¡¡¡¡In 2005, under the correct leadership of Tianjin municipal Party committee of the Communist Party of China and Tianjin Municipal Government, the people of Tianjin followed the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important principle of the "Three Represents", implemented the view of scientific development and macroeconomic control measures in an all-round way. Great efforts were made to carry out structural adjustment, technologic innovation, opening up to the outside world, changing the form of economic growth, quickening to implement the "three-step" development strategy and five strategic measures. The economic growth kept steady and rapid, social undertakings progressed in a comprehensive way, the peoples¡¯ living standard continued to improve. The targets defined in the Tenth-Five-Year Plan were fulfilled successfully.ª¤ª¥

¢ñ. Economic Developmentª¥

Economic Aggregateª¥

¡¡¡¡The gross domestic product(GDP) of Tianjin was 366.386 billion yuan, up by 14.5%over the previous year at comparable prices. The per capita GDP in Tianjin was 35,457 yuan(4,328 USD), up 12.8%. The energy sources were used more efficiently than before. In 2005, for an output of 10,000 yuan, the comprehensive energy consumption is 1.28 tons of standard coal, 0.36 ton less than in 2000.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The year 2005 witnessed a balances development of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in Tianjin. The added value of primary industry was 10.942 billion yuan, up by 4.3% over the previous year. The secondary industry accomplished added value 205.034 billion yuan, up by 17.5% over last year. The tertiary industry accomplished added value 150.41 billion yuan, up by 11.4%. To the economic growth in Tianjin, the three industries contributed 1.0%, 66.5% and 32.5% respectively. The ratio between the three industries changed from 4.3: 50.8: 44.9 in 2000 to 3:56:41 in 2005.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan Period, the GDP of Tianjin grew 13.9% each year on an average basis, 3.9 percentage points higher than the goal of the 10th Five-Year Plan, and 2.6 percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate during the 9th Five-Year Plan. Of which, the three industries grew 5.7%, 16.5% and 11.6% respectively each year on an average basis.ª¥

¡¡¡¡Financial revenue stepped onto a new stage. In 2005, the financial revenue exceeded 70 billion yuan and reached 72.552 billion yuan, calculated on comparable basis, the revenue is 26.8% more than in the previous year. The revenue within the general budget is 33.174 billion yuan, up 28.2%. The revenue from major taxes has also increased rapidly, the value-added tax has increased by 21.8%; business income tax, 27.8%; business tax, 23.0%; individual income tax, 17.8%. The financial expenditure in the year was 52.028 billion yuan, an increase of 20.6% over the previous year. Of the total, the expenditure on fundamental construction was 7.323 billion yuan, up 5.5%; the expenditure on enterprise improvement and upgrading was 2.912 billion yuan, up 7.1%; the expenditure on agriculture was 1.285 billion yuan, up 17.6%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, financial revenue grew 24.3% each year on an average basis, 8.4 percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate during the 9th Five-Year Plan. Financial revenue accumulated to 236 billion yuan, 2.5 times that in the 9th Five-Year Plan. Financial revenue accounted for 19.8% of Tianjin¡¯s GDP, 5.4 percentage points higher than that in 2000.ª¤ª¥

Labor and Employmentª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the number of people employed in new job posts was 262,100, an increase of 47,600 people over the previous year, up 22.2%. Proactive reemployment policies were adopted and a wide variety of new job posts were offered in such fields as public place cleaning, labor security assistant management, traffic assistant management, and property management in old building blocks. A total of 142,200 laid-off workers were reemployed in the year 2005. At the end of the year 2005, the total number of employees in Tianjin was5.38 million, an increase of 511,000 people over 2000. Of which, the number of employees in the secondary industry was 2.26 million, an increase of 38,000 people over 2000; the number of employees in the tertiary industry was 2.292 million, an increase of 457,000 people over 2000. In the human resources and labor market, 3,318,300 people were interviewed for jobs, and 901.900 people reached preliminary agreement with their potential employers.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the newly employed outnumbered the newly laid-off. A total of 572.000 laid-off workers were reemployed. The registered unemployment rate in the urban area dropped to 3.7% from 3.91% in 2002.ª¤ª¥

Price

¡¡¡¡The urban residents¡¯ consumption price index is 101.5, its rise being 0.8 percentage point lower that in the previous year. The price of food products rose by 3.4%, 6.5 percentage points lower that in the previous year. The price residence products rose by 6.7%,3.1 percentage points higher than that in the previons year. The price of recreation, education and cultural products remained at the same level as in the last year. The price levels of the other five categories of products have dropped by different degrees. The retail price index of commodities in the urban area is 99.9, being decrease from increase in the previous year. In 2005, the ex-factory price index of industrial products was 100.1, the rise being 4 percentage points lower than in the previous year. Of which, the ex-factory price of productive materials rose by 1.0%, the ex-factory price of living materials dropped by 2.7%. The purchasing price index of raw materials, fuels and motive power was 104.9, the rise being 10.5 percentage points lower than in the previous year. The sales price of housing rose by 6.0%, the rise being 7.5 percentage points lower than in the previous year. The price of commercial residences rose by 6.3%, the rise being 5.4 percentage points lower than in the previous year.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the tenth five-year plan period, the price level of Tianjin remained stable. The urban residents¡¯ consumption price accumulatively rose 5.7%, rose 1.1% each year on an average basis, 0.9 percentage points lower than the average growth rate during the 9th Five-Year Plan. The retail price of commodities dropped 1.2% each year on an average basis. The ex-factory price of industrial products dropped0.4% each year on an average basis.ª¤ª¥

Investment In Fixed Assets

¡¡¡¡In2005, the total fixed asset investment in Tianjin was 151.684 billion yuan, 20.5% more than in the previous year. Of the total, the fixed asset investment in the urban area was 138.556 billion yuan, up 22.4%. Of the total fixed asset investment in the urban area, 54.316 billion yuan went to the secondary industry, up 25.2%, accounting for 39.2% of the total investment in the urban area. Of which, 35.03 billion yuan went to manufacturing, up 39.3%. 83.735 billion yuan went to the tertiary industry, up 20.4%, accounting for 60.4% of the total investment in the urban area. Of which, investment of transportation and storage, post services was 16.784 billion, up 87.8%, investment of real estate was 33.947 billion yuan, up 23.2%. The major sectors that contribute to the growth of investment include: manufacturing, transportation and storage, post services, real estate industry, the total investment of the three industries was 85.761 billion yuan, up 39.1%, accounting for 61.9% of the total investment. To the growth of investment in Tianjin, the three industries contributed 95.1%. Construction of key projects ran smoothly. In 2005, a total of 38.702 billion yuan were invested in 58 key engineering projects in Tianjin, of which, energy and transport projects invested 12.837 billion yuan, high science & technology projects invested 2.012 billion yuan. The investment from private, individual was 51.142 billion yuan, up 32.4%, accounting for 33.7% of the total investment, 3 percentage points higher than the previous year. Foreign funded and Hangkong, Macao, Taiwan investment was15.002 billion yuan, down by 19%, accounting for 9.9% of the total investment.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the completed investment in fixed assets of Tianjin accumulated to 533.89 billion yuan, 1 time as much as that in the 9th Five-Year Plan. During these five years, the investment grew 19.4% each year on an average basis, an increase of 8.8 percentage points over the 9th Five-Year Plan.ª¤ª¥

