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In 2005, under
the correct leadership of the Hebei Provincial Committee of CPC and the
Hebei Provincial People’s Government, and guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the
important thought of “Three Represents”, people of all nationalities of
Hebei Province thoroughly implemented the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the
16th CPC Central Committee and the 8th Plenary Session of the 6th Provincial
Committee of CPC, built up and carried out the conception of scientific
development. Around the theme "grasping the opportunities to accomplish a fast and
better development", Hebei Province further implemented the distribution of
regional economic development, stressing the structure adjustment and
strengthening the reconstructions of major projects and the development
of county-regional economy, and four principal strategies: Promoting Hebei with
science and technology and education, further economic reform in the areas
around Beijing and Tianjin and the region along Bohai Sea, urbanization
and sustainable development. As a result, the provincial comprehensive strength
made a remarkable progress. Reform and opening up further improved.
Social undertakings progressed in full swing. The living standard of urban and
rural population continued to improve. The major tasks of the 10th Five-Year Plan
(2001-2005) were achieved satisfactorily, which had laid a solid foundation for the economic
and social development in the period of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010).
I. General
Outlook
The provincial economy kept a stable and fairly fast growth in
2005. Preliminary estimation indicated that the provincial GDP exceeded 1 trillion yuan and
reached RMB1.01 trillion, up by 13.4 percent over the previous year, the highest
increase range since 1997. The value-added of the primary industry was RMB145.39 billion
up by 5.6 percent. The value-added of the secondary industry was RMB532.42 billion,
up by 15.6 percent. The value-added of the tertiary industry was RMB333.85 billion,
up by 13.4 percent. Of this total of the tertiary industry, wholesale, retail
and the catering trade increased 10.9 percent and the real estate increased
4 percent. With rapid growth of other services, the added value of
social services, scientific research and polytechnical services was RMB136.08 billion, up
by 14.7 percent over the previous year. Per capita GDP reached RMB14, 814, up by
12.7 percent. This is the highest growth rate since
1997.
Growth rate of prices decreased steadily
in 2005. The general level of consumer prices in Hebei was up by 1.8 percent
over the previous year. Its growth rate was 2.5 percentage points lower than that
of the previous year. In the main eight sectors, food price rose 2.4
percent; prices for recreation, education, culture goods and services rose 5
percent; housing price climbed 5.5 percent. Prices for other goods in the main
eight sectors either saw a slight decline. The prices of tobacco, liquors,
articles, clothing, household apparatus and maintenance services, medical &
health protection articles, traffic and telecommunication dropped 0.1 percent, 1.2
percent, 1.6 percent, 0.8 percent and 1 percent respectively. The producers’ prices
for manufactured goods increased by 4.4 percent, and the purchasing prices for
raw materials, fuels and power went up by 7 percent, but the growth rate dropped
by 7.2 percent and 11.4 percent respectively. Producers’ prices for farm products
were up by 2.5 percent.
Employment and reemployment
made a great achievement. By the end of 2005, the total of employed people in
Hebei numbered about 35.68 million, or 510,000 more than that at the end of
2004. Of this total of employed people, 8.75 million were people in cities and
towns, an increase of 270,000. The urban unemployment rate through unemployment
registration was 3.93 percent at the end of 2005, dropped by 0.07 percentage
point.
The vigor and harmony of economic
development strengthened. With more support provided to individually-owned
enterprises, individual economy tended to a healthy development. The added
value of individual economy was RMB485.08 billion, up by 14.7 percent,
occupying 48 percent of the whole provincial GDP; actual tax paid by
individually-owned enterprises was RMB46.29 billion, up by 39.1 percent, occupying 44.7 percent
of the whole provincial revenue. Harmonious development of regional economy was
promoted.
Main
problems that existed in the economic and social development included: the weak comprehensive ability
of agriculture production; the difficulties in keeping the growth of
rural household income; the tight contradiction on economic structure; relatively slow
transformation of growth pattern; relatively heavy burden of employment
and reemployment; distinct discrepancy between the production of resources
and environment and the advancement of economic and social
development; heavy tasks of overall consideration and harmonious
development.
II.
