Jiaxing releases 2022 statistical bulletin
The gross domestic product of Jiaxing amounted to 673.94 billion yuan ($98.06 billion) in 2022, an uptick of 2.5 percent over the previous year, according to the government statistical bulletin.
The added values of the city's primary, secondary and tertiary industries were 14.4 billion yuan, 371.96 billion yuan and 287.58 billion yuan, respectively, up 2.4 percent, 2.9 percent and 2 percent over the previous year.
Urban employment increased by 145,600, and the urban unemployment rate was below 5.5 percent.
The added value of the city's agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishing industries was 15.59 billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 2.3 percent over the previous year.
The grain planting area in 2022 was 2.31 million mu (156,066 hectares), ranking first in Zhejiang province for the 17th year in a row, an increase of 2.2 percent over the previous year.
The per capita disposable income of the city's residents was 62,626 yuan in 2022, an increase of 4.3 percent.
The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 72,096 yuan, an increase of 3.2 percent, while that of rural residents was 46,276 yuan, up 6.1 percent.
In 2022, the total annual recurrent income of 858 village collectives in the city reached 5.20 billion yuan, and total annual operational income was 2.14 billion yuan.
The annual per capita disposable income of low-income farmers in the city increased by 12.2 percent over the previous year to 24,760 yuan, higher than the provincial average of 5,861 yuan and ranking first in the province.
The city's industrial added value reached 337.86 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9 percent over the previous year. The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 281.56 billion yuan, an uptick of 3.9 percent over the previous year.
The city's total retail sales of consumer goods saw a year-on-year increase of 3 percent to 234.27 billion yuan.
Imports and exports were valued at 440 billion yuan in 2022, a growth of 16.3 percent over the previous year. Exports reached 321.31 billion yuan, up 14.7 percent, while imports reached 118.69 billion yuan, up 20.6 percent.
The city's trade with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative and RCEP member countries totaled 105.1 billion yuan and 83.6 billion yuan, respectively, up 22.6 percent and 26.1 percent.
The city received more than 30.01 million domestic and foreign tourists, generating a total of 4.28 billion yuan in tourism revenue.