Agriculture

¡¡¡¡The total agricultural output value in 2005 is 23.834 billion yuan, up 4.8% over the previous year. The crop cultivation yielded 9.749 billion yuan, 0.2% more than in the last year; livestock husbandry yielded 10.271 billion yuan, a rise of 7.5%; the fishing industry yielded 3.625 billion yuan, up 10.6%; forestry industry increased 13.6% to 189 million yuan. Livestock husbandry accounted for 58.3% of the total output value in agriculture, 2.1 percentage points higher than in the last year.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The output of major agricultural and sideline products have increased. In 2005, the sown area of grain was 4,314,900 mu, the total output of grains is 1,375,000 tons, an increase of 122,300 tons over the previous year. The output of cotton is 83,500 tons, 36,800 tons less than in the previous year. The output of meat is 577,800 tons, up 7.5%; the output of milk is 634,100 tons, up 16.9%; the output of aquatic products is 338,100 tons, up 9.1%; the output of vegetable is 5,427,400 tons, a drop of 7.3%; the output of eggs is 234,700 tons, a drop of 3.7%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡Agricultural farms and agricultural facilities have been improved greatly. Several high-level plantations and breeding farms have been established, with Jinnan National Paradigmatic Farm of Modern Agriculture and Ninghe National Original-Breed Pig Farm as outstanding examples. Major animals and poultry and aquatic products are mainly produced on centralized farms. At the end of 2005, there were 130 leading enterprises with assets over 10 million yuan, including 10 national leading enterprises. 70% of the rural families have been involved in the system of agricultural industrialization, 37 percentage points higher than that in2000. Water-saving irrigating area was 2.95 million mu, up 46.8% over 2000. Machinery power per 100 mu was 98.4 kw, up 20.7% over 2000.ª¥

¡¡¡¡New progress has been made in the development of agricultural science and technology. During the tenth five-year plan period, 466 items of scientific and technological achievements were made in agriculture in Tianjin. 137 items of the achievements have won scientific and technological awards at the municipal or state level. In such fields as cucumber breeding, rice hybridization and breeding, agricultural products preserving, wine processing, and animal embryo cloning, Tianjin enjoys a leading position in China.ª¤ª¥

Industry

¡¡¡¡In 2005, Tianjin industry realized an added value of 188.48 billion yuan, a rise of 17.9% over the previous year. The industrial enterprises above the designated size accomplished added value 178.302 billion yuan, up 20.4%. The output value of the industrial enterprises above the designated size is 677.41 billion yuan, a growth of 20.8%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The advantageous industries play a significant role in pushing forward the development of economy. In 2005, six advantageous industries in Tianjin (electronic information, automobile, petrochemical industry, metallurgy, biotechnology and modern medicine, new energy sources and environment protection) accomplished a total industrial output of 485.135 billion yuan, accounting for 71.6% of the total in Tianjin, their contribution rate to industrial growth in Tianjin is 78.6%. In 2005, the new and high-tech industries accomplished an output value of 214.137 billion yuan, a growth of 16.4% over the previous year, accounting for 31.6% of the total output value of industries above the designated size, of which, the electronic information products manufacturing industry accomplished an output value of 168.237 billion yuan, up 17.3%, accounting for 24.8% of the total output value of industries.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The production and marketing situation were adapted to each other better, exports of industrial products increased quickly. The sales output value was 681.656 billion yuan, up 21.4%. The sales rate of industrial products in Tianjin was 100.6%.The value of exports of industrial products was 175.922 billion yuan, up 24.3%, accounting for 25.8% of the total sales output value.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The output of major industrial products increased quickly. In 2005, the output of crude oil was 17.8288 million tons, up 23.6%. The output of natural gas was 0.879 billion cu.m, up 5.8%. Electric power generation was 36.569 billion kwh, up 8.7%. The output of pig iron was 6.6024 million tons, up 33.8%. The output of steel was 16.6404 million tons, up 22.2%. The output of seamless steel pipe was 1.7459 million tons, up 10.6%. The output of cement was 5.1915 million tons, up 4.2%. The output of mobile phone was 63.1982 million, up 28.4%. The output of cars was 0.3256 million sets, up 48.1%. The output of cloth was 0.258 billion meters, up 7.0%. The output of garments was 178.1594 million pieces, up 13.0%. The output of vegetable oil was0.5157 million tons, up 22.3%. The output of microwave oven was 14.3115 million sets, up 5.1%. The output of traditional Chinese medicine was 61.5064 million tons, up 24.2%. The output of semiconductor integrated circuit was518.419 million pcs, up 10.8%. The output of dry battery was 370.34 million, up 26.8%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The industrial economic benefit maintained its momentum of growth by leaps and bounds. In 2005, the independent industrial enterprises above the designated size in Tianjin earned an revenue of 686.524 billion yuan from their major business, up 22.9% over the previous year. Their profit payments and tax turnover were 76.075 billion yuan, up 27.2%. The profit has grown in pace with tax payment, yielding a profit of 52.018 billion yuan, up 27.2%, and a tax payment of 24.057 billion yuan, up 27.1%. Overall economic benefit index of industrial enterprises above designated size in Tianjin was 214.85, an increase of 20.5 percentage points over the previous year. Of which, the total asset contribution factor is 14.34%, 1.0 percentage points higher; the rate of profit based on the cost of production and expenses is 8.26%, 0.3 percentage point higher.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the gross output value of industrial sector of Tianjin grew 21.5% each year on an average basis, up by 6.3 percentage points over the 9th Five-Year Plan Period. The gross output value of industrial enterprises above designated size grew 23.7% each year on an average basis, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size grew 19.6% each year on an average basis, 1.4 times than that in 2000.ª¤ª¥

Construction

¡¡¡¡The added value of construction was 16.554 billion yuan, up 13.5%, the output value of Tianjin totaled 72.526 billion yuan, up by 14.9%. Construction area of houses was 37.7028 million square meters, up 9.7%; area of houses completed was 13.1795 million square meters. There were1,180 construction enterprises. The profit of these enterprises was 1.463 billion yuan, up 27.7%, the tax was 2.158 billion yuan, up 17.3%. ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the added value of the construction sector in Tianjin grew 10.7% each year on an average basis, an increase of 4.2 percentage points over the 9th Five-Year Plan. The quality of construction projects improved stably. There were 28 projects awarded national grade awards, 280 projects awarded municipal grade awards.ª¤ª¥
Transportation, Posts & Telecommunications and Storage

