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Dynamic decade: Xi'an has fast economic, social development

2022-09-23 14:34:32 , Source : en.xa.gov.cn

The city of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, has achieved leapfrog development in various important areas of endeavor from 2012 to 2021.

Economic scale reaches new high.

In 2020, Xi'an became the first city in Northwest China with a GDP exceeding 1 trillion yuan ($141.82 billion) and its GDP reached 1.07 trillion yuan in 2021. From 2013 to 2021, the city's average annual GDP growth rate was 7.8 percent.

The proportion of the city's GDP in the province increased from 30.9 percent in 2012 to 35.9 percent in 2021.

By the end of 2021, the permanent resident population of the city had reached 12.87 million, an increase of 3.73 million on the total at the end of 2012.

In 2021, the city's per capita GDP exceeded 80,000 yuan, reaching 83,689 yuan, 1.7 times that of 2012.

Sci-tech innovation accelerates as market entities mushroom.

The city's scientific research achievements have been very fruitful indeed. In 2021, the number of authorized invention patents was 14,100 – four times that of 2012 – while the number of national high-tech enterprises reached 7,140.

Xi'an has been awarded the title of Benchmark City of Business Environment in China many times.

In 2017, Xi'an became the 7th sub-provincial city with more than 1 million business entities, ranging from sole traders to large companies. By the end of 2021, the total number of registered market players in the city had reached 2.69 million.

In 2021, the city's output value of strategic emerging industries above a designated size accounted for 49.9 percent of its total industrial output value above a designated size – an increase of 12.5 percentage points over that in 2015.

Industrial structure has been optimized, upgraded.

Xi'an has actively promoted the construction of a city strong in advanced manufacturing. Moreover, it has accelerated the development of modern service industries such as modern finance, modern logistics, R&D and design.

In 2021, the output value of its six pillar industries above a designated size increased by 21 percent over the previous year, accounting for 79.3 percent of the total output value of industries above a designated size.

With its deep integration of culture and tourism, Xi'an has been in the top 10 list of cities with an influential night economy many times. It was selected in the first batch of national cultural and tourism consumption pilot cities.

Since 2014, a total of 250,414 people from 73,721 households have been lifted out of poverty in Xi'an, while all 291 poverty-stricken villages have been lifted out of penury, a decisive victory in poverty alleviation.

Environmental quality continues to rise. 

Over the past three years, Xi'an has built, renovated and upgraded more than 100 green space squares and pocket parks each year, with more than 10 million square meters of urban green space added annually.

Its structure for energy consumption has gradually been optimized. Among the main energy consumption industries above a designated size, in 2021 the proportion of natural gas and electricity consumption increased to 18.7 percent and 15 percent.

Last year, the number of days with good air quality was 265 and the sewage treatment rate reached 96.87 percent, an increase of 7.36 percentage points over 2012.

Opening-up further expands. 

By the end of 2021, Xi'an had established sister relationships with 37 cities and its international air routes reached 37 countries and regions around the world.

In 2021, the city's total value of imports and exports came in at 440 billion yuan, with a ratio of 41.2 percent to GDP, an increase of 22.4 percentage points over 2012.

People's livelihoods improve. 

From 2017 to 2021, the per capita disposable income of urban residents increased from 35,837 yuan to 46,931 yuan, while the per capita disposable income of rural residents increased from 12,190 yuan to 17,389 yuan.

The city's urban registered unemployment rate was below 4 percent last year.

By the end of 2021, there were 3,736 general education schools of various types in the city with 2.78 million students, an increase of 670 schools and 683,900 students, respectively, over the end of 2012.

During the past five years, 2,008 old communities and 599 back streets and alleys have been renovated, 144 broken roads have been opened and 581 beautiful villages have been established.

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