Beijing for general budget registered 73.72 billion
yuan (including 3.61 billion yuan of central governments)
, up by 17.3 percent. Of which, expenditures for
undertakings in science, education, culture and
health totaled 17.55 billion yuan up by 19.6 percent
and those for the capital construction and latent
power exploitation, 12.17 billion yuan, up by
15.1 percent.
A total
of 1.49 billion yuan taxes, charges and funds
were deducted and exempted by local finance to
fight against the SARS.
Market
price: The price index rose slightly. The consumer
price index of Beijing was 100.2 percent; the
ex-factory price index of industrial products
was 101.5 percent; the purchasing price index
of raw material, fuel and power was 104.7 percent
an increase of 2 percentage points, 4.9 percentage
points and 7.6 percentage points over the previous
year respectively.
Three
major demands: Driven jointly by three major demands
of investment, consumption and export, the independent
economic growth was provided with powerful motivity.
Investment in fixed assets: The fixed assets investment
maintained rapid growth. In 2003, the completed
investment in fixed assets of Beijing was 215.71
billion yuan, up by 18.9 percent over the previous
year. The investment focused on the residential
buildings and infrastructures.
In
2003, the investment in residential buildings
was 69.24 billion yuan up by 9.1 percent over
the precious year. The investment in residential
buildings accounted for 32.1 percent of the total
investment in fixed assets, representing a decrease
of 2.9 percentage points from the previous year.
In
2003, the investment in infrastructures was 41.78
billion yuan, up by 1.4 percent over the previous
year accounting for 19.4 percent of the total
investment in fixed assets.
Social
investment was tending active. The investment
by non-state-owned enterprises became the major
driving force for the rapid growth of investment
of Beijing. The investment by non-state-owned
enterprises was 141.20 billion yuan in 2003 up
by 35.4 percent accounting for 65.5 percent of
in the total investment in fixed assets. Of which,
the investment by non-state-owned home-funded
enterprises was 113.52 billion yuan up by 35.2
percentaccounting for 52.6 percent of in the total
investment in fixed assets.
Investment
in the transformation and renovation as well as
the industrial technical innovation was started
fully. In 2003, the investment in transformation
and renovation of Beijing was 21.62 billion yuan,
up by 27.5 percent over the previous yearthat
in the industrial technical innovation was 9.24
billion yuan, up by 58.6 percent over the previous
year.
The
coefficient of fixed assets investment yields
was 0.19approximately equal to the prior years
0.20. The rate of fixed assets investment was
59.7 percentrepresenting an increase of 3.3 percentage
points over the previous year.
Consumption:
There were outstanding hot points on the consumer
market. In 2003, the retail sales of consumer
goods was 191.67 billion yuan, up by 14.5 percent
over the previous yearwith a real growth of 16.6
percent allowing for the influence of price changes.
Structuring upgrading became the important factor
promoting the increase of consumption demand.
Consumer hot points mainly focused on residential
house, transportation, telecommunication and other
fields. In 2003, 17.711 million square meters
of commercial residential buildings were sold,
up by 10.4 percentwith the sales reaching 78.92
billion yuan, up by 10.1 percent408,000 automobiles
in various categories were soldwith the sales
reaching 30.52 billion yuanup by 56.6 percent
and 51.2 percent respectively.
Per
capita nonproductive expenditure of urban households
was 11123.8 yuanup by 8.1 percent. Of this expenditure,
30.3 percent was spent on services, basically
equal to the previous year. Per capita expenditures
for transportation and telecommunication by urban
residents reached 1688.1 yuanup by 32.8 percent.
Per
capita nonproductive expenditure of rural households
was 4655.3 yuan, up by 10.7 percent, a real growth
rate of 11.7 percent allowing for the price changes.
Fields
with higher growth rate of nonproductive expenditure
of rural households involved: transportation and
telecom, with a growth rate of 32.2 percent; housing,
with a growth rate of 29.0 percent; cultural,
educational, entertainment supplies and services,
with a growth rate of 16.3 percent.
Total
expenditures for these three fields accounted
for 45.3 percent of the per capita nonproductive
expenditure of rural households, representing
an increase of 5.2 percentage points over the
previous year.
The
final consumption rate of Beijing was 53.1 percent,
one percentage point higher than the previous
year.
