JIANGSUBuisnessGuide选编.doc

PAGE  PAGE 25 JIANGSU has Chinas second largest provincial economy after Guangdong, with its GDP reaching Rmb344.7bn in 2009-a growth of 12.4% on the previous year. This makes its economy similar in size to that of Switzerland and bigger than those of Belgium, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Norway. With 77.3m inhabitants it is not the most populous province but, being relatively small, it is the most densely populated. In 2009 Jiangsus per capita GDP was Rmb44,744, the fourth highest average in China. It is also the province with the highest number of private enterprises, a title it held for the ninth consecutive year in 2010.In 2009 the added-value generated by private enterprises accounted for 39% of the provinces GDP and some 38% of Jiangsus working population is employed in the private sector. A large proportion of Jiangsus industrial output is destined for foreign markets. Exports rose 40% year-on-year to US$143. 42bn.Major trading items include electronic and mechanical goods, and new- and high-technology products, Foreign direct investment rose 13.3% year-on-year to US$216.9bn in the first nine months of 2010, accounting of just under one-fifth of the countrys total. During this period, the province approved the establishment of 3,320 FIEs. Over the last 20 years the cities along the Yangtze in the southern part of the province have prospered but the northern half remained relatively underdeveloped. This started to change in 2009 as companies relocated to lower their costs. Coastal Jiangsu, led by the cities of Lianyungang, Yancheng and Nantong, is an important part of the Yangtze River Delta regional economy. Sometimes referred to as the “dragons neck”, Jiangsu has hitched its fortunes to the spectacular rise of Shanghai, the “dragons head”. As wages have risen in Shanghai, companies have moved into Jiangsu to benefit from lower costs. 江苏是中国仅次于广东的第二经济大省，2009年GDP达3447亿元人民币，同比上一年增长12.4%。其经济规模相当于瑞士，并大于比利时、瑞典、沙特阿拉伯、 挪威等国家。江苏人口达7730万，但其并不是中国人口最多的省份，然而，相对较小的面积，