Chinanews.com, Nanjing, January 10th (Reporter Yang Yanci) On the morning of January 10th, the first meeting of the 17th Nanjing Municipal People's Congress opened in the Great Hall of the People in Nanjing.

The reporter learned from the meeting that in 2022, under the pressure of various factors, Nanjing's economy has handed over an impressive report card: the city's GDP has surpassed five hundred billion levels in five years, and it has entered the country's large and medium-sized cities for the first time since the reform and opening up. top ten.

  Chen Zhichang, Acting Mayor of Nanjing, delivered the "Government Work Report" at the conference on behalf of the Nanjing Municipal People's Government.

Chen Zhichang said that in the past five years, Nanjing has adhered to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, built a well-off society in an all-round way at a high level, successfully completed the "13th Five-Year Plan", formulated and implemented the "14th Five-Year Plan", and modernized Nanjing with "strong, rich, beautiful and high" Construction has made solid strides.

The night economy is booming, making Nanjing a city that never sleeps.

The picture shows the colorful Qinhuai River at night.

Photo by Yang Bo

  In the past five years, Nanjing's "economic strength" has become more prominent.

The GDP is steadily making progress, crossing five hundred billion levels.

Opening up to the outside world has made great achievements again. The total foreign trade import and export volume has increased from 61.19 billion US dollars to about 92 billion US dollars, and the cumulative use of foreign capital has reached 22.33 billion US dollars.

  At the same time, innovation has become Nanjing's shining "city card".

The report shows that the number of high-tech enterprises in Nanjing has increased from 1,844 to more than 8,800.

By focusing on building an innovative industrial system, Nanjing has formed one 500-billion-level and 4 100-billion-level emerging industry clusters.

There are more than 4,000 industrial enterprises above the designated size, and 16 national manufacturing individual champion enterprises have been cultivated.

  As the economy improves in quality and efficiency, people's livelihood continues to improve, and citizens' "pocket bags" are more bulging.

Statistics show that investment in Nanjing's people's livelihood has increased by an average of 5.9% annually, accounting for more than 75% of general public budget expenditures.

The per capita disposable income of residents reached 69,000 yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 7.3%, and the growth of residents' income continued to be faster than the economic growth rate.

  Chen Zhichang said that the year 2022 that has just passed is a year of special significance in the new era and new journey.

Nanjing moved forward under pressure and worked hard, withstood the impact and stabilized the overall situation. The overall economic and social development of the city achieved steady progress.

Nanjing adheres to the ecological pattern of "mountains, rivers, cities and forests" integrated into one. Economic development also allows good mountains and rivers to integrate into the city's scenery.

Photo by Yang Bo

  In the past year, Nanjing has made every effort to maintain growth and stabilize the market, and its economic operation has stabilized and improved; it has focused on innovation and strengthened industries, and its transformation and development momentum has become stronger; it has vigorously promoted reform and opening up, and its mechanism vitality has continued to be optimized; it is committed to making up for shortcomings The people's living standards have been steadily improved; the bottom line has been strongly guarded, risks have been prevented, and the overall social situation has remained harmonious and stable.

  Statistics show that in 2022, Nanjing's annual GDP is expected to grow by about 2%, the general public budget revenue will increase by the same caliber, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods will be basically the same as the previous year.

Nanjing's economy has improved its quality and efficiency under pressure.

The picture shows the busy port terminal.

Photo by Yang Bo

  It is noteworthy that consumption plays a significant role in driving Nanjing's economic development.

Promote consumption replenishment through multi-party linkage, hold Nanjing International Consumer Festival, launch more than 1,000 online and offline integrated consumption promotion activities, create 1,000 new consumption scenes in Nanjing, add nearly 300 new commercial brand first stores, and Xinjiekou business district was selected The first batch of demonstration smart business districts in the country, Xinanli Block was selected as the second batch of national night cultural and tourism consumption clusters, and the role of driving consumption has steadily increased.

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