Export:
The market competitive edge of foreign trade businesses
was sharpened. The volume of exports increased
by a large margin. In 2003, the value of export
of the City totaled US$16.85 billion, up by 33.6
percent over the previous yearof this total, that
of local enterprises was US$7.37 billion, up by
24.9 percentrepresenting a growth rate 3.8 percentage
points higher than the previous year. Electromechanical
products and high-tech products constituted the
major exports by local enterprises, with their
value of export reaching US$4.85 billion and US$3.41
billion respectively, up by 29.5 percent and 29.8
percent over the previous year respectivelyand
accounting for 65.8 percent and 46.3 percent of
the total export value of Beijings local enterprises
respectively.
II.
Urban Construction and Management
Land management: The land management continued
to reinforce. The management system for the collating
project on land development has been established
preliminarily. From 1999 to 2002, a total of 350
million yuan more from municipal finance along
with more than 100 million yuan raised by districts,
counties and towns were input, with the arable
land increased by 167,000 mu, resulting in a basic
balance between the occupation and supplement
of arable land occupied by non-agricultural construction.
In addition, 16 land development collating projects
of State investment were acquired (2 projects
have been compliance with the State acceptance).
The overall size of these projects reached 7500
hectares (some 112,000 mu), with arable land increased
by 1800 hectaressome 26,500 mu. The structure
of land expropriated was more reasonable. A total
of 92,100 mu land was expropriated in 2003, including
29,700 mu arable land. Main purpose of the land
expropriated: 30,600 mu for residential buildings18,800
mu for transportation, 17,200 mu for green landand
25,500 mu for other purposes
Road
construction: New achievements were made in the
road construction. In 2003, total investment in
the road construction was 12.92 billion yuan,
accouning for 30.9 percent of the infrastructure
investment. The construction of rail transportation
projects progressed in a comprehensive way. The
whole line of city light rail (Line 13) was opened
to traffic. The Bawangfen-Tongzhou subway was
put into trial operation.
The
construction of Subway Lines 5, 4 and 10 started
in the year successively. The network of expressways,
fast-speed city roads, trunk roads and urban roads
were thickened at a higher rate.
The
Fifth Ring Road was opened to traffic, together
with the completion of projects including the
reconstruction of the Third Ring Road, the first-phase
of Yuquan Road, Majiabao West Road, westward extension
of Xizhimenwai Street and southward extension
of Wanshou Road.
The
construction of 22 roads within the area of Olympic
Games commenced successively. The earlier-stage
work for Beichen East Road, Anli Road, Chaobaihe
East Road and Xiti Road was progressing as scheduled.
Key projects including the Pingji Road, reconstruction
of National Highway 108 (the section from Shimenying
to the Sixth Ring Road), relocation of National
Highway 110 (the section in Yanqing County) and
overhaul of National Highway 110 were completed
in the year.
At
the end of 2003, total length of roads in Beijing
was some 5500 kilometers, including 110 kilometers
for new and extended roads. The length of rail
transportation in operation was 114 kilometers,
representing an increase of 40 kilometers over
the end of the previous year.
Reconstruction
of old and dilapidated houses: The progress of
reconstruction of old and dilapidated houses was
accelerated. In 2003, total investment in the
reconstruction of old and dilapidated houses in
the eight districts of Beijing registered 20.39
billion yuan, up by 13.7 percent over the previous
year. Houses demolished were 1.846 million square
meters, including 700,000 square meters of dilapidated
houses. Nearly 53,000 households removed. By the
end of 2003total area of new and restarted projects
for old and dilapidated house reconstruction was
15.867 million square metersup by 36.7 percent
over the previous years. Of this total, new projects
of 2003 were 6.087 million square meters, up by
33.9 percent; projects completed in 2003 were
3.821 million square meters, up by 15.0 percent.
Environment
protection and control: Obvious effects were made
in the overall control of urban environment. Great
effort was devoted to the control of urban and
rural environmental sanitation. A total of 158
key projects of environment control were completed
in 2003. The year saw new improvement in the overall
quality of environment. Air pollution was controlled
effectively. The ninth-phase air pollution prevention
and control plan was released and implemented.
There
were 224 days in which the air quality was at
and above Grade II, accounting for 61.4 percent
of the total of yearly days, and representing
an increase of 21 days over the previous year.
In terms of ecological control, 200,000 mu bared
land in the top five sand storm disaster areas
in Yongding River, Chaobai River, Dasha River,
Kangzhuang Town of Yanqing and Nankou Town of
Changping was fully covered with green.
