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Statistical Report on Economic and Social ª¤
Development of Wuxi Municipality in 2003ª¤

Wuxi Municipal Statistics Bureauª¤
March 1, 2004

In 2003, people in Wuxi seriously implemented the spirit of the 16th CPC National Congress. The city firmly adhered to the policy of expanding domestic demand and actively promoted reform and opening up with the goal of achieving "two leads" in the whole province. The city's economy, by overcoming the negative impact of SARS, maintained a high rate growth based on a high platform. Its social undertakings also achieved new progress, and people's living standard saw further improvement.

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¢ñª± Economic Development
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Overall Economic Performance

The city's national economy maintained a fairly high growth rate. Annual GDP of the city was registered at 190.122 billion RMB, a year-on-year growth of 15.4% based on comparable price. The growth rates of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries stood at 3.1%, 17.8% and 13.0% respectively.ª¥

Revenue income increased by a big margin with the figure of 26.558 billion RMB, up 32.2% over that of the previous year, or a 26.5% growth on comparable price. Revenue income accounted for 14.0% of the total GDP, 1.3 percentage points higher than the previous year. Of the total, general revenue income reached 10.434 billion RMB, up 36.8% on comparable price.ª¥
Agriculture and Rural Economy ª¥

Agricultural structure was further readjusted. The planting areas of summer grain, rice and rapeseed were 33.680 hectares, 74,610 hectares and 21,480 hectares, 32.5%, 19.7% and 22.0% less than the previous year respectively.ª¥

Agricultural output decreased. The total grain output of the year was 717,000 tons, 25.5% less than the previous year. Output of oil-bearing crops decreased by 34.5% with the figure of 25,000 tons, of which the output of rapeseed was 24,000 ton, a decrease of 35.3%. Output of silk cocoons stood at 725 tons, down 29.1%, while that of tea and fruit reached 4,910 tons and 61,576 tons, up 1.3% and 34.9% respectively.ª¥

Forestry, animal husbandry and fishery maintained a continuous growth. Of the major livestock products, meat output in the year amounted to 157,000 tons, increasing by 12.1% over the previous year. Of them, pork, beef and mutton totaled 90,00 tons, falling by 2.2% year-on-year. Poultry eggs totaled 26,000 tons, same as the previous year. The amount of dairy cattle stood at 27,600 heads, up 1
4.2%. The total aquatic products output maintained the same level as the previous year with the figure of 112,200 tons. ª¥

The supporting facilities for agricultural production saw continuous improvement. By the end of the year, the total power capacity of all the operational agricultural machinery totaled 1.538 million kw. Of them, that for large to medium-sized tractors amounted to 255,000 kw and the rural irrigation and drainage machinery totaled 170,000 kw. The total net consumption of farm-use fertilizer was 102,700 tons. Total fully irrigated farmland reached 154,340 hectares.ª¥

The cultivation of towns with strong economic strengths achieved new progress. The industrial and commerce sales volume of the 41 towns under the program totaled 325.521 billion RMB, up 40.4% over the previous year, of which, industry-related sales volume reached 90.656 billion RMB, growing by 49%. The industrial and commerce sales volume of each of the towns of Chengjiang, Zhouzhuang and Huashi exceeded 20 billion RMB, while that of Wangzhuang, Taihu, Nanzhan and Xinqiao exceeded 10 billion RMB. The total output value generated by agriculture and non-agricultural sectors in the city reached 375.5 billion RMB, up 26.6% over the previous year. ª¥

Industry ª¥

Industrial production maintained a fast growth. In 2003, the city achieved 99.274 billion RMB of added value in industrial production, increasing by 18.3% year-on-year. The share taken by the state-owned enterprises and those non-state-owned industrial enterprises with an annual sales volume of over 5 million RMB each (hereafter abbreviated as "above-the-scale industrial enterprises") was 79.061 billion RMB, an increase of 24.1% over the previous year. Of the above-the-scale industrial enterprises, state-owned industries registered a year-on-year upsurge of 14% in their added value, which totaled at 7.036 billion RMB. Meanwhile, the added value of stock-holding companies, collectively owned enterprises, joint stock cooperative enterprises, and foreign cooperative, joint venture and wholly owned enterprises turned out at 24.546 billion RMB, 11.481 billion RMB, 8.583 billion RMB and 21.077 billion RMB respectively, which were 25.6%, 24.9%, 17.1% and 29.2% higher than the previous year. Calculating by light and heavy industries, the added value from light industry was 25.328 billion RMB, making its growth rate stand at 16.7%, while heavy industry achieved an added value of 53.733 billion RMB, growing by 29.3%. Among the 279 major industrial products listed in the statistics, 191 witnessed growth in output when compared with the same period the year before, accounting for 68.5% of the total products in the statistics. 127 products saw an increase of over 15%, accounting for 45.5%. ª¥