Agriculture
Hebei’s agriculture progressed
steadily and the good harvest was achieved again. In 2005, the sown areas of
grain crops were 93.604 million mu (about 6.24 million hectares), an increase of
3.9 percent compared with that of the previous year, and the sown areas of
cotton were 8.602 million mu (about 573,467 hectares), a decrease of 1.435
million mu (about 95,667 hectares) compared with that of the previous year. The
sown areas of oil-bearing crops were 8.385 million mu (about 559,000 hectares), a
decrease of 369,000 mu (about 24,600 hectares) compared with that of the
previous year, and the sown areas of vegetables were 16.575 million mu (about
1.105 million hectares), an increase of 2.1 percent compared with that of the
previous year.
The total output of grain in 2005 was
25.986 million tons, up by 4.8 percent, the highest level in the last six years.
The output of cotton was 577,000 tons, a decrease of 13.3 percent; that of
oil-bearing crops was 1.527 million tons, down by 1 percent. The output of
vegetable was 64.676 million tons, up by 4.5 percent over that of last year.
Animal husbandry developed rapidly. In 2005, the annual yields of meat, eggs and
fresh milk were 5.776 million tons, 4.59 million tons and 3.403 million tons
respectively, up by 7 percent, 6 percent and 27.7 percent respectively over those
of the previous year. Forestry had maintained a smooth development. Fishery
developed rapidly and the yield of aquatic products was 989,000 tons, up by 6.6
percent.
Structural readjustment of Hebei’s
agriculture made remarkable achievements in 2005. The output value of three
major agricultural industries including animal husbandry, vegetable and fruit
made up 70 percent in the total value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry
and fishery, and the rate of contribution to agriculture production reached 88.8
percent. The process of agricultural industrialization was accelerated and the
ratio of industrialized management of agriculture reached 49.4 percent, an
increase by 2.7 percentage points compared with that of the previous
year.
Hebei’s agricultural infrastructures were
enhanced. Effective irrigated areas reached 4.548 million hectares. Of this
total, newly increased irrigated areas reached 63,000 hectares and the effective
irrigation rate reached 75.9 percent, up by 1.6 percentage points compared with
that of last year. About 105,000 hectares of land were newly added to the land
watered by water-saving irrigation system. Total agricultural machinery power
reached 84.872 million kw, up by 4.3 percent. Electricity consumed in rural area
reached 33.71 billion kw, up by 26.4
percent.
III. Industry and Building
Industry
Industrial production grew rapidly. The total added value of the industrial sector was
RMB475.9 billion in 2005, up by 15.9 percent over the previous year. The added
value of industrial enterprises above designated size (state-owned
industrial enterprises and non-state-owned industrial enterprises with annual business turnover
over RMB5 million) was RMB321.9 billion, up by 22.9 percent. The sales and
production were well linked in 2005 and the sales ratio of industrial products
was 98.1 percent.
The economical gains of the industrial enterprises progressed steadily.
The total profits of Hebei industrial enterprises above designated size reached
RMB69.21 billion, up by 28.4 percent. Of this total, the profits
of state-owned and state-holding enterprises stood at RMB23.15 billion, up by 15.2
percent; that of share-holding enterprises reached RMB26.58 billion, up by 29.5
percent; that of enterprises invested by foreign businessmen and enterprises
invested by investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan stood at RMB16.21 billion, up
by 19.1 percent, and that of the private enterprises was RMB18.49 billion, up by
44.7 percent. Among 38 industrial sectors, 30 ones increased their profits.
Industrial structural readjustment had been
optimized further in 2005. High technology and advanced technology were actively
utilized to transform and upgrade traditional industries. The leading industries
developed quickly, playing an important role in the development of Hebei’s
economy. The industrial added value of iron and steel industry, equipment
manufacturing industry, petroleum & chemical industry, foodstuff industry,
pharmaceutical industry, building materials industry and textile-clothing
industry accounted for 78.4 percent of total industry added value, and the
contribution rate to industry development was 86 percent. High-tech industry
maintained a rapid growth. In the enterprises, the added value of hi-tech
industry reached RMB26.73 billion, up by 25.2 percent over that of the previous
year. In 2005, the major products of energy, raw materials and part
of the products with high added-value maintained a rapid growth: the output of coke
was up by 40.1 percent; that of iron ore was up by 32.3 percent; that of pig
iron was up by 24.6 percent; that of steel was up by 25.3 percent; that of
rolled steel was up by 29.5 percent; that of motor vehicles was up by 36.4
percent; that of transformer was up by 19.2 percent and that of the automation
meters and system grew by 18.1 percent.
Flourishing building industry. In 2005, the value-added of building industry
in Hebei was RMB56.52 billion, up by 13.4 percent over the previous year. The
floor space of buildings under construction with qualification certificates
reached 126.621 million square meters, up by 13 percent; the floor space of
completed buildings reached 48.147 million square meters, down by 17.5
percent.
