Economic Structure
Economic Structure
The city has constantly transformed its growth mode and upgraded its economic
structure. In 2008, the ratio of the city’s primary industry, secondary industry
and tertiary industry stood at 0.8:45.5:53.7, and the proportion of the tertiary
industry rose 1.1 percentage point over the previous year and has remained above
50% for ten consecutive years. In terms of the employment structure, the city
employed 9.46 million people as of the end of 2008, up 369,900 over a year ago.
The proportion of
employees in the service sector increased by 1.3 percentage
points. In terms of the investment structure, the year saw the city’s fixed
assets investment reach 482.946 billion yuan, up 8.3% over 2007. The city has
constantly epitomized the investment
structure. In 2008, investment in the
urban infrastructure re- tained fast growth rate, totaling 173.318 billion yuan,
up 18.2%. Overseas investment totaled 74.813 billion yuan, up 15.5% over 2007.
In terms of the ownership structure, the non-public eco- nomic sector has
speeded up growth, realizing added value of 626.667 billion yuan, or 45.7% of
the city’s economy, up 0.6 percentage points over the previous year.
