China News Service, Beijing, January 31, title:

[China New Observation] 2022 GDP map: Jiangsu is catching up with Guangdong, and Anhui is in the top ten

  China-Singapore Finance and Economics reporter Li Jinlei

  In 2022, China's economic landscape will usher in new changes.

At present, the 2022 GDP data of 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have been released. The GDP of Guangdong and Jiangsu exceeds 12 trillion yuan. Jiangsu is closely following Guangdong, and the gap between the two GDPs continues to narrow.

Anhui surpassed Shanghai and ranked among the top ten GDP.

The GDP growth rate of Jiangxi and Fujian ranked first.

The GDP of Guangdong and Jiangsu exceeds 12 trillion yuan

  From the perspective of total GDP, Guangdong's GDP in 2022 will be 12,911.858 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.9%, and it is only one step away from the 13 trillion mark.

Guangdong's total GDP has ranked first in the country for 34 consecutive years.

  Followed by Jiangsu, Jiangsu's GDP will reach 12,287.56 billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 2.8% over the previous year.

Following the steps of 10 trillion yuan and 11 trillion yuan in 2020 and 2021, Jiangsu's GDP in 2022 will reach a new level of 12 trillion yuan.

  So far, China has two "giant" provinces with a GDP exceeding 12 trillion yuan.

Data map: Aerial photography of Nantong in the early morning.

Photo by Xu Congjun

The GDP gap between Jiangsu and Guangdong continues to narrow

  As the second largest economic province, Jiangsu is closely following Guangdong and is constantly narrowing the gap between the two.

The data shows that the gap between Jiangsu's GDP and Guangdong's GDP will be about 800 billion in 2020, the gap will narrow to about 770 billion in 2021, and the gap will narrow to about 624.3 billion in 2022.

  "Guangdong has a large population, tight resource constraints, and the task of improving development balance and coordination is very heavy. It is impossible to continue to fight for land, price, and labor." Huang Kunming, secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, delivered a high-quality speech in the province on January 28. The development conference stated that from the outside, we are now facing fierce competition. At this time, it is not advisable to lie flat, it is impossible to lie flat and win, and it is the right time to struggle.

  For the expected GDP growth target in 2023, Guangdong is set at "above 5%" and Jiangsu is set at "about 5%".

  On January 28, the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee held a meeting. The meeting emphasized that the first quarter is the vane of the annual economy.

On the first day of work after the festival, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee devoted itself to studying the work of the first quarter, which was to release the signal that "the beginning of the new year is the start of work, and the start of work must be hard work."

Data map: The golden tourist route of Anhui high-speed rail - the Chihuang high-speed rail is picturesque through clouds and fog.

Photo by Li Heping

Anhui among the top ten provinces in terms of GDP

  The top ten provinces with the largest GDP in 2022 are Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Zhejiang, Henan, Sichuan, Hubei, Fujian, Hunan, and Anhui.

  In 2022, Anhui's total GDP will surpass that of Shanghai and rank among the top ten provinces in terms of GDP.

  Data show that Anhui's GDP will reach 4,504.5 billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 3.5% over the previous year.

In 2022, Shanghai's GDP will reach 4,465.28 billion yuan.

  In recent years, Anhui has achieved leapfrog development from a "big traditional agricultural province" to a "gathering place for emerging industries".

The 2023 Anhui Provincial Government Work Report released a series of impressive data: 10% of the world's notebook computers and 20% of LCD screens are manufactured in Anhui.

The added value of the digital economy exceeded 1 trillion yuan.

The mileage of high-speed rail ranks first in the country, with high-speed rail connected to cities, expressways connected to counties and counties, and 5G connected to all villages and towns.

  Anhui's "counterattack" benefited from the national strategy of entering the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta.

After Anhui officially became a member of the Yangtze River Delta, its position in the new development pattern has been significantly improved.

In the past five years, Anhui's economy has achieved a historic transformation from "the total amount is in the middle, and the per capita is in the middle" to "the total amount is in the front, and the per capita is in the middle".

  Ambitious Anhui, in the 2023 government work report, put forward the goal of "by 2027, the province's economic aggregate will sprint to 7 trillion yuan, and the per capita regional GDP will reach more than 110,000 yuan".

  "Time moves forward and Anhui moves forward." Zheng Shanjie, secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, emphasized on January 28 that with strict tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere, he will continue to improve his work style, do practical things for the people, and optimize the environment for enterprises. Improve work efficiency and strive to promote the high-quality development of Anhui.

"Fu" and "Rabbit" mapped by lights on tall buildings in Fuzhou.

Photo by Wang Dongming

Jiangxi and Fujian rank first in terms of GDP growth

  From the perspective of GDP growth, Jiangxi and Fujian will both have a GDP growth rate of 4.7% in 2022, ranking first.

  Among them, the province's GDP in Fujian in 2022 will be 5,310.985 billion yuan, breaking through the 5 trillion yuan mark.

  The GDP of Jiangxi Province in 2022 will reach 3,207.47 billion yuan, exceeding 3 trillion yuan.

According to Jiangxi's 2023 government work report, Jiangxi's national ranking has moved from 18th to 15th, with a per capita breakthrough of US$10,000.

  Why can the GDP growth rate of Fujian and Jiangxi be among the highest in the country?

  Jiangxi Statistics Bureau stated in the interpretation that the contribution of the secondary industry is outstanding.

The annual added value was 1,435.96 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, and the contribution rate to economic growth was 49.9%, an increase of 2.5 percentage points over the same period of the previous year, driving GDP growth by 2.4 percentage points.

  Jiangxi's 2023 government work report revealed that the province's industrial added value exceeded one trillion yuan, ranking 13th in the country, and the manufacturing added value accounted for about 33% of GDP, ranking among the top in the country and entering the ranks of emerging industrial provinces.

The added value of the digital economy has exceeded one trillion yuan, accounting for 35% of GDP.

  Industry is the main engine of Fujian's economic growth. Statistics from the Fujian Bureau of Statistics show that by 2022, more than 60% of industries in the province will achieve growth.

In the context of vigorously developing clean energy, the explosive growth of demand for power batteries and energy storage batteries has driven the electrical machinery industry to achieve high-level operation, with an increase of 40.6% in added value and a contribution rate of 41.7% to the growth of industries above designated size.

  Digital economy, marine economy, green economy, and cultural tourism economy have become new growth poles in Fujian.

According to Fujian's 2023 government work report, the added value of the digital economy will reach 2.6 trillion yuan.

  In 2023, Jiangxi has set an expected GDP growth target of around 7%, and Fujian has set a target of around 6%.

  On January 28, Yin Hong, secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, emphasized in the survey that he will do his best to fight the economy and get off to a good start, so as to ensure a good start in the first quarter.

  On January 29, Zhou Zuyi, Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, and Zhao Long, Governor of Fujian Province, went to Fuzhou, Quanzhou, to investigate the company's post-holiday production and project progress. , Blowing the charge of "Come on in the first year", and strive to achieve a "steady start" and "good start" in the first quarter.

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