Preliminary accounting, Suzhou's citywide GDP in 2009 amounted to RMB 740 billion, an increase of 11.0% over the previous year at comparable prices. The city's total economic output ranked 5th in mainland China (after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen), 2nd in East China (after Shanghai) and 1st in China's prefecture-level cities. The city realized local general budget revenue of 74.518 billion yuan, an increase of 11.4% over the previous year. Public **** financial security capacity has been strengthened, and the structure of financial expenditure has been further optimized. The annual local general budget expenditure amounted to RMB 68.104 billion, an increase of 9.9% over the previous year, of which the financial input for social security and employment, science and technology, education, culture, healthcare and environmental protection amounted to RMB 24.534 billion, an increase of 12.7% over the previous year. In 2008, Suzhou's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was RMB 670.1 [2] billion, with a per capita GDP of RMB 78,236 (over US$10,000), ranking it third in mainland China (after Shenzhen and Guangzhou) and first in East China (having surpassed Shanghai). Suzhou has long been the economic and cultural center of China's Jiangnan region since its founding in 514 B.C., and has since developed into the economic and cultural center of southern China, eastern China and even the whole country. It is currently the fastest growing city in China and one of the most economically developed cities, an important economic center of the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, and the industrial center of the Southern Jiangsu region. It has the largest inland waterway port in China and even in Asia, the largest port in Jiangsu Province and the ninth largest port in mainland China - the Port of Suzhou, and a well-connected railroad and highway transportation network connecting it to major cities across the country, making transportation very convenient. In terms of total economic output, Suzhou is now the fifth largest city in mainland China after Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The former paradise on earth will become an even more prosperous new paradise on earth. Economic Operation (2009) Comprehensive Preliminary accounting, the city's GDP in 2009 amounted to RMB 740 billion, an increase of 11.0% over the previous year at comparable prices. The city realized local general budget revenue of 74.518 billion yuan, up 11.4% over the previous year. Industry Suzhou's industry realized total industrial output value of 2370.456 billion yuan in 2009, of which 2023.595 billion yuan of total industrial output value above the scale, up 6.6% and 7.1% over the previous year respectively. Suzhou is the second largest industrial city in China after Shanghai. The city's above-scale industrial output value of private industry 335.735 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1%; foreign-funded industrial output value of 1327.028 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%. The output value of heavy industry is 146.1746 billion yuan, and the output value of light industry is 561.849 billion yuan, which is 9.2% and 3.2% higher than the previous year. Advantageous industries, emerging industries, livelihood industries and high-tech industries have become the leading force to drive the industrial economy out of the trough. Electronics, textile, metallurgy, chemical industry and equipment manufacturing and other more than 100 billion yuan of output value of the pillar industries increased by 7.7% over the previous year, accounting for 79.8% of the industrial output value above designated size. The output value of high-tech industry completed 691.261 billion yuan, accounting for 34.2% of the total industrial output value above the scale, 1.4 percentage points higher than the previous year. The overall operation of emerging industries was good, and the output value of the six emerging industries above industrial scale, namely, new energy, new materials, new medicine, smart grid, new flat panel display and sensors, amounted to RMB205.6 billion, with an increase of 4.4%. Transportation, post and telecommunications industry The cargo throughput of Suzhou Port reached 246 million tons, up 21.1% over the previous year; the container volume was 2.718 million TEUs, up 5.8% over the previous year. Motor vehicle ownership climbed rapidly. The city owned 1.869 million motor vehicles at the end of the year, including 1.016 million automobiles. Domestic Trade In 2009, the total retail sales of consumer goods in Suzhou amounted to RMB 184.630 billion, an increase of 19.0% over the previous year, of which the retail sales of wholesale and retail industry amounted to RMB 159.916 billion, an increase of 20.0%, and the retail sales of accommodation and catering industry amounted to RMB 24.644 billion, an increase of 12.9%. Financial industry At the end of 2009, the deposit and loan balances of financial institutions in Suzhou amounted to 1145.054 