(i) Data of GDP

The gross national product of Jilin was 362.027 billion Yuan, increasing by 12 percent, the gross national product per person was 13,348 Yuan, the primary industry was 62.561 billion Yuan, 17.3 percent of the gross, the secondary industry was 158.083 billion Yuan, 43.7 percent of the gross, and the tertiary industry was 141.383 billion Yuan, 39.0 percent of the gross.



(ii) Natural Resource

Land Resource

The total area of Jilin Province is 19.1124 million hectares. While the area of the agricultural land is 5.5368 million hectares, the area of the woodland is 9.2440 million hectares, the area of garden plot is 0.1156 million hectares, the area of grass land is 1.0456 million hectares, the area of other farm land is 0.4551 million hectares and unused land is 1.4012 million hectares.

Mineral Resource

At present there are 165 kinds of minerals discovered throughout the Jilin province, and the ascertained mineral reserves are 118 kinds, including 6 kinds of energy mineral products, 19 kinds of metal mineral products, 50 kinds of nonmetal mineral products, 11 kinds of rare, rare-earth and dispensed element mineral products, and 3 kinds of hydrosphere mineral products. The mineral kinds that were discovered and the mineral kinds with reserves ascertained respectively account for 80.1% and 56.3% of the mineral kinds in China. There are 33 kinds of minerals whose reserves rank the top five among the whole country, while there are 12 kinds of minerals whose reserves rank the top of the whole country, and they are oil shale, dolomite for refining magnesium, iceland spar, wollastonite, diatomite, floatstone, cinder, basalt for veneer, andesite for acid and alkali-resistance purpose, marble for construction, mineral water and haydite shale. Among them, oil shale, mineral water, cinder and haydite shale are the superior minerals.

Water Conservancy Resource

There are more than 2000 rivers big and small throughout the Jilin province, they respectively belong to the five water systems of Songhua River, Liaohe River, Yalv River, TuMen River and Suifen River. The total volume of water resource is 40.4 billion cubic meters both ground and underground.

Energy Resource

There are many varieties of energy resource in Jilin province, and there are some amounts of reserves for coal, oil, natural gas, water and electricity, oil shale, etc. The geological reserves of ascertained coal are 2.832 billion tons, the recoverable reserves of oil are 87.59 million tons, and the geological reserves of natural gas are 0.33 billion cubic meters in Jilin province. The water and electricity resources of Jilin province are mainly centered in Songhua River valley, Yalv River and Tumen River in the east. There are 57 hydroelectric stations with the installed capacity of over 10,000 KW, and the available capacity is 4.35 million KW.

Forest Resource

The woodland area of Jilin province is 8.176 million hectares in 2005, among them, the timber product forest is 6.354 million hectares, the shelter forest is 1.321 million hectares, the special-purpose forest is 357,000 hectares, the firewood forest is 15,000 hectares, the non-timber product forest is 129,000 hectares. The recoverable reserves of living forest have reached 884.13 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage has reached 43.2%. There are more than 10 kinds of the main conifers and nearly 20 kinds of the main broadleaves. 38 forest parks have been developed and constructed, among them, there are 23 national forest parks, one forest tourist region of state-level. With an area of 2.057 million hectares, the forest park region has 24 forest parks that can be developed for the purpose of the forest ecological travel.

Wetland Resource

In Jilin province there are many types of wetlands that are widely distributed in a large number of areas, and there are abundant living species. In 2005, the total area of wetlands in Jilin province is 1.937 million hectares, and there are five kinds of wetlands that include the offshore wetland, river, lake, swamp and mired meadow, as well as artificial wetland, 15 types in total. There is one key international wetland, the Xianghai wetland, and there are five national key wetlands.

Wild Propagation Resource

In Jilin province, at present there are 441 kinds of wild animals on land, that include 13 kinds of amphibians, 17 kinds of crawlers, 331 kinds of birds and 80 kinds of beasts. Among the above kinds, 75 kinds have been listed in the national key protection directory, and there are more than 20 kinds of wild animals on land that have higher economical value. In the Jilin province the ascertained wild plants have more than 3,890 species, among them, there are over 270 species of lichen, more than 350 species of muskeg, more than 900 species of eumycete, more than 140 species of pteridophyte, more than 30 species of gymnosperm, and more than 2,200 speices of angiosperm.