The
project of control of Beijing and Tianjin sand
storm sources enabled the rapid recovery and increase
of forest, grass and vegetation, providing a green
barrier for the Capital. Water environment control
made new progress.
The
Xiaojiahe and Wujiacun Sewage Disposal Plants
along with the Jiuxianqiao Reused Water Disposal
Plant were put into formal operation. The Xiaohongmen
Sewage Disposal Plant was put into use recently.
The Zhuanhe River control project and the sewage
damming project in the valley of Liangshui River
were completed basically. The disposal capacity
of urban sewage reached 1.886 million tons per
dayof which, that in the urban and suburb areas
was 1.60 million tons per day. 56 percent of sewage
in the urban and suburb areas could be disposed,
representing an increase of 9 percentage points
over the previous year. 3.614 million tons of
waste was cleared and transported in the year,
up by 12.6 percent over the previous year. The
Asuwei, Gaoantun and Fengtai Integrated Garbage
Disposal Plants were built.
The
construction of Gaoantun Garbage Incineration
Plant was started. The Jiaojiapo Garbage Sanitation
Landfill Plant of Mentougou has been put into
use. The innocent treatment rate of garbage in
urban and suburb areas reached 91.3 percent, 4.8
percentage points higher than the previous year.
A total of more than 1900 coal-fueled boilers
in the eight districts of Beijing replaced clean
energy, 28 percent higher than scheduled. Four
districts basically completed the replacement
of clean energy for coal-fueled boilers under
20t.
In
the automobile repair sector, free detection of
tail gas was carried out for a total of 1.804
million autos. 189,000 autos that didnt meet the
standard of tail gas discharging were controlled.
Urban
forestation: New progress was made in the urban
forestation. The first green isolation belt covered
an area of 1000 hectares. Major projects of ecological
protection and construction started successively,
including the second green isolation belt, the
Wenyu River ecological corridor and the Olympic
Park. 47.5 percent of Beijing was covered by forest,
and 41 percent of the urban and suburb areas was
covered by green land, representing an increase
of 2 and 0.8 percentage points over the previous
year respectively. Green land in the urban and
suburb areas increased by 409 hectares, with the
per capita area of public green land topping 10
square meters.
Public transit: The public transit system of the
City improved gradually. At the end of 2003, buses
and trolley buses running in Beijing numbered
17,600.
A total
of 63,000 taxicabs were in operation for passengers.
There were 776 bus and trolley bus lines. In 2003,
the public transit vehicles (excluding taxicabs)
transported a total of 4.198 billion passengers,
down by 12.6 percent from the previous year; of
this total, 3.726 billion passengers were transported
by buses and trolley busesaccounting for 88.76
percent472 million passengers were by rail transportation,
accounting for 11.24 percent.
Taxicabs
transported 518 million passengers in 2003, down
by 13.4 percent from the previous year.
Public
utilities: The water, electricity, gas and heat
supply capacity of Beijing was under sufficient
guarantee. There was 598 million tons of tap water
sold in the year, down by 0.2 percent from the
previous year; of which, 498 million tons were
sold for living water, down by 0.7 percent from
the previous year. The Huairou Emergency Backup
Water Source project was completed and began to
supply water. The Zhangfang and Pinggu Emergency
Water Supply Projects, and the South-North Water
Transfer Shijiazhuang-Beijing Section water main
project were started within the year.
In
2003, a total of 41.48 billion kwh electricity
was utilized in Beijing, up by 7.8 percent over
the previous year. Of this total, 7.05 billion
kwh was for the life of urban and rural households,
up by 12.3 percent and sharing 17 percent of the
total electricity utilization. There were 2 new
220-kV transformer substations, 18 new 110-kV
transformer substations and 8 new 34-kV transformer
substations in Beijing in the year. 230 million
cubic meters of gas and 1.9 billion cubic meters
of natural gas were sold in 2003, up by 9.3 percent
and 18 percent over the previous year respectively146,000
tons of LPG was sold, down by 1.4 percent.
The
natural gas transfer from Northern Shaanxi to
Beijing in-city and extension projects were completed
basically. Natural gas pipelines extended to districts
and counties in the exurb, with the length extending
to 6504 kilometers.
At
the end of 2003, there were 3.577 million gas
users in Beijingincluding 2.258 million household
users of natural gasaccounting for 63.1 percent
of the total number of gas users in Beijingrepresenting
an increase of 5.8 percentage points over the
previous year. The heating area of heat pipeline
network of the City was 76.52 million square meters,
up by 10.9 percent over the previous year.
