|
CHINA> Regional
![]() |
|
Beijing's GDP to reach 1 trillion yuan this year
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-03 21:32 BEIJING -- Beijing's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to break the 1-trillion-yuan mark (146.2 billion US dollars) this year thanks to its hosting of the Olympic Games, a city official said on Sunday.
In 2007, the city's GDP grew 12.3 percent over a year earlier to stand at 900 billion yuan, twice that of 2001 when it won the bid to host the Games, Wang said. Over the past six years, Beijing's annual GDP growth was 12.4 percent on average. Figures from the Beijing Statistics Bureau (BSB) showed the city's GDP reached 497.3 billion yuan in the first half, up 11 percent from the same period last year. Wang said GDP per capita had risen from 3,262 US dollars in 2001 to 7,654 dollars last year, and would surpass 8,000 dollars this year. Hosting the Olympic Games had boosted the city's economy with infrastructure investment, a better environment, increased consumption and improved living standards, he said. According to the BSB, Beijing's annual GDP growth from 2005 to 2008, which saw huge investments for the Olympics, would reach 11.8 percent on average, 0.8 percentage point higher than the 2001-2005 period. In 2007, the Olympic factor contributed 1.14 percent to the growth rate, according to BSB estimates. |
||||
革吉县| 白城市| 惠来县| 固始县| 黑龙江省| 临城县| 万源市| 白城市| 小金县| 阳曲县| 桃源县| 鞍山市| 常德市| 治多县| 洮南市| 泸州市| 大化| 含山县| 保山市| 交口县| 阳谷县| 汉沽区| 林口县| 淮阳县| 井研县| 香港| 徐汇区| 楚雄市| 板桥市| 启东市| 宜黄县| 会同县| 武鸣县| 威远县| 石屏县| 平安县| 满城县| 静乐县| 朝阳县| 苏尼特右旗| 明光市|