STATISTICAL COMMUNIQUÉ OF
THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ON THE 2006 NATIONAL
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
National Bureau of Statistics of China
February 28, 2007
In 2006, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, taking as the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of “Three Represents”, adhered to the scientific approach to the economic and social development, endeavored to build a socialist harmonious society, carefully carried out various measures set by the central government aiming at enhancing and improving macro-control and made remarkable achievements in the national economic and social development. The major problems existing in the economic and social development are the extensive mode of economic growth and outstanding relationship within the economic structure.
I. General Outlook
In 2006, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the year was 20,940.7 billion yuan, up by 10.7 percent over the previous year. The value added of the primary industry was 2,470.0 billion yuan, up by 5.0 percent. The value added of the secondary industry was 10,200.4 billion yuan, up by 12.5 percent. The value added of the tertiary industry was 8,270.3 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent. The value added of the primary industry, secondary industry and the tertiary industry contributed 11.8 percent, 48.7 percent and 39.5 percent respectively to the GDP.
Figure 1: Gross Domestic Product and Its Growth, 2002-2006
The general level of consumer prices in China was up by 1.5 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the prices for service items were up by 1.8 percent. The retail prices of commodities were up by 1.0 percent while the producer prices for manufactured goods increased by 3.0 percent and the purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels and power went up by 6.0 percent. The prices for investment in fixed assets were up by 1.5 percent. The producer prices of farm products were up by 1.2 percent. The sales prices for housing in 70 large and medium-sized cities were up by 5.5 percent.
Table 1: Change in Consumer Prices in 2006 over 2005
|
Unit: % |
|
Item |
National
Average |
|
|
Urban |
Rural |
|
General level of consumer prices |
1.5 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
|
Food |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
|
Grain |
2.7 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
|
Tobaccos and alcohols |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
|
Clothing |
-0.6 |
-0.6 |
-0.4 |
|
Household appliances and services |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
|
Medical, health and personal articles |
1.1 |
0.9 |
1.5 |
|
Transportation and telecommunications |
-0.1 |
-0.7 |
1.3 |
|
Recreational, educational, cultural articles and services |
-0.5 |
0.0 |
-1.4 |
|
Housing |
4.6 |
4.7 |
4.6 |
At the end of 2006, the total of employed people in China numbered 764.00 million, or 5.75 million more than at the end of 2005. Of this total, 283.10 million were employed in urban areas, an increase of 11.84 million or a net increase of 9.79 million. The urban unemployment rate through unemployment registration was 4.1 percent at the end of 2006, a drop of 0.1 percentage point over that of 2005.
At the end of 2006, China’s foreign exchange reserves reached 1,066.3 billion US dollars, an increase of 247.5 billion US dollars as compared with that at the end of the pervious year. At the end of the year, the exchange rate was 7.8087 RMB to 1 USD, an appreciation by 3.35 percent over that at the end of 2005.
The various taxes collected in the whole year reached 3,763.6 billion yuan (excluding tariffs, farm land taxes and deed taxes), up by 21.9 percent or an increase of 677.0 billion yuan over 2005.
II. Agriculture
In 2006, the sown area of grain was 105.38 million hectares, an increase of 1.10 million hectares as compared with that in the previous year; the sown area of cotton was 5.40 million hectares, an increase of 340 thousand hectares; the sown area of oil-bearing crops was 13.80 million hectares, a decline of 520 thousand hectares; the sown area of sugar crops was 1.78 million hectares, an increase of 220 thousand hectares; and that for vegetables stood at 18.18 million hectares, an increase of 460 thousand hectares.
The total output of grain in 2006 was 497.46 million tons, up by 13.44 million tons or by 2.8 percent over the previous year; that of cotton was 6.73 million tons, a growth of 17.8 percent; that of oil-bearing crops was 30.62 million tons, down by 0.5 percent and that of sugar crops was 109.87 million tons, an increase of 16.2 percent.