billion yuan and 903.228 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 265.053 billion yuan and 245.171 billion yuan over the beginning of the year. It ranked first in Jiangsu. The total number of insurance organizations reached 51 at the end of the year. Suzhou is building a financial highland around Jinji Lake in the industrial park, which has a considerable scale. Tourism Suzhou is a famous tourist city in China. In 2009, the tourism industry centered on the three major brands of ancient city cultural in-depth tour, new city romantic and fashionable tour, and ecological and leisure tour on Taihu Lake, strengthened the planning and guidance, integrated the tourism resources, and vigorously promoted the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry. The city realized a total tourism revenue of 83 billion yuan, an increase of 13% over the previous year; received 2,191,300 foreign tourists, an increase of 0.3% over the previous year; tourism foreign exchange earnings of 997 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 0.2%; received 58.7 million domestic tourists, an increase of 11%. At the end of the year, there were 158 star-rated hotels, of which 68 were four-star hotels and above. The city has 23 4A-level scenic spots and 2 5A-level scenic spots. The city's scenic spots received 72,733,500 visitors, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year. Suzhou became the city with the most Expo-themed experience tour routes among the cities in the Yangtze River Delta. Institutional Reforms Various Suzhou In 2009, the city added 15 new microfinance companies, totaling 18, with a cumulative loan amount of 7.62 billion yuan. The city added 4 new listed companies, with a cumulative total of 37 domestic and overseas listed companies, *** raising 22.7 billion yuan. Private Economy Suzhou's private economy is quite strong, second only to Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta region, with a total of 157,300 private enterprises and a total registered capital of 420.553 billion yuan at the end of 2009, and 325,500 individual industrial and commercial households with a total registered capital of 15.381 billion yuan at the end of the year. At the end of the year, the city*** had 7,614 private industrial enterprises above the scale, accounting for more than half of the total industrial output value of 645.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the previous year, accounting for the proportion of the total industrial output value above the scale reached 31.9%. The private individual economy completed investment of 92.29 billion yuan, accounting for 31.1% of the total investment in fixed assets. Foreign Trade In 2009, Suzhou's total import and export amounted to USD201.45 billion, of which USD114.09 billion was exported, accounting for 57.3% and 9.5% of the total export of the whole province and the whole country respectively. Utilized foreign capital In 2009, the actual utilized foreign capital was 8.22 billion US dollars, an increase of 1 %. Among them, the utilized foreign investment in service industry was USD 1.69 billion, accounting for 21% of the actual utilized foreign investment. 134 of the world's top 500 enterprises have settled in Suzhou. Suzhou was approved by the State Council as a model city for service outsourcing in China. Urban and Rural Construction and Planning Management The per capita area of public **** green space in all districts of Suzhou was 14.8 square meters, an increase of 0.5 square meters over the previous year; the green coverage rate of the built-up area of the city reached 42.5%. The rural ecological environment has been effectively improved, with an area of 8,140 hectares of new woodland and green space. The city's land forest coverage reached 22%. Environmental Protection and Resource Conservation Suzhou adheres to the sustainable development path of harmonizing the economy and the environment***, and the quality of the ecological environment continues to improve. The city's comprehensive environmental quality index is 91.3, the number of days with excellent air quality reached 329, and the water quality of centralized drinking water sources reached 100%. Science and Technology Establishment of Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nano-bionics of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as a national scientific research institution, commencement of construction of Suzhou Institute of Medical Engineering Technology of CAS, and Bio & Nano Park becoming the first provincial-level incubator specializing in biomedicine. At the end of 2009, the total number of talents in the city exceeded 900,000, including 50,000 high-level talents. Education Suzhou has 670 schools of various levels and types, with 1.002 million students and 249,000 graduates, and 74,400 teaching staff, including 63,000 full-time teachers. There are 19 higher education institutions and 4 secondary colleges in Suzhou. There were 187,700 students and 41,000 graduates enrolled in ordinary institutions of higher education. Culture