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the transportation, posts & telecommunications and storage accomplished an added value of 30.838 billion yuan, up 7.8%.Cargo transport continued to develop. In 2005, total volume of cargo transport was 397.487 million tons, up by4.8% over the previous year. Of this total, the cargo transportation by highways was 198.5 million tons, up 1.0%, by railways, 67.9395 million tons, up 11.2%; by water transport, 123.6777 million tons, up 7.7%. Share of transportation volume by three means of highway, waterway and railway was 49.9%, 31.1% and 17.1% respectively. The cargoes loaded and unloaded at Tianjin Port weighed 240.688 million tons, up 16.7% over previous year. Of which, the import transportation volume was 93.693 million tons, up 26.6%, the export transportation volume was 146.995 million tons, up 11.2%. The transportation volume of containers was 4.801 million international standard containers, up 25.8%. The freight turnover was 80,200 tons, up 13.0%. ª¥

¡¡¡¡Passenger transportation grew rapidly. In 2005, the volume of passenger transportation was 46.8729 million, up by 14.2%. Of the total, passenger carried by railways were 15.5843 million persons, up by 4.6%; by highways, 29.61 million persons, up by 20.5%. Annual passenger turnover was 2.1365 million persons, up 25.3%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡At the end of 2005, there were 1.126 million automobiles, of which, 0.503 million were cars. There were 0.815 million private automobiles, of which, 0.374 million were cars.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The capacity of transportation increased. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, there were 21 newly constructed berths, 15 berths with 50,000 tons class. The accumulative newly capacity was 93.62 million tons. 44 lines have been opened for container ships. Tianjin newly opened 3 inland ports. Tianjin Port has established business relationships with more than 300 ports in 160 countries and areas in the world. The number of airlines was 65, and connected with 54 cities.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The business in post and telecommunication industry has developed rapidly. In 2005, the total business of post and telecommunication industry was 17.8 billion yuan, a growth of 21.1% over the previous year. Of the total, the telecommunication business was 16.6 billion yuan, up 20.3%, the post business was 1.2 billion yuan , up 33.3%. At the end of the year, the long-distance optic cable reached a length of 3,376 km; the total exchange capacity was 4.33 million telephones and the number of fixed telephone users hit 4.39 million. Local calls numbered 10.3 billion times, long-distance calls numbered 0.95 billion times, of which, international and Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan calls numbered 0.022 billion times, up 37.5%. The number of mobile phone users was 5.03 million, including 2 million new users. A total of 4.5 billion messages were sent through mobile phones, a growth of 55.2%. Throughout the year, 87.54 million mailing matters were posted, including 3.32 million EMS matters, up 13.3%. 54 new post offices were established, increasing the total number of post offices to 454.ª¤ª¥

Domestic Commerceª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the wholesale, retail trade and catering services accomplished an added value of 48.863 billion yuan, up 13.5% over the previous year. The commerce and trade enterprises above the designated size in Tianjin purchased goods worth 362.05 billion yuan. The total sales volume of all commerce and trade enterprises and individual business entities reached 482.022 billion yuan. ª¥

¡¡¡¡The retail market was also vibrant with purchase and sale. In 2005, the total retail volume of consumer goods was 119.006 billion yuan, a rise of 13.9% over the previous year. The consumption interest seems to be more and more diversified. The retail volume of automobiles grow by 1.2 times; the retail volume has grown by more than 40% for petroleum and its products, electronic publications and audio-visual products, and furniture. The retail volume of catering business increased by 20.9% to 15.949 billion yuan. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the total retails sales of consumer goods accumulated to 493.117 billion, grew 13.5% each year on an average basis.ª¥

¡¡¡¡Rapid progress has also been made in the construction of wholesale markets. By the end of 2005, there were 57 large-scale wholesale markets with a transaction volume of over 100 million yuan each. Exhibition and fair-based economy has also thrived. Tianjin Business Negotiation Fair, Beer Festival, PECC Exposition, and Mobile Phone Equipment Fair have become well-known business events in Tianjin. ª¥

¡¡¡¡Rapid progress has been made in the construction of business facilities in Tianjin. Many large commercial establishments have been completed and opened to the public, such as Friendship - New Horizon Plaza. The commercial establishments completed during the tenth five-year plan period cover an area of 4.31 million square meters. And 123 more large commercial establishments covering more than 5000 square meters were also built. Obvious effects have been achieved after the construction of such commercial establishments as vegetable markets and community business centers.ª¤ª¥
Finance and Insurance Industries

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the added value of finance and insurance industries was 16.064 billion yuan, up 15.7% over the previous year. Huaxia Bank and China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. established offices in Tianjin. Bohai Property Insurance Corporation started business. Tianjin Rural Cooperation Bank established. China Bohai Bank, which central department locates in Tianjin, started business, becoming the first national share-holding bank approved after the year of 1996. By the end of 2005, there were 2,926 banking institutions in Tianjin, with a staff of 46,200 people.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The deposit and loan continued to increase. At the end of 2005, the total amount of home and foreign currency deposited in Chinese and foreign financial institutions in Tianjin was worth 609.05 billion yuan, an increase of 90.735 billion yuan compared to the beginning of the year, 12.803 billion yuan more than the increase in the same period of the previous year. Of this total, savings of enterprises reached 244.899 billion yuan, up by19.0%; the savings by residents reached 258.44 billion yuan, up by 14.3%. The balance of loans in home and foreign currency reached 472.238 billion yuan, an increase of 64.894 billion yuan compared to the beginning of the year, 15.447 billion yuan more than the increase in the same period of the previous year. Of this total, short-term loans reached 207.795 billion yuan, up 11.1%; medium-term & long-term loans reached 225.523 billion yuan, up 21.9%. Housing loans reached 37.52 billion yuan, up 22.6%, automobiles consume loans reached 1.456 billion yuan, down by 33.8%. By the end of 2005, there were 1,548 banking institutions in Tianjin.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The securities business has developed steadily in general. At the end of 2005, there were 24 kinds of listed stocks in domestic stock market in Tianjin. The business volume of securities was 109.75 billion yuan. Of this total, the transaction volume of stocks was 101.853 billion yuan, that of treasure bonds, 4.467 billion yuan, that of funds, 3.43 billion yuan. In the futures market, 2,588,600 transactions were made, with a business volume of 120.147 billion yuan. By the end of 2005, there were 75 securities business departments, 12 futures departments, 2 securities investment consultation companies. Account-opening by investors in stock market reached 1,013,000 households. Over the year, the total volume of foreign exchange swap was 2.13 billion USD, up 34.1%. Of this total, foreign exchange swap to Tianjin was 1.246 billion USD, up 60.2%, foreign exchange swap from Tianjin was 0.883 billion USD, up 9.0%. ª¥