III.
Major Sectors
Agriculture: Structural adjustment for agriculture
continued to deepen. In 2003, the added value
of the agricultural sector was 9.53 billion yuanup
by 3.3 percent over the previous year. The proportion
of agricultural sector in the economy of Beijing
decreased further from 3.1 percent in the previous
year to 2.6 percent. The total output value of
agriculture, forest, livestock husbandry and fishery
was 23.79 billion yuan, up by 7.7 percent over
the previous year. Of this total, the output value
of planting sector was 10.23 billion yuanup by
5.2 percent, the output value of livestock breeding
sector, 13.56 billion yuan, up by 9.6 percent.
The ratio of planting to livestock breeding was
adjusted from 45:55 in 2002 to 43:57 in 2003.
At the end of 2003, the area of arable land was
195,600 hectaresrepresenting a decrease of 53,600
hectares or a decrease rate of 21.5 percent from
the previous year. In 2003, the sown area of grain
was 2.12 million mu, down by 16.3 percent from
the previous year. The proportion of the area
of various cash crops and other crops in the area
of arable land increased from 45.4 percent in
the previous year to 48.5 percent. Grain output
of 2003 was 580,000 tons, with the per mu grain
output reaching 273.7kg, down by 29.5 percent
and 15.7 percent over the previous year respectively.
As for the major agricultural byproducts, the
output of meat and milk rose by 0.3 percent and
15.6 percent over the previous year, that of vegetable,
down by 3.4 percent.
Emerging agriculture developed rapidly. The output
value of six agricultural sectors including the
facilities agriculture, seed agriculture, top-quality
product agriculture, foreign exchange-earning
agriculture, and processing agriculture was 14.83
billion yuan, sharing 62.9 percent of the total
output value of agriculture, forest, livestock
husbandry and fishery of the suburb. The six agricultural
sectors contributed 133.6 percent to the growth
of agricultural output value.
Industry:
Industrial production grew rapidly. The added
value of the industrial sector was 101.73 billion
yuan in 2003, up by 12.0 percent over the previous
yearrepresenting an increase of 4.2 percentage
points over the previous year. The added value
of the industrial sector shared 28.2 percent of
Beijings GDP, contributing 33.2 percent to the
economic growth of Beijing. The industrial output
value of state-owned and large non-state industrial
enterprises was 97.08 billion yuan, up by 12.3
percentof which, that of state-owned industrial
enterprises was 14.17 billion yuandown by 1.5
percent from the previous yearthat of joint-stock
industry, 37.45 billion yuan, up by 18.2 percent
over the previous yearthat of foreign-, Hong Kong-,
Macao- and Taiwan-funded industry, 39.16 billion
yuan, up by 12.0 percent over the previous year.
The production and marketing situation was basically
normal, with the enterprises operation improved
distinctly. In 2003, the sales rate of state-owned
and large non-state industrial enterprises was
98.2 percentrepresenting an increase of one percentage
point over the previous year. Profits created
by state-owned and large non-state industrial
enterprises keeping separate accounts registered
21.95 billion yuan, up by 40.6 percent over the
previous year. Their total profits and taxes were
40.46 billion yuan, up by 31.6 percent. The overall
coefficient of economic benefit in industrial
enterprises reached 155.4 percentrepresenting
an increase of 19.1 percentage points over the
previous year. The profit rate on costs was 6.1
percent, representing an increase of one percent
point over the previous yearthe all-personnel
labor productivity was 98873.0 yuan per personup
by 24.5 percent over the previous year.
Manufacturing
of transport and communication equipment became
a new growth point for the modern manufacturing.
The output value of transport and communication
equipment manufacturing totaled 42.96 billion
yuan up by nearly 100% over the previous year
sharing 11.7 percent of the state-owned and large
non-state industry of Beijing becoming the second
largest sector next to the telecommunication equipment,
computer and other electronic equipment manufacturing;
it contributed 44.7 percent to the industrial
growth of Beijing representing an increase of
16.4 percentage points over the previous year.
The output of automobiles of Beijing was 347,000
units in 2003, up by 100 percent over the previous
year of which, that of cars was 73,000 units.
New
and high-tech industry resumed its growth. The
industrial added value of new and high-tech sector
of Beijing was 31.41 billion yuan, up by 7.1 percent
over the previous year at current price, contributing
27.6 percent to the industrial growth of Beijing.
