The GDP of Yichang City Witnesses a Rise of 8.8% over the Previous Year
2017-02-13 10:07:38
On January 3rd, our journalist learned from the city’s economic meeting that we achieved 370.936 billion yuan in 2016 with an increase by 8.8%, and the Industrial Added Value grew 10.2% compared with last year, which showed a good start of the 13th Five Year Plan.
Last year witnessed five economic features, which are steadier basis, faster development, greater reformation, stronger new energy and better factors, whose growth rate continued to be higher than both the national and provincial average level on the average.
Besides the GDP and the Industrial Added Value, the investment of fixed assets of our city achieved 319.115 billion yuan, which sees a rise of 18.8% over last year. The total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 124.033 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%. The budgetary of local general public revenue reached 30.04 billion yuan. Among these, the total investment in fixed assets and growth rate respectively increased by 1% and 2%. And the growth rate of total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 4%, both of which ranked second in the province.
In addition, the per capital disposable income of urban residents in our city reached 29,735 yuan, an increase of 9%; the PCDI of rural area achieved 14.057 yuan, an increase of 8.2%. Last year, there were 533 new projects，each of which was funded more than one billion yuan, and the actual capital 191.6 billion yuan were put in place.