¡¡¡¡The insurance market has become more and more diversified, and the business volume has increased again. In 2005, the insurance premium brought an income of 9.064 billion yuan, a rise of 11.8% over the previous year. Of this total, the premium income from property insurance was 2.178 billion yuan, the personal insurance income was 6.886 billion yuan. The total expenditure on insurance payment was 1.746 billion yuan, the payment for property insurance was 1.074 billion yuan, the payment for personal insurance was 0.672 billion yuan. By the end of 2005, there were 427 insurance institutions in Tianjin.ª¤ª¥

Real Estate

¡¡¡¡The added value in the real estate industry was 11.604 billion yuan, up 6.7%; the investment in this industry was 32.754 billion yuan, up 24.1%, including the investment in residential houses 23.493 billion yuan, up 34.1%, and investment in houses for business operations 4.175 billion yuan, up 47.8%. As a result of the regulation and control of the national macro policies, the investment and development of real estate have maintained a momentum of steady, orderly development in 2005. The commercial housing under development covers an area of 34,705,700 square meters, up 21.1%, including constructed residential houses 28,278,700 square meters, up 20.2%. The commercial housing that has been completed covers 14,792,200 square meters, up 33.5%, including completed residential houses 12,709,600 square meters, up 25.3%. The floor space of completed commercial houses sold in the year was 9,380,200 square meters, up 10.7%; the sales revenue was 36.756 billion yuan, up 39.3%. In the year, the amount of stock housing transactions was 8,549,000 square meters, including 7,991,000 square meters for private housings, 558,000 square meters for public housings. The transaction volume of the stock housing was 21.23 billion yuan, including 19.53 billion yuan for private housing purchase and 1.7 billion yuan for public housing purchase or exchanges.ª¤ª¤

II Reform and Opening up to the Outside Worldª¤ª¥

Ownership Structure

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the public-owned economy completed added value 175.865 billion yuan, accounting for 48 percent of the GDP in Tianjin; the non-public-owned economy completed added value 190.521 billion yuan, accounting for 52 percent of the GDP in Tianjin, 2 percentage points higher than in 2004. ª¥

¡¡¡¡The ownership structures of the industries are quite diversified. In 2005, of the total output value of industrial enterprises above the designated size in Tianjin, the enterprises with investment from abroad or Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan accomplished an output value of 329.804 billion yuan, up 19.0%, accounting for 48.7% of the total output value; the stock ownership enterprises accomplished an output value of 252.572 billion yuan, up 26.8%, accounting for 37.3% of the total; the private enterprises accomplished 65.367 billion yuan, up 22.7%, accounting for 9.6% of the total. In Tianjin, the state-owned industrial enterprises and state-owned holding industrial enterprises above the designated size accomplished an output value of 256.726 billion yuan, an increase of 27.0% over the previous year.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The private and individual economy has undergone continuous development.The private and individual economy realized incremental value 88.665 billion yuan, up 18.8%, accounting for 24.2% of the total output value in Tianjin. At the end of 2005, the registered capital in private and individual economy was 162.033 billion yuan, 34.905 billion yuan higher than at the beginning of the year. The number of private and individual economic entities reached 254,300, of which, the number of private reached 77,300. The number of people working in this field was 1,141,600, an increase of 122,900 people over the beginning of the year, including 887,000 people working in private economy. The total sale and business income in the year was 130.617 billion yuan, up 36.2%. Of the total, that of private enterprises was 74.787 billion yuan, up 38.2%; that of individual was 55.83 billion yuan, up 33.5%. The total tax revenue in the year was 6.107 billion yuan, up 21.4%. Of which, that of private enterprises was 4.886 billion yuan, up 27.9%.ª¤ª¥

Management of State-owned Assets and Reform of State-owned Enterprisesª¥

¡¡¡¡The assets of state-owned and state-holding enterprises amounted to 570.1 billion yuan, the creditor¡¯s equity amounted to 191.5 billion yuan. State-owned capital accounting for 70 of major sectors and fields. The state-owned assets further circulated. At the Tianjin Property Right Exchange, 872 projects were registered. The transaction volume of state-owned assets was 21.868 billion yuan, of this total, the transaction volume among districts was 3.031 billion yuan, the transaction volume among Tianjin units was 18.837 billion yuan. ª¥

¡¡¡¡New progress was made in the reform and adjustment of state-owned enterprises. By the end of 2005, 2,637 enterprises carried out reform, accounting for 76.6% of all municipal state-owned enterprises. More than 80% large & medium-sized state-owned enterprises have completed reform of corporation system. The strategic eastward movement of Tianjin industry was further carried out. By the end of the year, there were 210 enterprises moved to new coastal area. ª¤ª¥

Social Security

¡¡¡¡The system of endowment, medical, employment injury, maternity and unemployment insurance for urban workers and subsistence allowance system in the rural and urban areas has been improved so that they have a wider coverage than before. In 2005, 2,006,200 workers were involved in endowment insurance, 2,993,400 workers were involved in medical insurance, 1,975,100 workers were involved in unemployment insurance, 1,629,100 workers were involved in employment injury insurance, and 1,574,200 people in maternity insurance. The relief system for those with low incomes has been improved, too. Great efforts have been made to make sure that subsistence allowance is provided to the needy. The minimum salary standard was adjusted in successive 5 years. In 2005, the minimum salary of enterprise workers in Tianjin was set at 590 yuan from 350 yuan in 2000.ª¤ª¥

Domestic Cooperationª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the actual investment in Tianjin was 33.993 billion yuan, up 42.4%. As for the sources of capital, the actual investment in Tianjin from Beijing and Hebei Province was 13.8 billion yuan, up 92.9%; that from the Yangtze Delta was 7.2 billion yuan, up 60.3%; that from the Pearl River Delta was 5.1 billion yuan, up 69.7%. As for the destinations of the capital, the real estate industry in Tianjin has attracted the most domestic capital, with an actual investment of 14.9 billion yuan, 43.8% of the total investment in Tianjin.ª¥

¡¡¡¡Assistance and support of Tianjin to GanShu, Changdu of Tibet, Wanzhou District of ChongQing and Kashi of Xinjiang was further enhanced and promoted the development of local economy.ª¤ª¥