A batch of key products saw big increase in their output with the growth rates of LCD, IC, plastic film, semiconductor components, computer hard disc driver, synthetic fiber, steel, industrial furnace, steel cord and electricity registering at 321.4%, 70.6%, 62.5%, 52.7%, 40.3%, 29.7%, 29.6%, 23.2% and 21.9% respectively.ª¥

The industrial operation quality also saw continuous improvement. The above-the-scale industrial enterprises in the city realized 320.82 billion RMB in sales value, increasing by 32.7%. The sales rate of industrial products was 97.67%. The sales volume of industrial products reached 320.676 billion RMB, an increase of 31.8%. Profit & tax totaled 26.324 billion RMB, up by 33.7% year-on-year. Of the total, profits stood at 16.132 billion RMB, up by 45.0%. Such figures were 20.9 and 13.2 percentage points higher than the growth rate of production and sales respectively. Total loss was 14.4% less and the ranges of loss was 1.2 percentage points lower as compared with the previous year. Comprehensive efficiency index of industrial economies was 157.4%, reaching a record high in history and up by 14 percentage points over the previous year.

Building Industry ª¥

Building industry achieved fairly rapid growth, realizing a total added value of 10.028 billion RMB, a year-on-year increase of 12.9%. The productivity of all the construction laborers was 112.500 RMB/person, up by 17.4%. Total profit and tax registered at 846 million RMB and 658 million RMB, up 87.9% and 57.4% respectively. A total of 9,500 projects were undertaken. The total floor space constructed or under construction amounted to 24.87 million m2, an increase of 29.3% over the previous year, while the finished floor space reached 15.76 million m2, growing by 36.8%. 10 construction projects won "Yangtze Cup", a Jiangsu provincial quality construction award, and 57 won¡°Lake Taihu Cup", a Wuxi municipal award.ª¥
Transport and post and telecommunications ª¥

The city's transportation capacity was further enhanced. By the end of the year, there were 887,000 motor vehicles in the city, of which 185,000 were automobiles, increasing by 5.5% and 27.5% respectively over the previous year. Private car ownership expanded tremendously with its number totaled at 71,000, 25,000 more than the previous year. ª¥

Passenger and cargo transportation saw a slight decrease. Passenger transportation volume stood at 158.77 million person times, down 6.0%. Cargo transportation volume was registered at 70.97 million tons, a decrease of 5.3%. The city's ports handled a total of 28.9 million tons of cargoes, up 43.3% over the previous year.ª¥

The post and telecommunication sector in the city kept the momentum of fast development. The sector realized a total added value of 4.244 billion RMB, growing by 17.0%. The total telephone exchange capacity reached 2.45 million lines, a net increase of 315,000 lines over the previous year. Of the total, the urban telephone exchange capacity was 1.628 million lines, 138,000 more than the year before. There were a total of 1.8795 million urban and rural telephone subscribers, 349,000 more than the previous year. Of the total subscribers, 1.5127 million were residential telephones and 94,400 were public phones, up by 24.8% and 61.6% respectively over the previous year. By the end of the year, there were 3.3904 million fixed telephones in the city, while mobile phone subscribers reached 2.7479 million, 493,300 and 826,600 more than the previous year. Internet users totaled 431,000.ª¥

Domestic Trade ª¥

The year witnessed brisk buying and selling of consumer goods. In the year, the total retail volume of social consumer goods was 48.71 billion RMB, up by 15.4 % year-on-year. Of which, the urban and rural proportions took up 40.443 billion RMB and 8.262 billion RMB, increasing by 16.6% and 9.9% respectively over the previous year. Of the total volume, wholesale/retail trading took up 39.55 billion RMB and catering service 8.02 billion RMB, increasing by 14.4% and 20.7% respectively. That of other sectors totaled 1.135 billion RMB, up by 16.4%.ª¥