Of which, the added value of electronic and information
sector rose by 2.9 percent, that of biological
and pharmaceutical sector, by 13.2 percent that
of new materials, by 14.4 percent that of optical-electromechanical
integration, by 21.3 percent. The new and high-tech
sector shared 8.7 percent of Beijing s GDP representing
a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from the previous
year, and sharing 30.9 percent of the total of
industrial added value.
Construction: The production of construction sector
grew rapidly. The output value of construction
of Beijing totaled 130.67 billion yuan up by 23.8
percent over the previous year. And the added
value was 28.12 billion yuan, up by 11.6 percent
over the previous year. The sector shared 7.8
percent of Beijing s GDP almost no change compared
with the previous year. The labor productivity
of the sector continued to rise. The all-personnel
labor productivity was 134,000 yuan per person
up by 14.5 percent over the previous year. Profits
of the sector registered 3.06 billion yuan up
by 23.9 percent.
Posts
and telecommunications: The post and telecommunication
of Beijing grew steadily. The added value of the
sector was 17.48 billion yuan, up by 12.4 percent
over the previous year of which, that of the telecommunication
was 16.13 billion yuan, up by 13.0 percent over
the previous year. The volume of posts and telecommunications
transaction was 28.30 billion yuan in the year
up by 18.9 percent over the previous year.
Postal service saw both increase and decrease.
In 2003, the business transactions of postal service
totaled 3.13 billion yuan up by 5.0 percent over
the previous year. In the year, a total of 1.17
billion copies of newspaper were subscribed and
sold, down by 7.1 percent from the previous year
52.84 million copies of magazines were subscribed
and sold up by 0.4 percent over the previous year;
840 million copies of letters were sent and received
down by 1.2 percent from the previous year 11.89
million copies of EMS were sent and received,
up by 11.4 percent over the previous year. At
the end of 2003, the postal savings balance reached
28.08 billion yuan, up by 12.8 percent over the
previous year.
Telecommunication
grew rapidly. Fixed telephone users numbered 6.804
million in Beijing, up by 16.2 percent over the
previous year. The capacity of office exchanges
reached 8.34 million gatesup by 3.8 percent over
the previous year. There were 47.3 fixed telephone
trunk lines per 100 persons, up by 13.4 percent
over the previous year. Mobile phone users numbered
10.956 million in Beijing, up by 19.2 percent
over the previous year. There were 76.1 mobile
phones per 100 personsup by 16.2 percent over
the previous year. New telecommunication transactions,
e.g. data communication, multimedia, Internet,
phone information service and mobile phone short
message sending (SMS), expanded rapidly. 7.53
billion minutes were spent on the IP call, an
increase of 1.2 times the business transactions
of mobile SMS reached 8.92 million messages, an
increase of 1.5 times users of wireless short-distance
telephone launched by Beijing Communication numbered
478,000.
Traffic
transport: Cargo and Passenger transportation
grew steadily, with basically stable transport
structure. In 2003, the added value of traffic
transport storage was 7.86 billion yuan down by
1.7 percent from the previous year, and sharing
2.2 percent of Beijings GDP.
Cargo
transport remained stable with a slight growth.
The total volume of cargo transport was 309.361
million tons up by 0.5 percent over the previous
year. Of this total, the cargo transportation
by highways was 286.06 million tons, up by 0.8
percent by railways, 22.834 million tons, down
by 2.7 percent by airways, 467,000 tons, up by
2.0 percent. Share of transportation volume by
three means of highway, railway and airway was
92.5 percent, 7.4 percent and 0.1 percent respectively.
Of which, that of the transportation volume by
highways increased by 0.3 percentage points, by
railways, down by 0.3 percentage points, and by
airway, almost no change.
Passenger
transportation saw both increase and decrease.
In 2003, the volume of passenger transportation
was 312.374 million person-times, up by 6.2 percent
over the previous year. Of this total, passengers
carried by highways were 257.02 million person-times
up by 11.2 percent by railways, 42.899 million
person-times, down by 14.8 percent by civil aviation,
12.455 million person-times, down by 2.5 percent.
Share of transportation volume by three means
of highway, railway and civil aviation was 82.3
percent, 13.7 percent and 4.0 percent respectively.
Of which, that of the transportation volume by
highways increased by 3.7 percentage points, by
railways, down by 3.4 percentage points, and by
civil aviation, down by 0.3 percentage points.