Foreign Trade

¡¡¡¡In 2005 in Tianjin, the total import and export through foreign trade reached US $53.387 billion, up 27.1%, the export value is US $27.415 billion, up 31.4%; the import value is US $25.972 billion, up 22.8%. A favorable trade balance of US $1.443 billion has been achieved. The exports to US, EU, ASEAN, Janpan and Korea accounted for 79% of the total exports. In 2005, the export volume of electromechanical equipment in Tianjin (ranked the fourth in China) increased 26% to US $18.5 billion, accounting for 67.5% of the total export in Tianjin, 7.4 percentage points higher than the previous year. The export of high-tech products reached US$12.47 billion, up24.5%, accounting for45.5% of the total export in Tianjin. the foreign-funded enterprises exported goods worth US $22.023 billion, a growth of 29.1% over the previous year, accounting for 80.3% of the total export in Tianjin. The state-owned enterprises exported goods worth US $3.379 billion, up 23.8%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the total value of exports and imports of Tianjin accumulated to US$ 165.8 billion, an increase of 1.8 times over the 9th Five-Year Plan. Of this total, the value of exports accumulated to US$ 83.8 billion, the value of imports was US$ 82 billion, increase of 1.8 times over the 9th Five-Year Plan respectively.

Foreign Investment

¡¡¡¡In 2005, 1,309 enterprises with foreign investment were approved in Tianjin, 18.8% more than in the previous year. The contracted value of foreign capital to be directly used was US $7.323 billion, up 31.0%; the foreign capital that was actually used was US $3.329 billion, up 34.6%. Establishing solely foreign-funded enterprises has become a major way to make use of foreign capital directly. In 2005, the actual investment was US $2.272 billion, accounting for 68.3% of the total in Tianjin. In the service sector in 2005, US $790 million foreign capital was actually used, accounting for 23.7% of the total foreign capital actually used in Tianjin, up 19.7%. The contracted value of foreign capital from France, German, Hongkong, Singapore and Korea increased by3.2 times, 1.7 times, 1.1 times, 95.2% and 86.0% respectively.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, foreign funds actually utilized accumulated to US$ 10.335 billion, grew 32% each year on an average basis. By the end of 2005, enterprises from 110 countries and areas have invested in Tianjin. Of the top 500 enterprises in the world, 114 have invested in Tianjin. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, foreign funds of manufacturing actually utilized increased by 1.3 times over the9th Five-Year Plan.ª¤ª¥

Foreign Economic Cooperation

¡¡¡¡In 2005, Tianjin signed 907 contracts with foreign enterprises on projects undertaking, cooperation of labor service, design and consultation services, with a contract value of US $430 million, a rise of 30.4% over the previous year, yielding a business turnover of US $320 million, up 18.7%. The investment abroad covers many fields, such as chemical industry, medicine production, building materials, food, and clothing. In 2005, a total of 4,800 contract workers were sent abroad. By the end of the year, there were 13,100 Tianjin workers abroad. 75 overseas institutions and 54 overseas manufacturing enterprises were approved in 2005, with a total investment of US $50,488,300, including Chinese investment US $43,715,400. By the end of 2005, there were 54 enterprises of foreign economic cooperation in Tianjin, which undertook projects from and offered labor cooperation services to 81 countries and areas. Greater efforts were made in introducing advanced technology from abroad. In 2005, 580 contracts were signed on technology introduction, with a contract value of US $657 million. International activities increased, Tianjin successfully hosted many activities which enlarged the affection of Tianjin, including ASEM Finance Ministers¡¯ Meeting, Italy Tianjin Week, Singapore Tianjin Week.ª¤ª¥

Tourism

¡¡¡¡In 2005, 740,100 tourists from all over the world visited Tianjin, 20.2% more than in the previous year. Tourist industry earned foreign exchange US $509 million, a growth of 23.4%. The number of domestic tourists and the income from domestic tourism both increased by 12.8% over the previous year. In the year, 146,000 Tianjin citizens traveled abroad, up 47.3%, causing an expenditure of 1.921 billion yuan, up 47.4%. By the end of the year 2005, there are 111 hotels above star level in Tianjin, there were 263 travel agencies, including 28 international agencies and 235 domestic agencies.ª¤ª¥

New Coastal Area

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the total output value in the area is 160.863 billion yuan, a growth of 19.8%. The total industrial output value is 399.673 billion yuan, an increase of 30.7%; the investment of fixed assets is 69.331 billion yuan, up 22.6%. The export through foreign trade was US $18.469 billion, up 34.8%, accounting for 67.4% of the total export quantity in Tianjin. The contracted value of foreign capital was US $5.1 billion, up 37.6%, accounting for 69.6% of the total. The new area made direct use of foreign investment US$ 2.646 billion, up 52.1%, accounting for 79.5% of the total. The retail volume of consumer goods is 20.652 billion yuan, an increase of 14.7%.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The pace of construction modern transport system was quickened. Many key projects started to construct, including Beijing-Tianjin Express Way, Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Express Way Second Line, expansion of Tianjin Binhai Airport, widening construction of Tianjin Port. Reconstruction of Tianjin Soda Plant started. The project of moving Tainjin New Port Ship Plant signed. Ethane project with annual productive power over 1,000,000 tons was approved by the State Council. The first national aviation industry base would build in new coastal area. Port industry park had completed producing land of 12.1 sq.km.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The function of servicing inland districts was improved. International trade & shipping service center and E-port project put into use. The time of entering and outing port shortened one third. In 2005, the total volume of import and export through Tianjin port is US $81.929 billion, up 20.9%. Of the total import and export volume through Tianjin port, the goods transported from Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Liaoning, Shandong accounting for 53.9% of the total. TPFTZ Logistics Park operated well. The total goods getting in or out of TPFTZ were worth US $18.76 billion, up 42.9%.ª¤ª¤

¢ó Urban Construction and Managementª¤ª¥

Construction of Infrastructure 

¡¡¡¡The construction of infrastructure in Tianjin progressed quickly. By the end of 2005, length of paved roads was 5,460 km, area of paved roads was 66.69 million sq.m, Per capita area of roads was 10.41 sq.m. In the central urban area, the urban express way that has been put in operation is 120 km long. The end of the year saw the completion of the subway 1st line. The Beijing-Tianjin Express Railway Project started to construct. Jigang railway and Huangwan railway was constructing. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the Jinbin light-rail express railway was put into operation. A total of 299 km expressway had been completed. The length of expressway reached 603 km. In the past five years, there were 55 highway had been constructed and reconstructed, including Bejing-Tianjin, Yangbei and Jingang highway. There were 2,804 km rural highway had been reconstructed. The city constructed and reconstructed 385 urban roads, including Zijinshan, Xianyang, Shuishangbei road. It also constructed 94 large-sized and medium-sized bridges.