Market construction was steadily promoted. By the end of the year, there were 470 specialized commodity transaction markets of various kinds in the city, achieving an annual transaction volume of 73.73 billion RMB, up 31.1% over the previous year. Of which, the total transaction volume of all the urban and rural daily commodity markets stood at 22.715 billion RMB, an increase of 9.7%.ª¥

Foreign Trade ª¥

The city's foreign trade obtained a considerable increase. In the year, total foreign trade volume for both import and export hit US$14.381 billion, a year-on-year increase of 47.6%. Of them, import took up US$7.055 billion and export US$7.325 billion, representing increases of 53.5% and 42.4% respectively. 553 enterprises of various kinds were authorized to conduct export and import businesses, while 1,636 enterprises of different categories made outstanding achievements in export. The export volume of production oriented enterprises reached US$1.396 billion, up by 36.8%. The number of overseas destinations for the city's exported commodities reached 181, of which 4 were new trading partners in the year. The city's export in the Asian market increased by 34.9%. Export volume to Europe, Latin America, Africa, North America and Oceania countries saw increases of 64.0%, 4.7%, 86.7%, 58.3% and 13.6% respectively.ª¥

Foreign Investment Promotion ª¥

Foreign investment witnessed big-margin increase. In the year, the total newly signed FDI projects numbered at 1,007, an increase of 262 as compared with the year before. Of the total, 15 projects each involved investment of over US$1 billion and 24 with over US$50 million each. The contractual volume of overseas investment and the actually paid-in registered overseas capital during the year were US$5.008 billion and US$ 2.701 billion, up by 72.6% and 55.2% respectively.ª¥

Labor Service Cooperation ª¥

Foreign economic cooperation witnessed steady development. In the year, the newly signed foreign engineering and labor service cooperation contracts involved a total contractual volume of US$137.53 million, an increase of 5.9%. Business volume reached US$182.95 million, up by 21.3%. 2,094 person times were sent overseas, witnessing an increase of 15.8%. 2 more enterprises were granted with overseas labor contract management rights by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. By the end of the year, 24 enterprises obtained such rights, and 19 passed annual assessment by the Ministry.ª¥

Self-Employed and Private Businesses ª¥

Self-employed and private businesses achieved progress at a rapid pace, keeping a momentum of strong growth and becoming the backbones in the city's economic advancement. The total number of such businesses in the city reached 159,200, with a workforce of 732,600 and a registered capital of 65.126 billion RMB, representing increases of 8.7%, 13.3% and 60.5% respectively over the previous year. They created 59.308 billion RMB of wealth, generated 208.767 billion RMB of total industrial output value, achieved 19.171 billion RMB of total retail sales volume of consumer goods, and turned over 5.22 billion RMB of taxes, accounting for 31.2%, 47.7%, 39.5% and 19.7% of the total in the city. In the year, a total of 19.312 billion RMB was invested in fixed assets of the sector, up 39.3%.ª¥

Finance and Insurance ª¥

Financial institutions saw a speedup in loan provision and deposits. By the end of the year, the total balance of deposits of all kinds operated by various financial institutions was 215.685 billion RMB, that of loans and credits 143.582 billion RMB, up by 32.5% and 36.8% respectively over the previous year. Of the total deposits, 83.659 billion RMB was from companies and 99.775 billion RMB from urban and rural residents, 24.245 billion RMB and 18.518 billion RMB more respectively as compared to those at the beginning of the year. Of the loans, 99.84 billion RMB fell into the category of short-term loans while 31.106 billion RMB was medium and long-term loans, increasing by 30.5% and 52.9% respectively as compared to the previous year. Of the medium and long-term loans, 11.923 billion RMB was individual loans, up by 36.2%. Banks' cash draw-in totaled 512.782 billion RMB, while their draw-out stood at 518.413 billion RMB, up by 33.6% and 34.8% respectively. The net amount of cash put into circulation in the year totaled 5.63 billion RMB.ª¥

The insurance sector expanded steadily. The total premium and deposit volume in the year was 5.771 billion RMB, a year-on-year growth of 28.5%. Of the total, the premium income of property insurance was 951 million RMB and life insurance 4.82 billion RMB, up 11.6% and 32.8% respectively over the previous year. The total volume of indemnity paid out was 661 million RMB with property and life insurance (short-term) indemnity rates standing at 57.5% and 2.3% respectively.ª¥