IV. Investment in Fixed
Assets
The investment
in fixed assets grew steadily and faster. The completed investment in fixed
assets of Hebei Province in 2005 was RMB419.35 billion, up by 30.4 percent over
the previous year. Of the total investment, that in urban areas was RMB336.16 billion,
up by 37.8 percent, and that in rural areas was RMB83.19 billion, up by 7.1
percent.
The adjustment of investment structure was optimized. The investment in the
primary industry and the secondary industry quickened. The investment in the primary industry
was RMB6.01 billion, up by 34 percent, 2.3 percentage points faster than that
of the previous year; the investment in the secondary industry was RMB196.08
billion, up by 50.5 percent, 4 percentage points faster than that of the
previous year, of this total, that of industry and manufacturing industry were
RMB161.12 billion and RMB117.51 billion respectively, up by 51.5 percent and 42.4
percent. The investment in the tertiary industry increased by 26.7 percent. Of
this total, the investments in services for residents and other services,
wholesale and retail trades, lodging and the catering, communications
and transportation, storage and post sectors, scientific research, technical services
and geological & environment conservancy increased over 40 percent. In the
investment in fixed assets in urban areas, funds raised by enterprises were
RMB232.85 billion, up by 42.8 percent; utilized foreign investments were RMB7.63 billion,
up by 31.5 percent.
Major construction projects had been seen significant development.
1,011 projects each with an investment exceeding RMB100 million were
under construction, an increase of 220. A total of investment was RMB156.56 billion,
an increase of 48.3 percent compared with that of the previous year.
Especially the No. 1 Project of Hebei, Caofeidian demonstration zone of chain economy, was
greatly boosted, and the completed investment was RMB4.31 billion. With the
expressway construction program speeding up, five expressways or sections in
Hebei including Qingdao-Yinchuan expressway and so on were completed and
opened to traffic. The first phase of central route of the south-to-north water diversion
project in Hebei went well according to the schedule. Other key projects
progressed smoothly, such as the Tangshan Caofeidian sea-filling project for land
reclamation, the 1.3 million tons of steel cold rolling project
made by Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co, relocation project of the Capital Iron
and Steel Group, construction project of the 5th stage coal dock of the Qinhuangdao Port,
the projects of the first, second and third stages of motor
production base Great Wall Motor Company Limited, Huawei Technical project of North
China (Langfang) Technology Company Limited, two-million-ton coal chemical
project of Xuyang China National Coal Group Corp. and new campus construction
project of Hebei University of Science and
Technology.
V. Domestic
Trade
Consumer goods markets in Hebei presented a prosperous scene. In 2005, the total
retail sales of consumer goods reached RMB295.29 billion, up by 14.6 percent over that
of the previous year. The retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas
reached RMB138.25 billion, up by 14.6 percent, and the retail sales of consumer goods in
rural areas was RMB157.04 billion, up by 14.7 percent. In terms of different
sectors, the retail sales of the wholesale and retail industry reached RMB254.13
billion, up by 14.1 percent, and the sales of the lodging and the catering industry
was RMB34.96 billion, up by 19 percent.
Of
the total retail sales completed by wholesale and retail trading
enterprises above designated size, the sales of telecommunication equipments increased by
230 percent as compared with the previous year; that of the building and decoration
materials increased by 220 percent; that of motor vehicles was up by 80 percent;
that of petroleum and related products was up by 51.8 percent; that of E-journal
and video appliances was up by 31.1 percent.
Rapid development of commodity markets. All sorts of commodity
markets in Hebei reached 4,107 by the end of 2005. Of this total, there
were 240 commodity markets with annual trade volume over RMB100 million. The
trade volume of these markets totaled RMB232.29 billion, up by 10 percent over that
of the previous year.
VI. Foreign
Economic Relations
The export scale made remarkable breakthroughs in 2005. Total value of
import and export in 2005 reached US$16.07 billion, up by 18.8 percent over that of
the previous year. Of this total, the value of import was US$5.14 billion, up by
22.9 percent, and the value of export was US$10.93 billion, up by 17 percent.
Structure of export commodities had been further optimized. The value of
industrial products reached US$8.99 billion, up by 20.1 percent, accounting for 82.3 percent of
the total export volume, 2.2 percentage points higher than that of the previous
year; the mechanical and electrical products and hi-tech products were up by
41.3 percent and 70.1 percent respectively. The Multi-Market strategy was
promoted. The trading values of Hebei and its major trade partners grew in different
degrees.