In Suzhou, at the end of 2009, there were 15 performing arts groups, 12 cultural centers, 27 museums and 12 public **** libraries in the city. The city has accumulated 6 items listed on the United Nations Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, 24 items listed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage at the national level, and 28 people listed as representative bearers of the intangible cultural heritage at the national level. The Pingjiang and Shantang Historic Districts were named China's Famous Historic and Cultural Street and China's Most Popular Historic and Cultural Street for Tourism respectively. Health At the end of 2009, there were 2,380 health institutions of various types in the city, with 36,000 beds at the end of the year, and 42,000 health technicians, including 16,800 doctors; the coverage rate of urban and rural community health service organizations reached 100%, and the participation rate of the city's new rural cooperative medical insurance reached 98.3%. The First Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, the Second Hospital, the Children's Hospital, the Municipal Hospital, Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changshu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Kunshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine are famous medical units in Suzhou. Sports There are 16 world champions in Suzhou. Suzhou has a number of Olympic champions such as Zhang Jun, Chen Yanqing and Wu Jingyu. People's life The balance of RMB savings deposits of urban and rural residents in Suzhou at the end of the year was 395.4 billion yuan, an increase of 18.5% over the previous year. The per capita net income of farmers was 12,987 yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the previous year. The disposable income per capita of urban residents was RMB 26,320, an increase of 10.3% over the previous year. The income structure was gradually optimized, and non-wage income continued to grow at a faster pace. National Development Zones: Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou Hi-Tech Zone, Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone, Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, Suzhou Taihu Lake National Tourism Resort Zone Provincial Development Zones: Changshu Economic Development Zone, Changshu Southeast Economic Development Zone, Taicang Port Economic Development Zone, Wujiang Economic Development Zone, Suzhou Wuzhong Economic Development Zone, Suzhou Xiangcheng Economic Development Zone, Zhangjiagang Economic Development Zone, Suzhou Hushuguan Economic Development Zone, Wujiang Fenhu Lake Tourism Development Zone and Suzhou Hushuguan Economic Development Zone. Development Zone, Wujiang Fenhu Tourism Resort, Kunshan Tourism Resort, Kunshan High-tech Industrial Park Export Processing Zone: Suzhou Industrial Park Export Processing Zone, Suzhou Hi-Tech Zone Export Processing Zone, Kunshan Export Processing Zone, Changshu Export Processing Zone, Wujiang Export Processing Zone, Wuzhong Export Processing Zone Bonded Logistics Parks: Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) of Suzhou Industrial Park, Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) of Suzhou Hi-Tech Zone, Zhangjiagang Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) of Zhangjiagang Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) of Zhangjiagang Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) of Zhangjiagang Zhangjiagang Bonded Logistics Park Major Foreign Enterprises U.S.A. (29) Wal-Mart Dupont, Mobil, Prudential (Pfizer), Eli Lilly, Warner Lambert, Eaton, Baxter, Baxter, Household Goods, Ferro, TRW, FMC, PPG, Nabisco, Chevron, Halleys, Xerox, Dow Chemical, Texaco, Nike, Emerson, Honeywell, Amperex, Procter & Gamble, Asahi Electric, AMD Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sanyo, Marubeni, Nissho Iwai, Itochu, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Toyota, Sumitomo, Sony, Sharp, Hitachi, Nissin, Higashimine, Nippon Matsubishi, Kubota, Asahi Kasei, Dai Nippon Ink, Suntory, Canon, Daikin, and other companies, NEC, Nippon Warrior, Sekisui, Nippon Steel Corporation, Asahi Glass, Toshiba, Denso, Himalayan, Komatsu, Yamaha, Nintendo, Epson, Nippon Refine France (12) Alcatel, Air Liquide, Alstom, Snider, Elf Aquitaine, L'Oréal, Rh?ne-Poulenc, Total, Auchan, Sodexo, Carrefour, Danone, Lafarge, St. Gobain, Europcar UK (5) BP Amoco, Gerard, BP Amoco, BP Amoco, BP Amoco, BP Amoco, BP Amoco. BP Amoco, GlaxoSmithKline, Unilever, BOC, Kingfisher Group, HSBC Holdings Korea (6) Daewoo, Samsung, POSCO, Sun Kyung, Hyundai, LG Electronics Germany (8) Siemens, DaimlerChrysler, ThyssenKrupp, Hoechst, Robert Bosch, ZF Group, Volkswagen, BASF, Metro Italy (1) mattei Netherlands (3) Philips, Shell, AkzoNobel Switzerland (2) Novartis (Sandoz), Xunda control investment Finland (3) Nokia, STORA-ENSO (Suzhou said: Zixing Paper), UPM Norway (1) Hydro Canada (1) Canada Aluminum, Magna Sweden (1) SCA Singapore (1) Flextronics
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