Real Estate ª¥

Real estate development continued to expand. In the year, the sector realized a total added value of 7.394 billion RMB and a total investment of 13.179 billion RMB in real estate development, increasing by 16.1% and 71.1% respectively. A brisk market was witnessed in commodity housing with the total sold floor space reaching 3.0456 million m2, among which 2.8211 million m2 were for residential use.ª¥

Tourism ª¥

With the further improvement of tourism facilities, both the number of tourists and generated income saw big growth. The city received a total of 438,000 person times of overseas visitors including tourists and visitors with various purposes, 8.1% less than the previous year. The total number of domestic visitors reached 220.087 million person times, up 17.6% over the previous year. The sector generated an income of 18.054 billion RMB. Of the total, foreign exchange earned reached US$159 million. There were 25 scenic sites, each visited by over 100,000 tourists annually. Of the 25 sites, 5 were certified as national 4A grade sites, 3 as 3A, 2 as 2A and 1 as 1A grade sites, putting the city in the first place in the number of A-grade scenic sites. By the end of the year, among the 72 star-rated hotels in the city, there were 3 five-star and 14 four-star hotels.ª¥

Investment in Fixed Assets ª¥

Investment in fixed assets was strengthened at a rapid pace with investment structure continuously improved. The total fixed assets investment in the city was 89.332 billion RMB, an increase of 66.1% over the previous year. Of the total figure, the proportions taken by above-the-scale companies reached 87.204 billion RMB, an increase of 88.6%, of which investment in infrastructure, reconstruction & upgrading and real estate was 49.05 billion RMB, 24.975 billion RMB and 13.179 billion RMB respectively. Divided by ownerships, the state-owned sector, foreign-invested businesses and the non-state-owned sector accounted for 20.203 billion RMB, 18.996 billion RMB and 48.005 billion RMB, representing increases of 27.8%, 131.8% and 115.9% respectively over the year before. Divided by industries, the total investment in the primary, secondary and tertiary industries was 147 million RMB, 52.043 billion RMB and 36.687 billion RMB respectively, increasing by 20.7%, 104.9% and 69.0%. Infrastructure construction took up 36.687 billion RMB, growing by 70.4%. 367 infrastructure, reconstruction & upgrading projects were completed and went into operation, accounting for 51.3% of the total. The newly added value of the city's fixed assets was 25.042 billion RMB with a project inauguration rate of 75.3%.ª¥

Market Price ª¥

Market price saw a slight increase. In 2003, the consumer price index (CPI) for the city residents was 101.0. The overall price level increased by 1.0% over the previous year. Of them, prices for service items raised 0.9% while those for consumer commodities registered an increase of 1.0%. In the 8 categories of consumer prices listed in the statistics, 4 witnessed price rise, which were foodstuff (up 3.3%), health care and personal articles (up 3.3%), housing-related products (up 2.1%) and clothing (up 0.1%), while 4 saw price drop, which were transportation and telecommunication (down 5.0%), daily utensils and maintenance (down 2.7%), tobacco, alcohol and related products (down 0.4%) and entertainment, education and cultural products and services (down 0.3%).ª¥

Factory prices for industrial goods saw remarkable growth. In 2003, the general factory price index for industrial goods was 101.85, up 1.85% as compared to the year before. According to survey data, the prices for heavy industrial goods and production means were up by 4.33% and 2.48% while those for light industrial goods and living means down by 0.28% and 1.64%. Of the 32 industrial categories under the survey, 53.1% registered rises in their factory prices. 3 categories increased by a margin of over 10% with farm, byproducts and food processing up 10.16%, coking and nuclear fuel processing up 27.07% and black metal processing up 13.92%.