Utilizing
foreign funds was expanded rapidly. The foreign capital actually utilized in Hebei went
up to US$2.28 billion in 2005, up by 15.2 percent over that of the previous
year. Of this total, the foreign direct investment reached US$1.91 billion, up
by 17.8 percent. Projects involving large amounts of investment became major
forces in drawing foreign capital. Foreign investment utilized through
projects involving total investment above US$5 million each increased by 23.5 percent,
accounting for 83.8 percent of the total direct investment. In 2005, 577 contract
projects were newly approved. The contracted foreign capital stood at US$2.53 billion,
up by 17.9 percent.
In 2005, Hebei made great
progress in domestic opening up. A total of 4,802 technologies were introduced into
Hebei from other provinces, up by 0.5 percent. Totally RMB54.37 billion capital was
introduced, up by 29.4 percent. A total of 45,000 professional personnel were
introduced, up by 8.7 percent.
The development
of Hebei’s foreign economic and technological cooperation had maintained a
good momentum. In 2005, 152 newly signed contracts on foreign economic
and technological cooperation involved a total value of US$1.11 billion, an
increase of 110 percent, with a completed turnover of US$570 million, up by 120 percent.
The number of people for overseas assignments totaled 8,571, up by 3
percent.
VII. Transportation, Post,
Telecommunications and Tourism
With further progress made in transportation, post and
telecommunications sectors, an added value of RMB85.77 billion was reached in
these fields in 2005, up by 18.1 percent over the previous
year.
Communications and transportation kept a momentum
of rapid development in 2005. The freight turnover by all means of transportation
reached 475.06 billion ton-kilometers, up by 29.3 percent over the
previous year; the passenger flow by all means of transportation reached 98.98
billion person-kilometers, up by 4.7 percent over the previous year. The
volume of freight handled by ports totaled 273.41 million tons, up by 23.6 percent
over the previous year. The total mileage of road open to traffic in Hebei
Province reached 75,894 kilometers. Of this total, expressway reached 2,135
kilometers, with newly-built expressway of 429.6 kilometers. Village road in
the whole province reached 65,686 kilometers.
The past year saw relatively fast development in postal
and telecommunication sectors. The business transactions of postal and
telecommunication services totaled RMB52.98 billion (at 2000 constant prices), up by 21.6 percent
over the previous year. Of this total, postal services accounted for RMB2.51 billion, up
by 12.3 percent; telecommunication services RMB50.47 billion, up by 22.1 percent.
By the end of 2005, the total capacity of office exchanges reached 21.73
million gates, with 1.05 million newly installed exchanges. The total number
of telephone subscribers reached 16.27 million at the end of 2005, with 492,000
new telephone subscribers. This included 9.47 million urban subscribers and
6.80 million rural subscribers, up by 410,000 subscribers and 82,000
subscribers respectively. Mobile phone users numbered 19.66 million by the end of 2005,
with 4.53 million new subscribers. In total, the number of telephone and mobile
phone users reached 35.93 million, an increase of 5.02 million compared with that
of 2004. On the average, there were 52.8 telephones or mobile phones per 100
persons in Hebei.
With rapid growth of tourism in
2005, a total of 626,000 international visitors came to Hebei for sight-seeing,
business or family reunion purposes, an increase of 12.9 percent. Foreign
exchange earnings from international tourism topped US$210 million, up by 10.4 percent.
Hebei received a total of 80.68 million domestic visitors in 2005, up by 11.6
percent, with a revenue of RMB40.67 billion, up by 21.5 percent. Total tourism
revenue was RMB42.41 billion, a year-on-year rise of 21.2
percent.
VIII. Finance, Banking and
Insurance
The provincial revenue and expenditure increased relatively. In 2005, the
total provincial revenues rose above the level of RMB100 billion and amounted to RMB103.52
billion, an increase of 33 percent over that of 2004. Of this total, the
general local budget revenue reached RMB51.57 billion, increased by 26.5 percent; the
total of financial expenditure was RMB96.22 billion, increased by 22.5 percent.
Stable growth
of the provincial finance, the remaining sum of savings deposit in all
items in financial institutions totaled RMB1.08 trillion at the end of 2005, RMB139.5 billion more than
that of the previous year. Loans in all items in financial
institutions reached RMB641.52 billion, RMB68.24 billion more than that of the previous year. The
net cash delivered into circulation recorded RMb45.61
billion.