Commerce:
Multiple forms of business promoted the flourishing
commerce. The added value of wholesale and retail
trades together with the catering sector was 27.13
billion yuan up by 7.8 percent over the previous
year. The commodity sales value totaled 458.73
billion yuan up by 31.6 percent the purchasing
value totaled 434.49 billion yuan, up by 35.8
percent. The economic benefits of medium- and
large-sized commercial businesses further improved,
with 380.84 billion yuan sales gained, representing
a growth rate of 23.3 percent their profits stood
at 7.90 billion yuan up by 24.4 percent aggregate
profits and taxes registered at 12.45 billion
yuan, up by 16.4 percent over the previous year.
Modern circulation forms symbolized with chain
operation showed vigorous.
At
the end of the year, chain businesses numbered
146, which gaining 46.3 billion yuan of retail
sales in 2003, with its share in the consumer
retail sales higher than 20 percent to 24.2 percent;
rising by 23.7 percent over the previous year
representing a growth rate 9.2 percentage points
higher than the commercial average of Beijing.
Of which, the retail sales of 300 more convenience
stores stood at 1.25 billion yuan, an increase
of 1.1 times.
Finance
and insurance: The finance and insurance industry
was listed at the top of the tertiary sector of
Beijing. The added value of finance and insurance
sector was 51.38 billion yuan in the year, up
by 8.5 percent over the previous year and sharing
14.2 percent of Beijings GDP.
Financial
transactions further expanded. At the end of 2003,
saving deposits in various forms in all home-funded
financial institutions of Beijing totaled 1832.19
billion yuan 292.94 billion yuan more than the
beginning of the year, representing an increment
down by 7.3 percent from the previous year. Of
this total, savings of enterprises reached 998.64
billion yuan 142.37 billion yuan more than the
beginning of the year, an increment down by 23.4
percent from the previous year and the savings
by residents reached 529.35 billion yuan 90.38
billion yuan more than that at the beginning of
the year an increment up by 5.9 percent over the
previous year.
The
year-end value of loans stood at 1134.33 billion
yuan 213.17 billion yuan more than the beginning
of the year an increment up by 23.6 percent over
the previous year. Loans to individual consumers
stood at 164.63 billion yuan 48.4 billion yuan
more than the beginning of the year an increment
up by 12.3 percent over the previous year. Cash
receipts in the financial institutions were 1448.04
billion yuan in 2003 and cash disbursements, 1438.98
billion yuan resulting in the funds withdrawn
from circulation valuing at 9.05 billion yuan.
The
insurance market grew rapidly. In 2003, insurance
premiums of Beijing totaled 28.25 billion yuan
up by 20.7 percent over the previous year. Of
this total, property insurance premiums were 5.19
billion yuan up by 13.3 percent life insurance
premiums were 23.06 billion yuan up by 22.5 percent.
The insurance companies paid an indemnity of 4.80
billion yuan as reparation for various property
and life insurance programs, up by 2.3 percent
over the previous year.
Securities
market: The securities market developed rapidly.
The transaction volume of various stocks on the
securities market totaled 2336.98 billion yuan
in 2003 up by 86.0 percent over the previous year
of this total, the transaction volume of stocks
were 504.14 billion yuan up by 33.1 percent over
the previous year. There were 76 listed companies
in Beijing issuing A shares six of which were
listed in 2003. Money raised through stock market
was 24.19 billion yuan.
Real
estate: The real estate industry developed steadily.
In 2003, the added value of the sector was 18.59
billion yuan up by 11.8 percent over the previous
year, sharing 8.4 percent of the added value of
the tertiary industry and 5.2 percent in Beijings
GDP. Investment in real estate development of
Beijing was 120.25 billion yuan up by 21.5 percent
over the previous year.
The
real estate investment accounted for 55.7 percent
of the total investment of Beijing representing
an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the
previous year. In 2003, the total floor space
of commercial buildings under construction in
Beijing reached 90.707 million square meters that
of commercial buildings completed, 25.936 million
square meters, and that of commercial buildings
sold, 18.958 million square meters, up by 20.8
percent, 8.8 percent and 11.0 percent over the
previous year respectively. The sales of commercial
buildings valued 89.8 billion yuan in 2003, up
by 10.4 percent over the previous year.