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¢òª±Social Undertakings ª¥ª¥

Science and Technology ª¥

Science and technology strength was further enhanced. By the end of the year, the city had a contingent of 285,900 specialized personnel with various qualifications. There were altogether 13 provincial and national engineering research institutions. 157 private hi-tech enterprises were set up, making the total number reaching 520. 256 technology trading companies were established, generating a total business income of 3.3 billion RMB.ª¥

Hi-tech industries achieved high-speed development. The added value of hi-tech industries accounted for 28.3% of the total generated by the city's above-the-scale companies, 2.1 percentage points more than the year before. The total number of provincial and national level hi-tech enterprises reached 517 and 64 respectively.ª¥

Patent applications saw continuous growth in number. The 10,000 people training program on intellectual property rights was initiated. 2,160 patent applications were submitted while 1,351 applications were approved, representing a growth of 27.4% and 44.2% respectively.ª¥

Remarkable achievements were made in scientific research. The contribution rate of technological advancement to agriculture reached 57.96%. In 2003, there were 19 newly approved national level hi-tech enterprises and 118 provincial level ones. 11 enterprises were approved as "dual-intensive" enterprises, and 157 enterprises were designated as provincial level private hi-tech companies. 212 projects were listed in the provincial technology development program and 22 projects were under the key technology research program. 77 projects were listed in the Torch Program at national level and 129 at provincial level. The city took the lead in 12 projects including a 112.5 million RMB grant by the national SME Innovation Fund and an appropriation of 362.1 million RMB by the provincial earmarked fund for technology development. The rate of contribution by technological advancement to industrial growth reached 48.04%.ª¥

Education ª¥

Education of all kind and at all levels achieved further development. By the end of the year, the total number of education institutions of all kinds stood at 771. The total number of students stood at 773,000, increasing by 13,000 over the previous year. Of the total students, 48,400 were in 4-year colleges, 12,900 more than the previous year, 45,000 in polytechnics, 3,900 more than the year before; 22,600 in technical schools, 5,300 more than the previous year; 14,800 in vocational school, 1,300 more than the year before; 309,600 in normal high schools, increasing by 7,800 over the previous year and 329,800 in primary schools, 18,000 less than the previous year. The entrance rate of primary and junior middle school students both maintained at 100%. 100% primary school students and 95% junior middle school students completed their study. The entrance rate for the blind, deaf and retarded children stood at 98.5%. 95.38% junior middle school graduates went on further to senior middle schools. 16.76 in every 10,000 students passed the enrollment line for 4-year full-time university study in the entrance examination with the overall enrolment rate to higher learning institutions standing at 89.4%. Educational modernization was further accelerated. 464 schools in the city were equipped with wide-band connection to the city's education web and 316 schools developed their own websites. Video teaching program selection and wide-band videoconference systems were set up, the first of their kinds in the province. The ratio between the number of teachers/students and computers in the schools was 11:1. The coverage of excellent education resources was constantly expanded with a new addition of 18 provincial level demonstration normal high schools, 6 provincial experimental primary schools and 11 provincial experimental kindergartens. ª¥

Cultural Undertakings ª¥

Cultural undertakings presented a colorful and diversified scene. The 1st "Taihu Lake International Folk Music Show¡¤Wuxi, China" was successfully organized. 140 square performances were conducted and over 50 welfare shows were staged. Arts troupes of high artistic excellence such as the Mexican National Song & Dance Ensemble, China Central Broadcasting Traditional Orchestra and Shanghai Song & Dance Ensemble presented 36 shows in 51 performances. "Green Snake", a Wuxi opera musical play, was selected to perform at the Jiangsu Excellent Stage Art Show. "The Vigor of Sabayi", a traditional men's group dance, won the 2nd price in the category of traditional group dance at the 7th National "Taoli Cup" Dance Contest. The construction of performing art troupes and cultural facilities witnessed steady development. By the end of the year, there were altogether 11 specialized professional performing art troupes in the city, 127 art galleries and cultural centers (stations), 9 public libraries, and 5 museums (under the administration of the cultural bureau).ª¥

Radio and TV transmission saw vigorous development. Wuxi People's Broadcasting Station operated 8 frequencies, broadcasting 136 hours of programs daily. Wuxi TV Station has 13 channels, transmitting 1,543.5 hours weekly. Subscribers of Wuxi Cable TV amounted to 1 million households, with TV and radio coverage rates both reaching 100%.ª¥

Health Care ª¥

Health care facilities continued to improve. There were 1,387 medical institutions of various kinds, among which were 37 comprehensive hospitals, 18 specialized hospitals, 6 Chinese and western medicine combined hospitals, 114 hospitals at town (township) level and 5 rehabilitation homes. The total number of medical workers was 20,000, of which 9,000 were licensed medical doctors. The total number of beds for patient treatment was 18,000, of which 17,000 were in hospitals. The number of medical workers per 10,000 people averaged at 46, of which 20 were doctors and 15 were nurses, while that of beds for medical treatment averaged at 42, of which 39 were hospital beds.ª¥