Steady progress was made in insurance industry. The premium of insurance companies
totaled RMB21.73 billion, up by 5.8 percent over the previous year. Of
this total, property insurance premium earnings was RMB5.36 billion; life insurance
premium earnings amounted to RMB14.73 billion; health and casualty insurance premium
earnings reached RMB1.64 billion, up by 7.6 percent, 4.1 percent and
16.8 percent respectively. Insurance companies paid an indemnity worth of RMB4.04 billion,
of which, property insurance indemnity was RMB2.59 billion, up by 11.5 percent over
the previous year; life insurance indemnity was RMB820 million, down by 5.9 percent
over the previous year; health and casualty insurance indemnity was RMB630 million,
up by 31 percent over the previous year.
IX. Education, Science and
Technology
Process of education at all
levels and types had been accelerated. In 2005, Hebei had an enrollment of
15,786 postgraduate students, including 6,600 new entrants, up by 5.7 percent
and 1.7 percent respectively. By the end of 2005, the number of colleges and
universities in Hebei had reached 86. The enrollment of regular undergraduates
was 774,000, including 250,000 new entrants, up by 11 percent and 4.9 percent
respectively. Specialized secondary schools had an enrollment of 419,000
students and vocational secondary schools had an enrollment of 404,000 students.
Regular middle schools had an enrollment of 5.09 million students. Students
enrolled in regular primary schools totaled 5 million ones. Enrollment ratio of
school-age children reached 99.7 percent. The Nine-Year Compulsory Education had
covered 93.8 percent of the relevant age group in Hebei, 3.1 percentage points
higher than that of the previous year. Kindergartens accommodated 1.2 million
children.
New progress made
in science field. The science and technology input increased in 2005.
Total science and technology expenditure reached RMB9.78 billion, up by 13.7 percent
over the previous year. Of this total, expenditure on research and development
activities (R & D) was RMB5 billion, up by 14.2 percent over that of 2004,
accounting for 4.9 percent of the provincial GDP. The number of scientific and
technical staff in all fields stood at 125,000 at the end of 2005, up by 1.1
percent, including 85,000 scientists and engineers, up by 1.3 percent.
Scientific innovation capability was enhanced continuously. 182 provincial and
national level enterprise technical centers, engineering (and technological)
research centers, key laboratories and China experiment bases were
established. Meanwhile, 93 key innovative hi-tech projects and 84 hi-tech
industrialization projects were organized and completed, including 34 state special projects
and demonstration projects in process and 19 new state special projects
and demonstration projects. A total of 1,750 scientific research outcomes at
and above provincial or ministerial level were achieved. Some 6,401
patent applications were accepted; some 3,585 patent applications for new
inventions were accepted, up by 13.4 percent and 5.2 percent respectively. A total of
3,338 technology transfer contracts were signed, representing RMB1.04 billion in
value, up by 27.3 percent and 42.8 percent respectively.
Comprehensive ability of technical service further
strengthened. By the end of 2005, there were 3 institutions for certification of
product quality and systems, which accumulatively certified products in 1,100
enterprises. A total of 150 authorized measurement institutions enforced
compulsory inspection on 1.75 million measurement instruments. Hebei had 11
radar monitor observatories and 8 satellite cloud map receiving stations. There
were 28 seismological monitor stations and 3 seismological remote monitor
network stations. 15 maps were checked by mapping departments in 2005. Hebei had
12 monitoring and warning stations for the geo-environments, which successfully
forecasted 6 geological disasters in 2005.
X. Culture, Public Health and
Sports
Hebei’s cultural undertaking sped
up. By the end of 2005, in Hebei there were 126 art-performing groups, 174 culture
centers, 153 public libraries, 46 museums and 204 archives. In addition, Hebei
had 12 radio broadcasting stations, 30 medium and short wave radio transmitting
and relay stations, 12 TV stations and 44 TV transmitting and relay stations
(each with a capacity over 1,000 watt). The subscribers to cable television
programs numbered 4.7 million. And the project of “extending radio broadcasting
and TV coverage to every village” was launched in 2005. Radio
broadcasting and television broadcasting coverage rates were 98.6 percent. Hebei
produced 18 TV dramas in 2005. A total of 940 million copies of newspapers above
provincial level, 43.33 million copies of magazines and 190 million copies of
books were published.