Public Utilities

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the comprehensive production capacity of tap water in Tianjin was 3.5895 million tons per day. Throughout the year, 675.01 million tons tap water was sold, including 288.85 million tons water for daily use. In the urban area, 98.45% of the families, i.e. 2.2764 million families, use fuel gas. During the tenth five-year plan period, the length of new water supply pipelines was 1,951 km, the length of new gas supply pipelines was 2,609 km, the length of new water drainage pipelines was 3,857 km. In 2005, new central heating services were opened to an area of 26 million square meters, newly increased heating area reached 48.94 million square meters, and the rate of central heating availability reached83.2%,29.7 percentage points higher than 2000.9 sewage processing factories were built or rebuilt, including Jizhuangzi sewage processing factory, Xianyanglu sewage processing factory, Beicang sewage processing factory. 4 rubbish processing stations were built, including Shuangkou rubbish processing station, Dahanzhuang rubbish processing station, Shuanggang rubbish processing station, Jixian rubbish processing station. The sewage and rubbish processing capacity reached 75% and 81% respectively, 16 and 18 percentage points higher than 2000 respectively. Several public transportation sites were built or rebuilt. By the end of 2005, there were 6,794 public transportation vehicles, with a net increase of 691. With the opening of 30 new public transportation routes, there are 428 public transport routes in Tianjin now. The public transportation system in Tianjin had a transportation volume of 890 million passengers in 2005. There are 31,939 taxis in Tianjin.ª¤ª¥

Comprehensive Development Along Haihe River and City Appearance Reorganizing

¡¡¡¡The steps were quickened to comprehensively develop the belt along Haihe River. After the construction of three years, the project of clearing silt completed. 17 km long dyke were rebuilt or constructed. In the year, Dagu Bridge put in use. Fenghua Bridge and Baoding Bridge completed main engineering. 28 roads(including Haihe west road) along the river were rebuilt. 6 greenland(including music park) were completed. 42 scenery buildings were reconstructed. Many trade projects started to construct, and accelerated the development of modern services, including Fenghuang Square Trade Zone, Cannel Trade Zone, Water Sport World.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The look of city changed obviously. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the newly increased green land in Tianjin was 85.76 million sq.m, The green coverage rate in the built-up area reached 36.4% from 25.1% in 2000. The per capita area of public green land in the city was 8.5 square meters, an increase of 3.1 square meters than 2000. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, protecting Luanhe project completed. A lot of parks and green land were built, including Xiangyu Park, Beichen Park, Hongqiao Park. 10 rivers, including Jinhe, Weijin river, Changtai river, with 104 km were reconstructed and the river environment was improved.ª¤ª¥

Resource and Environment Protection ª¥

¡¡¡¡Tianjin implemented more rigid measures for land administration. The tender, auction, and listing systems for transfer of use right of operational land were implemented fully. New infrastructure financing system was founded. Land supply was controlled rigidly, 4212.7 hectares of land were supplied in 2005. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the usage and supplement remained balance for 5 successive years. Achievement was made in reorganization of developed zones. ª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, Tianjin passed the evaluation of the State Environment Protection Administration and became a model city of environment protection in China. Obvious effects have been achieved in six environment protection projects: Blue Sky Project, Limpid Water Project, Pollution Prevention and Control Project, Ecological Protection Project, Model Cell Project, and Quietness Project. The rate of high-quality environment air was 81.6% in 2005 from 47% in 2001. The up-to-standard rate of drinking water and that of the water quality in the urban water function area are both 100%. The up-to-standard rate of discharged waste water is over 95%. Noise pollution has also been effectively controlled, and 97 quiet residential communities have been established. The area with up-to-standard urban environment noise level is 569.9 square kilometers, with a coverage percentage of 80%. 48 smoke control areas have been established, and the smoke control area is 574.6 aqurare kilometers. The comprehensive utilization rate of industrial solid rubbish is 99%. In the past 5 years, 113 ecological villages were built, 4 national-grade beautiful towns were built. At the end of 2005, there were 21 environment monitoring stations, 2 national model ecological areas, 5 national experimental ecological areas, and 8 nature reserves (with an area of 163,000 ha.) in Tianjin. ª¤ª¥

Information Constructionª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the city constructed e-government network, e-business network and public information service network. A lot of information facilities put into use, including "Nankai Star" super computer center, IDC, State Anti-virus Center, Jinwan Calling center. By the end of 2005, there were 700,000 km of optic fiber had been laid, communication power had covered the whole city, the kernel capacity of the trunk board-band network reached 2,000 Gbps, the brand width at the exit of the city was 121 Gbps. Number of subscriber of Internet dialing number was 2.66 million, number of subscriber of wild-belt Internet was 0.65 million. Digit television started to installed with 150 channels, the users was 10,000 households. ª¥

¡¡¡¡The steps of information construction have been quickened in Tianjin. By the end of 2005, the municipal e-government network had been accessible to nearly 200 institutions above the sub-bureau level. The e-government network at the district or county level had been extended to the committees, offices, bureaus, towns, townships and streets in the district or county. Portal websites had been established for governments at the city and district level. With this development, the government affairs have become more transparent and open to the public. Apart from this, the networks also enabled on-line office, contributed to business invitation and investment attraction, and provided convenient services to the citizens. Through four years¡¯ effort to carry out "100 projects" on the web, the municipal government organs have finished over 1200 tasks of 79 bureaus(offices) online. The opening of the 8890 service hotline serves as a bridge connecting the citizens with service departments and enterprises. A series of key information system projects have been started, such as Gold Tax, Gold Shield, Gold Auditing, etc.. The improvement of information technology has boosted the development of conventional industries. In 2005, all the large-scale marketplaces with an annual sales revenue of more than 1 billion yuan adopted information technology in their commercial activities. 90% of the large-scale enterprises and 50% of the small and medium-sized enterprises in Tianjin were also involved in e-business. Through the network, 1800 schools in Tianjin have been effectively linked with each other. In 800 schools, network access is made possible through optic fibers.ª¤ª¥

Quality Supervision and Inspection

¡¡¡¡In2005, there were 19 legal quality inspection institutions and 22 measurement verification institutions in Tianjin. 44 enterprises and 47 products had been approved to be exempted from inspection (including 11 enterprises and 11 products that won the approval within the year 2005). Six products became name-brand products in China, making the total 15; 19 products became name-brand products in Tianjin, making the total 209. 3,636 enterprise and product standards were established or amended, making the total number of enterprise standards 33,000. In 2005, 3,636 enterprises and 4,493 batches of their products were inspected. The up-to-standard rate of the production batches was 88.5%. 207 commercial enterprises and 352 of batches commodities were inspected. The up-to-standard rate of the batches was 72%. 102,800 sets (pieces) of measurement instrument were verified in 2005. In total, 243 enterprises had food production licenses. A total of 3,033 system authentification certificates had been issued. 609 enterprises had won China Compulsory Certification (3C) for their products, and a total of 3,244 certificates had been issued. A sum of 150,000 batches goods were inspected by Tianjin Entry-exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, with the value of 12.2 billion USD, up 21.8% than the previous year.ª¤ª¤