Medical level was further raised. The volume of diagnoses and treatment done by hospitals at different levels reached 15.7 million person times, up by 3% over the previous year. The total number of inpatients received by the 9 hospitals under the administration of the municipality was 133,000, up 10.3% over the previous year, of which 96% were either cured or achieved improvements when discharged from hospital. The occupancy rate of hospital beds was 111.5%. New results were achieved in medical research. The city won 24 provincial awards for introducing new technologies, 27 municipal awards for scientific and technological advancement, among which were 2 1st price awards and 22 2nd price awards. Assessments on 52 scientific research projects were completed, among which 14 were at the provincial level.ª¥

Sports ª¥

Mass sports activities were carried out in various forms. The 2003 Wuxi Spring Mass Running was successfully organized. The 5th Wuxi Exercise for All Festival and the 8th Exercise Week for All were carried out in new and colorful forms. The serial activity with the theme of "Getting Fit through Half an Hour Exercise a Day" was actively launched with the participation of over 1.8 million people. 44% of the total population in the city took part in certain kinds of exercises. The "8-One Project" achieved satisfactory results. The construction of 11 new exercise facilities for the general public was launched and 141 exercise spots were built, adding 87,000 m2 of new exercise space. 100% of the city's schools at different levels and of different kinds continued to apply the "National Physical Exercise Standard" in physical education with 99.22% of the students taking part in the program.ª¥

Athletic sports achieved new glories. Preparation for the 16th Provincial Sports Games was actively initiated. In the year, the city contributed 20 athletes to the provincial sports teams, 34 to the provincial teenage sports school and 4 to the PLA (People's Liberation Army) sports teams. Nearly 500 athletes in the city participated in some 22 provincial youth and teenage contests, winning 93.5 gold medals and hitting a total score of 2,404, ranking the 2nd in the whole province. Athletes from the city also won 15 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals in the national youth and teenage contests of various kinds.ª¥

Commercial operation on sport events gained steady development. The city successfully hosted a number of top-level international events such as the 24th International Men's Table Tennis Cup and the Asia-Pacific Sports Dance Contest, receiving overwhelming appraise from all walks of life. A series of large scale contests were also organized including the 1st "Li Chengzhi Cup" National Children's International Chess Championship, the National Cricket Championship, the B-group preliminary of the National Teenage Badminton Championship, the China Film Star Basketball Contest and the Sino-Australia International Football Contest. The total sales volume of sports lottery in the city exceeded 220 million RMB.ª¥

Sport facilities made remarkable improvement. Construction started on the second phase of the Wuxi Sports Center in March with the new stadium completing its structural construction in October. The Wuxi Cricket Training Base of Jiangsu Province came into operation. Construction of the 4,000-seat Jiangyin City Stadium and the key projects of the 350-mu (23.3 hectare) Yixing City Outdoor Stadium with 20,000 seats were both completed.

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¢óª±Urban Construction ª¥ª¥

Urban Planning and Management ª¥

Key projects were forcefully carried out. A group of projects including East Renmin Road, Dongmen Overpass, East Xueqian Road, Fengbin Road, Lihu Road and Qingqi Road, which were extended from the year before, were completed ahead of schedule and went into operation before May Day. Projects composed of "five roads and one bridge", i.e. Xingyuan Road, Qingyang Road, West Xianqian Road, Lixi Road, Huanhu Road and Fengbin Rail/Highway Overpass, plus a number of environmental projects including Jiangjian Park were completed before National Day. Projects covering Guangyi Road, the extension of Lihu Road, Zhongnan Road, Ronghu Bridge, Lihu Bridge and Jincheng Bridge were carried out with full strengths with Guangyi Road and Ronghu Bridge being completed ahead of schedule. The total length of roads being constructed was 45.8 km, covering an area of 227.5 m2. 69 bridges, small and large, were constructed. The constructed urban areas reached 180 km2 resulting from continued expansion. ª¥