The public health field was strengthened. As a three level
(province, city and county) disease prevention and control net was actively
promoted, 142 disease control and prevention projects and 106 medical aid
projects were basically completed. By the end of 2005, there were 3,284 health
institutions in Hebei with 162,000 hospital beds, including 2,783 general hospitals and
health centers with 154,000 hospital beds; there were 191,000 health workers
in Hebei, including 84,000 doctors and 50,000 chief nurses and nurses. Hebei
registered 200 epidemic disease prevention and control institutions, employing 10,000 health
workers, and 184 maternity and child hygiene institutions, employing 10,000
health workers. There were 1,966 village and township health care
centers, possessing 36,000 medical beds and employing 38,000 health care workers.
In Hebei, the number of villages with medical stations accounted for
93 percent of the total number of villages and there were 67,000 rural
doctors and health workers.
Hebei’s sports undertaking
was vigorous. The provincial fit-keeping activities were fully promoted. New
achievements were made in competitive sports. In 2005, athletes of Hebei won 56
gold medals, 39 silver medals and 42 bronze medals in domestic and world
contests.
XI. Population, Living
Conditions and Social Security
Birth rate stabilized at a low level. By the end
of 2005, Hebei’s population reached 68.51 million. The year 2005 saw 877,000 births,
with a birth rate of 12.84 per thousand, and 461,000 deaths, a death rate of
6.75 per thousand. The net growth of population in 2005 was 420,000,
representing a natural growth rate of 6.1 per thousand, up by 0.3 permillage
point.
The
living standard of the people improved further. The incomes of urban and rural
residents maintained a faster increase. The per capita annual disposable income of urban
residents rose above the level of RMB9, 000 and reached RMB9,107.1 in 2005, an increase
of 14.5 percent. The per capita annual net income of rural residents was
RMB3,481.6, an increase of 9.8 percent. While the incomes of the residents rose
further, the consumption maintained a synchronous growth. The per
capita consumption expenditure for Hebei’s urban residents was RMB6,699.7, up by 15.1
percent; that for rural residents was RMB2,165.7, up by 18 percent. The Engel
coefficients (which refer to the proportion of expenditure on food to the total
expenditure of households) were 34.6 percent for urban residents, the same as
that of the previous year, and 41 percent for rural residents, down by 1.5
percentage points. Per capita floor space of urban residents reached 21.5 square meters,
up by 11.4 percent; that of rural residents reached 28.4 square meters, up by
8.7 percent.
Social security level
saw improvement. By the end of 2005, 5.62 million people participated in
basic medical insurance programs, an increase of 896,000. Of the total, 4.23
million were staff and workers, and 1.4 million were retirees. About 4.61
million people participated in unemployment insurance programs, a decrease of 178,000.
A total of 7.08 million urban people participated in basic endowment insurance.
Of this total, 5.24 million were staff and workers, and 1.84 million were
retirees. All of the enterprise retirees who participated in basic endowment
insurance programs received their pensions. Some 1.16 million people received the
government minimum living allowance, including 348,000 rural residents.
Stable development had been
achieved in social welfare project. By the end of 2005, social welfare
institutions of various types had had 67,000 beds and adopted 42,000 inmates of various
kinds. There were 6,602 community service facilities in urban areas,
including 231 comprehensive community service centers. In 2005, some RMB620 million
of social welfare funds were raised, of which about RMB30 million were directly
received from the social donations.
XII.
Resources and Environment
Hebei’s cultivated land decreased further in 2005. The total cultivated land was
6.396 million hectares, 45,000 hectares less as compared with the previous year.
Of this total, some 5.989 million hectares of cultivated land were farmland, an
decrease of 18,000 hectares; 7,022 hectares of cultivated land were used for
construction purpose, an increase of 241 hectares; 45,422 hectares of farmland
were converted into land for ecological preservation, an increase of 942
hectares.
2005 saw enhanced efforts for environment protection.
In 2005, a total of 302,000 hectares of forest were planted, and the forest
coverage rate was 23.25 percent. Pollution prevention and control in key river
valleys made new achievements in 2005; in the meantime other
environment-friendly projects achieved steady development, such as the sndstorm source control
project around Beijing and Tianjin and the conversion of cultivated land into
forests project, etc.
Notes:
1.Some of the data of 2005 in this
Communiqué is quoted from a preliminary statistical
bulletin.
2.The provincial GDP, per capita GDP and absolute
added values of each industrial sector in the Communiqué are calculated at
current prices, whereas growth rates are calculated at comparable
prices.
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