Saturday, November 03, 2001, updated at 10:22(GMT+8)
Business
Economic Index of Major Chinese Regions: Beijing
Xinhua is releasing dispatches on major economic indicators of ten major Chinese regions in the first three quarters of this year.
Following is the general economic development in the capital city of Beijing during the January-September period:
Beijing's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 197.03 billion yuan (23.74 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of the year, up 11.1 percent over the same period last year, according to the Beijing Municipal Statistics Bureau.