Public Utilities ª¥

Public utilities were more complete. 48 bus routes were newly opened, extended or adjusted. 306 buses were newly bought or refurbished, with daily runs increasing by over 8%. Urban household pipeline fuel gas users totaled 131,300, while those using liquefied gas reached 508,800. The gas user coverage rate was 91.8%. Daily water supply capacity stood at 1.408 million tons, with actual total volume of water supply reaching 248.25 million tons. The total consumption of electricity in the city reached 23.888 billion kw/hour, up 26.6% over the previous year. Of the total figure, industrial and urban/rural household consumption were 20.014 kw/hour and 1.773 kw/hour, up 29.1% and 18.7% respectively.ª¥

Environmental Protection and Treatment ª¥

Urban environmental quality was further improved. The annual atmospheric pollution index averaged at 86. In the city, 6 environment monitoring stations at various levels and 44 soot and dust control zones were established, covering an area of 354.88 km2. 35 zones met all the noise reduction standards, covering an area of 221.3km2. Of the major air pollutants, on yearly basis, the daily volume of sulfur dioxide was 0.059mg/m3, nitrogen dioxide was 0.045 mg/m3, suspension particles 0.118 mg/m3. 96.5% of the sources for drinking water reached relevant standards, while 96.86% of the industrial wastewater met the set standard for discharge.ª¥

Urban Vegetation ª¥

Work on urban vegetation was further reinforced with 940.1 hectares of green coverage newly added within the year. By the end of the year, there were 1,283 hectares of afforested areas in the city's open public space. The per capita vegetation in public space was 5.84 m2, and the green coverage rate within the constructed urban areas was 36.1%.

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Population ª¥

Population scale expanded in an orderly way. According to statistics from the Public Security Bureau, by the end of 2003, the registered population in the city stood at 4.4254 million. Birth rate and mortality rate both stood at 7¡ë. The natural population growth rate was zero.ª¥

Employment ª¥

Work on employment and reemployment received tangible progress. 125,300 people in the city were newly employed, among which were 48,700 unemployed workers. The net increase of new job opportunities was 61,000. 22,700 laid-off workers holding "Reemployment Priority Card" were offered with new jobs, among whom 16,100 were within the age range of 40 for female and 50 for male. The overall reemployment rate for laid-off workers stood at 52.79%. The registered unemployment rate was 3.86% with 30,100 urban residents registering as unemployed at the end of the year.ª¥

Income and Housing ª¥

Incomes for residents were on steady growth. The average annual income for urban workers employed by collective organizations or above was 18,927 RMB, up by 19.8% over the previous year, while the average per capita disposable income was 11,647 RMB, up by 16.6%. Average net income for farmers was 6,329 RMB, an increase of 8.0%. Every 100 urban households in the city possessed 153 color TVs, 98 refrigerators, 124 air conditioners, 40 PCs, 4 video cameras and 112 mobile phones, while every 100 rural households had 124 color TVs, 68 refrigerators, 93 wash machines, 69 air conditioners, 91 mobile phones and 9 PCs. People's housing conditions were further improved. According to a sample survey, the per capita average living space for urban residents reached 18.7m2, while that of rural residents amounted to 52.2m2. The per head average bank deposit in RMB and foreign currencies by urban and rural residents was equivalent to 24,000 RMB, an increase of 4,000 RMB over the beginning of the year. ª¥

Social Security ª¥

The social security system was further improved with further expansion in its coverage rate. A total of 157,200 people participated in the basic pension insurance system for corporate employees. As of the end of the previous year, 1.0404 million employees and 335,400 retirees took part in the basic medical care insurance. There were 838,400 employees and 284,600 retirees covered by the basic pension insurance for urban enterprises and social undertaking institutions. Socialized service rate for the payment of pensions to corporate retirees reached 100%. A newly added 258,000 people participated in the basic medical care insurance, making the total number stand at 1.153 million. Those covered by unemployment insurance for corporate employees totaled 747,200, while 45,700 people received unemployment insurance payment. 494,000 people were covered by insurances on job-related injuries and birth-giving.ª¥

Social Welfare ª¥

The welfare undertakings of the city witnessed steady development. There were in the city 9,802 beds in different kinds of welfare institutions, where 6,967 people were taken in. 7,182 community service facilities of various types were established in the urban areas. 65,000 people received the minimum income relief, while 165,000 people were prioritized with special care. A total of nearly 2.64 million RMB was received as social donations within the year.

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Notes:The figures of GDP and the net increases of the added value of each sector in the statistics are calculated according to current prices, while their growth rates are calculated according to comparable prices.