¢ô Social Undertakingsª¥

Science and Technology

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the number of patent applications in Tianjin was 11,657, the number of patents granted was 3,045. 14 national awards have been won. In 2005, Tianjin won 1,508 municipal awards for its scientific achievements, 75 of which reached the leading level in the world and 321 of which came up to the advanced world standard. Of which, there were 1,232 applied achievements, 86 soft science achievements, 190 basic theory achievements. The transaction value of technology contracts was 5.071 billion yuan in 2005. In 2005, the city carried out 2,009 science & technology development projects, including 468 science & technology storming projects, 404 applied achievements, 122 innovation funds of medium & small-sized enterprises, 103 torch plan, 105 spark plan. There were 20 newly increased torch plan, 35 newly increased spark plan and 38 newly increased new products projects. R&D expenditure accounting for 2% of GDP in 2005. Tianjin secures the third position in China in terms of overall scientific and technological strength.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The improved innovation ability in science and technology has contributed to a series of significant achievements. Sifuvirtide, a new anti-HIV medicine, has won patents from China and US, and the first phase of clinical experiment has been completed. In the research of gene chips, applications have been made for 94 patents of special genes in major pathogens and probes both at home and abroad. The gene chips for the detection of major pathogens in body fluid are now under clinical experiments. Progress has also been made in the research and development of new medicines. In 2005, 51 new medicine certificates and 92 clinical medicine experiment approval documents were obtained. With embryo cloning technology, a Boer goat was cloned in China for the first time. In the design of SOC chips (system on chip), the international advanced level of 90 nanometer was achieved. Apart from this, Tianjin also enjoys a leading position in China in the development of CIS thin-film solar cells and exclusively electricity-powered automobiles. By the end of 2005, there were 150 enterprise technology centers above the municipal level in Tianjin, including 13 enterprise technology centers at the state level. ª¥

¡¡¡¡Proactive efforts have been made to attract excellent talents from home and abroad. In 2005, a total of over 7,900 talents were introduced to Tianjin. 10 post-doctoral work stations were established. Thus, there were in total 126 post-doctoral mobile stations and work stations in Tianjin, with over 500 post-doctors working there. There was a senior technical staff of 157,000 workers, accounting for 22.4% of total technical staff, 11.7 percentage points higher than that in 2000. ª¥

¡¡¡¡The New Technology Industrial Park has been developing at a high speed. In 2005, the park had a total income of 75.129 billion yuan through technology, industry and trade, a rise of 29.7% over the previous year. The total output value of technology, industry and technology was 62.744 billion yuan, up 28.6%; the total profit was 4.102 billion yuan, up 76.9%; the total tax payment was 4 billion yuan, up 14.0%; the total revenue from export and sales was US $2.453 billion, up 50.1%. Huayuan Industrial Park has played a leading role as a kernel park: it achieved a total industrial output value of 25.8 billion yuan, 45.1% more than in the previous year; its export volume through foreign trade was 736 million yuan, up 46.6%; its financial revenue was 1.43 billion yuan, a rise of more than 20%. ª¤ª¥

Education

¡¡¡¡In 2005, institutions of higher education and senior vocational schools enrolled 103,600 students, 7.7% more than in the previous year. 69,200 students graduated from these schools in 2005, and at the end of the year, there were 331,600 students studying in these schools. The year 2005 also saw the recruitment of 10,200 graduate students, up 9.7%over the previous year. 6,000 graduate students graduated in 2005, and at the end of the year, there were 28,500 graduate students. In 2005, a total of 12,576 students from poverty-stricken families got student loans totaling 79.46 million yuan. The gross rate of admission to higher education institutions was more than 50%, the employment rate of graduates from institutions of higher education was 91.4%. Adult education has formed high level teaching system. In 2005, the adult education institutions of higher learning in Tianjin enrolled 35,200 students, thus the total number of these students was 84,400, 28,800 students graduated from these schools.ª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, 99,800 students were admitted to junior high schools and 139,100 students graduated from these schools. At the end of the year, there were 340,200 students studying in these schools. 74,400 students were admitted to senior high schools, and 57,300 students graduated from the schools. At the end of the year, there were 217,200 students in senior high schools. There were 135,400 enrolled students in secondary vocational schools, with 44,200 new entrants. In primary schools, 78,400 children were enrolled, and 114,800 students graduated. The number of students studying the primary schools was 551,900. In kindergartens, there were 204,700 children. 99.97% of school-age children were enrolled to schools to receive education, and 96.22% of the primary school graduates were admitted to junior high schools. By the end of 2005, there were 48 model senior high schools in Tianjin. The percentage of students who receive high-quality senior school education was over 75%.ª¤ª¥

Culture

¡¡¡¡At the end of the year, there were 16 arts performing troupes, 19 cultural centers and science and technology centers, 17 museums, and 32 public libraries in Tianjin. In 2005, there are 9 radio channels (accessible to 100% of Tianjin citizens), and 13 TV channels (accessible to 99.83% of Tianjin citizens). In the whole city, 1,940,000 families have access to cable TV programs. The fifteenth national book fair was held in Tianjin. From areas outside Tianjin, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, 35 delegations, over 500 publishing units, and nearly 100,000 book sellers came to the fair. About 500,000 people went to the book fair to buy books. The performance market was also vibrant in Tianjin. Many performance activities were organized, such as "Meet at Bohai Bay - Chinese and Foreign Classic Symphonies Concert 2005", "Charm of China - the second joint performance of Chinese folk operas", and the around-China performance of excellent plays of Tianjin. In the "China Tianjin Week" in Italy, the culture and arts of Tianjin were shown. Tianjin citizens have a wide variety of cultural activities, including the first community culture and arts festival, the second elderly people¡¯s culture and arts festival, the third family culture and arts festival, the fifth Binhai arts festival. ª¤ª¥

Public Health 

¡¡¡¡At the end of 2005, there were in Tianjin 2,489 public health organizations, including 272 hospitals and clinics, 41 disease control organizations, and 23 health centers for women and children. There were 43,000 beds in the public health organizations, including 42,000 beds in hospitals and clinics. In Tianjin, there were 61,000 health personnel, including 25,100 practicing physicians and practicing assistant physicians, and 19,600 registered nurses. New progress has been made in the improvement of public health system. The Disease Prevention and Control Center and 120 Emergency Center have been expanded and put in use. The community health service network has also been improved. The project to standardize clinics at the town or township level has also been launched. New-style cooperative medical services in the rural areas are available to 8 districts and counties. 3.2 million peasants have received free physical checkups. In the year, 91,000 people donated their blood for free.ª¤ª¥