Hot
point of real estate development was on the commercial
residential buildings. In 2003, investment in
commercial residential buildings was 63.3 billion
yuan up by 7.9 percent over the previous year,
accounting for 52.6 percent of the real estate
investment. Floor space of commercial residential
buildings started and restarted in 2003 totaled
63.529 million square meters, up by 17.7 percent
floor space of completed commercial residential
buildings, 20.808 million square meters, up by
8.0 percent.
IV. Opening up to the Outside World
Exports and imports: The scale of foreign trade
expanded continuously. According to the customs
statistics, total value of exports and imports
through customs was US$68.46 billion up by 30.4
percent. Of this total, the value of import was
US$51.61 billion, and the value of export was
US$16.85 billion, up by 29.4 percent and 33.6
percent over the previous year respectively.
Total
value of exports and imports by local enterprises
was US$18.93 billion, up by 34.8 percent. Of which,
the value of import was US$11.57 billion, up by
42.1 percent and the value of export was US$7.37
billion, up by 24.9 percent.
Foreign-contracted
construction projects and labor service collaboration:
The trade of foreign-oriented service grew rapidly.
The value of foreign-contracted construction projects
and labor service collaboration contracts signed
in 2003 was US$480 million, with the turnover
at US$350 million, up by 72.7 percent and 50.8
percent over the previous year respectively. There
were 2091 workers in foreign countries by the
end of 2003, as 98 percent of the figure in the
previous year.
Tourism:
Under the influence of SARS epidemic, the tourism
of Beijing was badly hit in the first half of
2003 and recovered gradually in the second half
of the year. In 2003, overseas tourists to Beijing
numbered 1.851 million, down by 40.4 percent from
the previous year. Foreign exchange incomes from
overseas tourists stood at US$1.90 billion, down
by 38.9 percent. Domestic tourists to Beijing
numbered 87.370 million, down by 24.0 percent
from the previous year incomes from domestic tourists
were 70.6 billion yuan, down by 23.9 percent from
the previous year. At the end of 2003, there were
659 designated tourism hotels totally in Beijing,
including 614 star-level hotels. Hotel rooms numbered
109,000, an increase of 6000 rooms over the end
of last year. Occupation rate of hotel rooms recovered
to 51.7 percent a decrease of 10.3 percentage
points from the end of the previous year.
Utilization of foreign funds: Foreign funds utilization
increased rapidly. The City approved 1360 foreign-funded
projects in 2003, down by 0.7 percent from the
previous year. Contractual value of foreign investment
totaled US$3.27 billion, up by 16.5 percent over
the previous year. Direct foreign investment actually
utilized in the year stood at US$2.15 billion,
up by 19.8 percent.
Foreign
investment was tending reasonable. Foreign investment
in the tertiary sector accounted for 70.6 percent,
a year-on-year increase of 10 percentage points.
Foreign investment attracted to the wholesale,
retail, catering, computer application service
and information consulting service in the tertiary
industry that always attract more foreign investment
grew rapidly by 35.8 percent, 42.3 percent and
38.1 percent respectively. Foreign investment
attracted to the finance and insurance industry
also rose by 7.0 percent over the previous year.
Development
zones: New steps were made in the construction
of development zones. The number of enterprises
in 26 development zones of Beijing accumulated
to 24181, of which, 20281 enterprises have been
put into production. Total revenues realized in
various development zones of Beijing stood at
370.14 billion yuan in 2003 up by 18.5 percent
over the previous year total industrial output
value, 198.95 billion yuan, up by 11.5 percent
at current price; profits, 19.36 billion yuan,
up by 26.0 percent payable taxes, 18.27 billion
yuan, up by 21.8 percent.
Zhongguancun Science & Technology Park kept
rapid growing. At the end of 2003, there were
16299 high-tech enterprises in the Park. Incomes
of theses enterprises totaled 285.25 billion yuan
in 2003, up by 18.6 percent over the previous
year; added value was 60.80 billion yuan, up by
17.1 percent at current price, accounting for
16.8 percent of Beijings GDP payable taxes stood
at 12.22 billion yuan, up by 22.7 percent.
V.
Social Undertakings
Science and technology: Science and technology
input continued to increase. Outlays expended
on scientific activities in Beijing totaled 45.75
billion yuan, up by 11.3 percent over the previous
year; of this total, outlays expended for R&D
were 25.28 billion yuan up by 15.2 percent. R&D
outlays accounted for 7.0 percent of Beijings
GDP.
Scientific
research institutions and teams were stable. At
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