Table 2: Output of Major Farm Products and the Growth Rates in 2006
Unit: 10,000 tons
|
Item |
Output |
Increase over 2005 (%) |
|
Grain |
49746 |
2.8 |
|
Summer crops |
11381 |
7.0 |
|
Early rice |
3187 |
0.0 |
|
Autumn crops |
35178 |
1.7 |
|
Oil-bearing crops |
3062 |
-0.5 |
|
Peanuts |
1461 |
1.8 |
|
Rapeseed |
1270 |
-2.7 |
|
Cotton |
673 |
17.8 |
|
Sugar crops |
10987 |
16.2 |
|
Sugarcane |
9925 |
14.6 |
|
Beetroot |
1062 |
34.8 |
|
Cured tobacco |
247 |
1.3 |
|
Tea |
102 |
9.0 |
|
Fruits |
17050 |
5.8 |
|
Vegetables |
58233 |
3.2 |
Figure 2: Output of Grain and Its Growth, 2002-2006
The total output of meat for the year reached 81.00 million tons, up by 4.6 percent. Of this total, the output of pork, beef and mutton was up 4.3 percent, 5.3 percent and 7.8 percent respectively. The total output of aquatic products was 52.50 million tons, up by 2.8 percent. The total production of timber for the year 2006 reached 78.00 million cubic meters, an increase of 40.3 percent over the previous year.
Over 1.08 million hectares of farmland was increased with effective irrigation systems and another additional 1.28 million hectares of farmland was guaranteed by water-saving irrigation systems.
III. Industry and Construction
In 2006, the total value added of the industrial sector was 9,035.1 billion yuan, up by 12.5 percent over the previous year. The value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size was up by 16.6 percent and their sales ratio was 98.1 percent.
Table 3: Value Added of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size and the Growth Rates in 2006
Unit: 100 million yuan
|
Item |
Value added |
Increase over 2005 (%) |
|
Value added |
79752 |
16.6 |
|
Of which: State-owned and state-holding enterprises |
28396 |
12.6 |
|
Of which: Collective enterprises |
2558 |
11.6 |
|
Share-holding enterprises |
39918 |
17.8 |
|
Enterprises by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan |
22502 |
16.9 |
|
Of which: Private enterprises |
15547 |
24.4 |
|
Of which: Light industry |
24314 |
13.8 |
|
Heavy industry |
55438 |
17.9 |
Figure 3: Industrial Value Added and Its Growth, 2002-2006
In 2006, the total output of primary energy reached 2.21 billion tons of standard coal equivalents, up by 7.3 percent over the previous year. The electricity generated in the whole year was 2,834.4 billion kilowatt-hours, up by 13.4 percent. The output of coal was 2.38 billion tons, up by 8.0 percent. The output of crude oil reached 184 million tons, up by 1.7 percent.
In 2006, the output of crude steel stood at 420 million tons, up by 19.7 percent; that of rolled steel was 470 million tons, up by 25.3 percent, that of cement was 1.24 billion tons, up by 15.5 percent; the production of 10 kinds of nonferrous metals went up by 17.2 percent; and the growth of the output of major chemical products including sulfuric acid, soda ash, caustic soda and ethylene ranged from 9.6 percent to 24.5 percent.
In 2006, the production of motor vehicles reached 7.28 million, an increase of 27.6 percent. Of this total, the production of cars reached 3.87 million, up by 39.7 percent.
The output of high-tech products such as mobile telephones and microcomputers rose by a range of 58.2 percent to 15.5 percent. Of the industrial enterprises above the designated size, the value added of high-tech industry in 2006 went up by 18.7 percent over the previous year.
Table 4: Output of Major Industrial Products and the Growth Rates in 2006
|
Product |
Unit |
Output |
Increase over
2005 (%) |
|
Yarn |
10000 tons |
1740.0 |
20.0 |
|
Cloth |
100 million meters |
550.0 |
13.5 |
|
Chemical fibers |
10000 tons |
2025.5 |
21.7 |
|
Sugar (final product) |
10000 tons |
949.1 |
4.0 |
|
Cigarettes |
100 million |
20218.1 |
4.3 |
|
Color TV sets |
10000 |
8375.4 |
1.1 |
| 
