Total industrial output value of 49 national-level development zones exceeds 669.2 bln yuan in first half

Since the beginning of this year, China has achieved obvious results in streamlining the development zones in the Chinese mainland. In the meanwhile, the 49 national-level economic and technological development zones actively finalized macro-control policies to guarantee a healthy and sustainable development in China¡¯s economy. According to the statistics by the Ministry of Commerce, these development zones have achieved 669.2 billion yuan or 81 billion US dollars in total industrial output value, up 42.4 per cent over the same period of last year in the first half of this year. The added industrial value is 183.98 billion yuan, up 36.8 per cent; tax income 34.56 billion yuan, 17.7 per cent; export value 25.07 billion US dollars, up 57.4 per cent; import value 26.59 US dollars, up 61.7 per cent; contractual foreign funds 7.89 billion US dollars, up 16.5 per cent; the actual use of foreign investment 5.39 billion US dollars, up 48.5 per cent over the same period of last year.

According to the statistics, the 33 national-level development zones in the eastern coastal areas achieved a total industrial output value of 608.46 yuan in the first six months of this year, up 42.4 per cent; added industrial value 166.455 billion yuan, up 37.1 per cent; tax income 31.532 billion yuan, up 16.2 per cent; export value 24.71 billion US dollars, up 58 per cent; import value 25.97 billion US dollars, up 62.6 per cent; contractual foreign investment 7.26 billion US dollars, up 26.3 per cent; and the actual use of foreign investment 5.03 billion US dollars, up 50.6 per cent.

The worth mentioning is the 16 national-level development zones in the central and western parts of the mainland are good in development. With the exception of the decline of the contractual foreign investments by 38.15 percent, the total industrial output value in the first half of this year is up 43.1 percent; the added industrial value, up 33.9 percent; tax income, up 35.5 percent; export value, up 26.7 percent; import value, up 33.5 percent and the actual use of foreign funds, up 23.8 percent. Of them, the total industrial output value and tax income are 0.74 and 19.33 percentage points higher than the 33 national-level development zones in the coastal areas in the eastern parts of China respectively.

In addition the five development zones, which enjoy the policies for the national-level zones with the approval of the State Council, include the Suzhou Industrial Park, the Xiamen Haicang Investment Zone, and the Jinqiao Processing Area for Export-oriented Products in Shanghai, the Daxie Development Zone in Ningbo and the Yangpu Development in Hainan. Their combined industrial output value in the first half of the year reached 160.93 billion yuan; added industrial value 41.91 billion yuan; tax income 9.21 billion yuan; import and export value19.84 US dollars; contractual foreign investment 2.54 billion US dollars and the actual use of foreign investment 1.47 billion US dollars.

By People's Daily Online