Doing Business with China
Overview
Hunan is situated in the southern part of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, south of Dongting Lake. Topographically, it is a U-shaped basin of rolling plains, with mountains rising in the east, south and west and flat lands extending northward. The total area is 212,000 square kilometres and it has a population of 65.95 million. The provincial capital is Changsha. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.18.1.
| Item | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|
| Population (millions) | 65.61 | 65.95 |
| Gross domestic product (billion RMB) | 369.188 | 398.3 |
| GDP per capita (thousand RMB) | 5.639 | |
| Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB) | ||
| Urban residents | 6.22 | 2.158 |
| Rural residents | 6.78 | 2.26 |
| Savings (billion RMB) [*] | 287.0 | 334.2 |
| Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB) | 101.224 | 120.9 |
| Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB) | 78.492 | 82.6 |
| Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB) | 146.186 | 157 |
| Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB) | 144.510 | 158.7 |
| Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB) | 136.5 | 151.1 |
| Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001 and State Statistical Bureau | ||
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[*] Both institutional and private savings | ||