(iii) Industry and Agriculture

Agriculture and Rural Economy

Jilin province is the key agricultural province of China. It has the advantage for the production and deep-processing of corn, soybean, rice, beef cattle, live pig and chicken. There are 38 base counties of green foodstuff and more than 50 production bases. Located at one of the three world-famous“black land belts”, the central Songliao plain is“the global golden corn belt”, and is the important processing and production region of national cereals and meats. In 2005, the total output of cereals in Jilin province reached 25.8 billion kg, which achieved the highest level of history. The stockbreeding, gardening specialties and green food industry rapidly progressed, the total output value of stockbreeding increased by 12.8%, accounting for 45% of the total agricultural output value. The agricultural products processing industry broke RMB 100 billion yuan in the output value. therefore it is becoming the new mainstay industry.



Industry

In 2005, the industrial production of Jilin province kept at a rapid increasing trend, the selling rate of industrial products reached 98.53%, and the operating quality of economy was further improved. In 2005, the value added of 136.19 billion Yuan was realized, the industrial value added above the scale reached 120.08 billion Yuan, the realized profit was 13.83 billion Yuan after the profit and loss were balanced out for the industrial enterprises above the scale, and the comprehensive target of industrial economy was still kept at 160%.

Output of Major Industrial Products in 2005



(iv) Business Date

The total export and import volume is USD 6.528 billion, among that, the export volume was USD 2.647 billion, the import volume was USD 4.061 billion. In exports, the export volume of primary products was USD 0.868 billion, the export volume of finished industrial products was USD 1.6 billion; while in imports, the import volume of primary products was USD 0.66 billion, the import volume of finished industrial products was USD 3.45 billion. The export commodities were sold to 160 countries (regions). The main export markets were South Korea, Japan, US, DPRK, Russia, Iran, Algeria, Malaysia and Germany. The part of export volume was USD 1.784 billion, accounting for 72.35% of the total export volume. The import commodities came from 82 countries (regions). The main import markets were Germany, Japan, US, DPRK, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, Hungry, Argentina and Italy. The part of import volume was USD 3.607 billion, accounting for 88.80% of the whole import volume. In total, there were nearly 220 border-trade enterprises in Jilin Province in 2005. The accumulated import and export volume of small amounts was USD 0.29 billion for the border trade, among that, the export volume was USD 0.17 billion, the import volume was USD 0.12 billion throughout the year of 2005. The total volume of technological import and export was USD 0.268 billion, there were 206 contracted projects of import technology and equipment, with the contract sum of USD 0.261 billion.









Utilization of Foreign Investment

The foreign investment actually used in Jilin Province is USD 0.66115 billion in 2005, and there are 348 projects directly invested by foreign businessmen. There are 24 countries and regions that have come to Jilin Province for investment, among them, 8 countries and regions with the investment reached over
ten million US dollars. The foreign investments are mainly centered on the equipment manufacture for traffic and transportation, the food processing, the computer application and software industry, the producing and supply of gas, the real estate, the pharmaceutical production, etc.

Foreign Economic Cooperation

In 2005, there are 108 foreign contracted projects and cooperative projects of service contract in Jilin Province, the contract sum has reached USD 0.22 billion, and the business volume finished is USD 0.284 billion. 17066 persons of labor service are sent overseas throughout the year, and 38041 persons are still overseas at the end of the year, they are mainly sent to these countries and regions of South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Russia, US, DPRK, Algeria. The main contracted projects and the countries (regions) are: the oil refinery of 600,000 tons in Algeria built by China Oil Chemical Company, the Sudan Bridge Engineering built by China Railway No.13 Engineering Bureau, the Water and Electricity Engineering Project in Ethiopia built by Jilin Power Transformation and Transmission Corporation, and the Electrical transmission project in Nigeria built by Jilin Power Transformation and Transmission Corporation.

Investment Abroad

In 2005, there are 23 overseas enterprises (non-trade enterprises) established by Jilin Province, the total investment sum is USD 40.23 million, the Chinese investment is USD 33.40 million. The invested countries and regions are mainly Russia, DPRK, the United Arab Emirate, Italy, US and India.

Home Trade

The retail sum of social consumables in Jilin Province in 2005 is RMB146.08 billion Yuan, among that, the retail sum of urban consumables is RMB 112.98 billion Yuan. The retail sum of wholesale and retail trade is RMB 126.63 billion Yuan, the retail sum of food and beverage service is RMB 18.9 billion Yuan, and the retail sum of other business lines was RMB 0.48 billion Yuan. The retail price index of commodities is 101.1, among them, the urban price index is 101.0, the rural price index is 101.5; the price index of residential consumption is 101.5, among them, the urban price index of city was 101.4, the rural price index is 101.9.