(i) General
The GDP of 2005 is 347.234 billion Yuan, with a 65.618 billion Yuan added value in the first industry, 144.971 billion Yuan in the second industry, 136.645 billion Yuan in the tertiary industry. The ratio between the three industries is 18.9:41.7:39.4. GDP per capita is 7,833 Yuan.
Industry
The added value from industry in 2005 is 120.007 billion Yuan. Tax from industry is 63.857 billion Yuan. Profit in industry is 22.318 billion Yuan.
Agriculture
The irrigated farmland in 2005 is 1,485,400 hectares; Grain production reached 15.1493 million tons.
(ii) Resources
Water resources
There are over 600 rivers and 40 lakes in Yunnan, and 9,000 square kilometers water area. The theoretical hydro-power reserve is 103.64 million kw, the annual power generation can reach 907.8 billion kwh, accounts for 20.5% of the national hydro-power reserve.
Bio-resources
Yunnan is endowed with abundant bio-resources, the bio-diversification is on the top in China.
1. Forest resources. There are 9.533 million hectares forest in Yunnan, accounting for 24.2% of national forest area. And the forest coverage rate is 24%.
2. Natural plant resources. There are 4,758 species of herbal plants in Yunnan, which is the province with most herbal resources. There are about 10 thousand kinds of higher southern tropical and semi-tropical plants in Yunnan province, accounting for more than half of China's higher plant species. A lot of these plants are peculiar to Yunnan, such as Yunnan camphor tree, Yunnan nutmeg, dragon dracaena, mesua ferrea, etc.
3. Wild animal resources. There are plentiful wild animal species resources in Yunnan, the 1,671 wild vertebrate animals reserve ranks first in China. In Yunnan province, there are 45 kinds of Firstgrade State protection animals, including buffalo, wild elephant, Indo-Chinese tiger, Yunnan golden monkey, slow loris, gibbon, hornbill etc., and 154 kinds of Second-grade state protection animals, including macaque, grey leaf monkey, lesser panda, boa, pangolin, musk deer, green peafowl, etc.
Minerals
There are 142 minerals found in Yunnan, 92 of them have been verified in deposit, and 25 of them rank in the first three in China, 54 of them in the first ten. The phosphorous reserve is 1.283 billion tons, calculated reserve reaches 4.514 billion tons. The non-ferrous mineral reserve is 39.9 million tons except aluminum. The reserve of tin, lead and zinc ranks the first in China, and third for copper, nickel and cobalt. The Gejiu tin deposit has a verified 1.7211 million tons reserve.
Energy Resources
In addition to hydro-power, Yunnan has coal, terrestrial heat, solar energy.
(iii) Commerce
Foreign Trade
The trade volume in 2005: USD 4.738 billion; Export: USD 2.642 billion; Import: USD 2.097 billion; Normal trade: USD 3.346 billion; Processing trade: USD 0.717 billion; Border trade: USD 0.655 billion.
Import & Export Trade Mode in 2005
Import & Export from 2001 to 2005
Import Area Structure
Import Commodity Structure
Export Commodity Structure
Main Export Market Structure
Main Import Market Structure
FDI Utilization
153 projects were approved in 2005, with a contractual value of USD 460 million, the actual utilization of FDI was USD 190 million. The trade made by FDI companies was USD 400 million in 2005.
Foreign Economic Cooperation
132 contracts of contracting project, labor cooperation and consultation and design were approved, with a contractual value of USD 530 million and a business turnover of USD 390 million. The number of contracts and business turnover increased by 69% and 15.2%, the highest increase in history. 44 overseas investment projects and USD 72.939 million contractual investment equal the past years’ business total.
Domestic Trade
The domestic trade of consumer goods reached 103.44 billion Yuan, with 56.454 billion Yuan in urban consumption and 46.986 in rural consumption. The sale increased steadily, and the gap with the national level was narrowing. In 2005, the market supervision system has installed, the business planning project has launched, the rural market construction was in progress, the well-known shops of famous Yunnan products started and the whole trading environment was improving.
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (Region)
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (Sector)
Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods (Economic Status)
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