Sports

¡¡¡¡At the tenth national sports meet in 2005, through severe competition, Tianjin athletes won 15.5 gold medals, 13.5 silver medals and 11 bronze medals and achieved the best record in the history of Tianjin sports, Tianjin listed 10th from 17th in the last national sports meet. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, giant strides have been taken and great achievements have been made in Tianjin sports. Tianjin athletes won 65 gold medals, 56.5 silver medals and 52 bronze medals in national games. Tianjin athletes won 17 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in international games. At the 28th Olympic Games, the athletes from Tianjin won 3 gold medals,1 silver medals. In 2005, Tianjin Women¡¯s Volleyball Team won all championship in the national women¡¯s volleyball tournament. Mass sports have also developed on a large scale in Tianjin. As a result, the citizens have become more conscious of the importance of body-building. By the end of 2005, over 3000 instruction stations had been established in Tianjin for morning and evening exercises. There were over 13,000 instructors of mass sports. 35% of the population have regular sports exercises.ª¤ª¥

Social Welfare and Relief

¡¡¡¡In 2005, 24,500 people were subject to special care given to servicemen and the family members of revolutionary martyrs and servicemen. 182,700 people from the urban or rural areas received subsistence allowances. The welfare institutions have 19,748 beds and 13,471 people are living there. There were 258 welfare institutions for the elderly. There are 9 rescue units in Tianjin, which offered help to 13,684 people in 2005. There are2,139 community service facilities and 111 community service centers. With the sale of 402 million yuan social welfare lotteries, a total of 150 million yuan has been raised as welfare fund. Throughout the year, 17.605 million yuan was donated from all walks of life.ª¤ª¥

Disable Undertaking

¡¡¡¡The special education agencies enrolled 200 students in 2005. At the end of 2005, there were 2,600 students receiving special education. Enrollment rate of handicapped children compulsory education was over 95%. In 2005, 5 welfare factories were newly founded. During the 10th Five-Year Plan, a total of 80,300 disable people were employed, including 32,300 urban people and 48,000 rural people. In this year, the disable athletes from Tianjin won 34 gold medals, 28 silver medals and 42 bronze medals in national games, won 8 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 5 bronze medals in international games. In the sixth national arts report-back performance of disable people, disable people of Tianjin won 2 gold medals, 1 silver medals and 3 bronze medals. The Second Children Art Festival and Tianjin Young Disable People Calligraphy & Picture Exhibition were organized. Newly built roads and buildings all constructed non-hinder facilities, a lot of public facilities were renovated for disable people.ª¤ª¤

¢õ Population and People¡¯s Lifeª¤ª¥

Population

¡¡¡¡At the end of 2005, the total number of permanent residents in Tianjin was 10.43 million. The registered population was 9,393,100, of which, the agricultural population was 3,769,100, the non-agricultural population was 5,624,000. With a birth rate of 7.44¡ë, and a death rate of 6.01¡ë, the natural population change rate in Tianjin was 1.43¡ë in 2005. The population of Tianjin increased with a low growth rate. ª¤ª¥

Income of Residents and Consumptionª¥

¡¡¡¡In 2005, the per capita remuneration payment for urban workers in Tianjin was 23,929 yuan, up 13.2% over 2004. The per capita disposable income in urban families was 12,639 yuan in 2005, up 10.2%. The per capita net income of peasants is 7,202 yuan, up 10.4% over the previous year. The consumption level of urban and rural residents in Tianjin has also improved. In 2005, the nonproductive expenditure in Tianjin urban families was 9,653 yuan, up 9.7% over the previous year. The expenditures on clothing, health care and transportation & telecommunications increased by 11.9%, 20.9% and 26.7% respectively. In the countryside, the per capita personal consumption is 3,590 yuan, up 8.9%. Of the total, expenditures on clothing and transportation & telecommunications increased by 23.1% and 12.0% respectively. The living level of rural and urban residents further improved. By the end of 2005, for every 100 urban households in Tianjin, there were 122.1 mobile phones, 51.1 computers, 74.3 microwave ovens, 86.5 hot-water shower baths, 3 cars. In the countryside, for every 100 rural households, there were 95 washing machines, 84 refrigerators, 18 smoke absorbers, 32 water heaters, 16 microwave ovens, 89 mobile phones, and 10 computers.ª¥

¡¡¡¡During the 10th Five-Year Plan, the level of income and expenditure were improved obviously. The per capita disposable income of urban residents grew 10.7% each year on an average basis, the per capita net income of rural residents grew 10.5% each year on an average basis. The Engel¡¯s coefficient of urban residents was 36.7%, a decline of 3.4 percentage points from the year2000. The Engel¡¯s coefficient of rural residents was 38.3%, a decline of 4.3 percentage points from the year 2000.ª¤ª¥

Living Conditions

¡¡¡¡The housing conditions and living environment have been improved both in the urban and rural areas. In 2005, the per capita floor space of urban residents was 25.8 square meters, 8.6 square meters more than in 2000. In the countryside, the per capita floor space was 26.10 square meters, an increase of 2.5 square meters more than 2000. In 2005, 3,463,000 square meters of old buildings were demolished and 62,000 households moved to new houses. By the end of 2005, a total of 640 blocks of old buildings on an area of 18.13 million square meters had been refitted. A total of 9,400 families with medium or low income had moved to economical houses or low-rent houses. According to sample survey statistics, by the end of 2005, the families living in houses with their own property rights accounted for 53.1% of the total, a rise of 4.6 percentage points over the previous year. The expenditures on housing of residents increased stably, per capita expenditure on housing of urban residents and rural residents increased by 5.0% and 11.5% respectively.ª¥

¡¡¡¡The main problems in national economy and social development were as follows: task of quickening structure adjustment and changing the form of economic growth is yet arduous; the aggregate economic value is yet not large; the development of the tertiary industry is yet to be quickened; the proportion of individual and private economy is yet to be improved. heavier pressure of employment, and social security system to be improved. 



Note:
1.All figures in the communique are preliminary statistics.
2.As required by the National Bureau of Statistics, the historical data on regional GDP and total retail sales of consumer goods of Beijing were adjusted correspondingly in accordance with the result of the economic census.
3.Figures in value term on added value and output value of GDP and all industries are at current prices, where as growth rates are calculated at comparable prices.
4.Industrial enterprises above designated size refer to all state-owned enterprises and other enterprises with annual sales of over 5 million yuan.
5.The gross rate of admission to higher education institutions refer to the proportion of students of higher education institutions and population at school-age, it indicates the general level of providing chances of higher education.
6.The Engel Coefficient is the ratio of the expenditure on foodstuffs share in the average consuming expenditure, the decrease of the Engel Coefficient identify the improvement of living standards of the people.

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