Statistical Communique of Xinjiang Production &ª¤

Construction Group on the 2005 Nationalª¤

Economic and Social Developmentª¤ª¤

Statistics Bureau of Xinjiang Production & Construction Group

March 2006ª¤

    In 2005, under the correct leadership of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Product ion & Construction Group (Hereinafter shortened as XPCG), taking as the guidance  Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents" and motiva ted by the education campaign on keeping the vanguard character of the CPC membe rs, a great majority of cadres, staff and workers of XPCG carefully carried out  the spirits of the 16th National Congress of CPC Central Committee and the 5th P lenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, implemented the scientific app roach to development entirely, closely focused on the work target of Developing  and Strengthening XPCG, Enriching Staff and Workers put forth by the Party Commi ttee of XPCG, and vigorously pushed forward the project of building a wellª²off  s ociety in an allª²round way. The national economy continued to keep a rapid grow t h, new headways were made in economic construction and various social undertakin gs and life level of staff and workers was improved steadily. The main targets s et forth for the economic and social development of XPCG had been achieved. ª¥

¢ñ. General Outlookª¥

    Preliminary estimation indicated that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the ye ar was 33.112 billion yuan, up by 11.3 percent over the previous year at compa ra ble prices. The valueª²added of the primary industry was 13.064 billion yuan, u p  by 8.5 percent. The valueª²added of the secondary industry was 8.335 billion y uan , up by 14.7 percent. The valueª²added of the tertiary industry was 11.713 bil lio n yuan, up by 12.1 percent. The proportion of the valueª²added of the three ind us tries in XPCG's GDP was 40:25:35. The contribution rates of the three industries  toward GDP growth were 29.1 percent, 32.0 percent and 38.9 percent respectiv el y. The per capita GDP was 12900 yuan, up by 10.8 percent over the previous year .

During the 10th Fiveª²year Plan period, the annual average growth rate of XPCG'  s  GDP was 11.3 percent, 1.6 percentage points higher than that during the 9th F iv eª²year Plan period. The annual average growth rates of the three industries wer e  9.7 percent , 9.6 percent and 14.5 percent respectively. The per capita GDP  was up by 10.0 percent.ª¥

    In 2005, the confidence index of entrepreneurs and business climate index run am ong the climate scope. The confidence index of entrepreneurs went up steadily. T he indices from the first quarter to the fourth quarter were 110.8, 118.1, 114 .4  and 127.4 respectively. The business climate index run smoothly and the indice s of four quarters were 107.5, 119.6, 118.3 and 119.1 respectively.ª¥

    The economic structural reform continued deepening. Documents"1+3"  and "1+8" we re revised, perfected and distributed formally. The economic restructuring refor m of farms, democratic political construction and reform of Stateª²owned enterpr i ses moved forward continuously. At the end of 2005, the fixed area of land contr act in XPCG reached 85.7 percent and 239,000 households were assigned land for  d ualª²purpose use. 100 percent of farms, enterprises and institutions practiced o p enness of political and financial affairs. Supervision management and operation  system of Stateª²owned assets were improved further and the shareholding  reform   of Stateª²owned enterprises sped up. By the end of 2005, the proportion of restr u cturing enterprises belonging to divisions made up over 90 percent and that of r estructuring enterprises supervised by the Stateª²owned Assets Management Commis s ion to  represented  95 percent. Eleven listed companies controlled by XPCG owne d a total 2557 million shares and raised accumulated fund of 3672 million yuan ( excluding raised fund when companies were set up and fund converted from assigne d bonus shares after companies were listed). Of this total, 2919 million yuan we re raised for the initial public offering and 753 million yuan were raised for s hare rights.ª¥

    Net profit volume of enterprises with independent accounting system within the b udget was 620 million yuan, a decrease of 16 million yuan over the previous year .ª¥

    The general level of prices increased somewhat. The rise of the general level of  consumer prices was up by 0.7 percent (Table 1). Of this total, the prices in  u rban areas were up by 0.6 percent, and up by 1.2 percent in rural areas. The g en eral level of commodity retail prices was down by 0.6 percent, while the produc e rs' prices for manufactured goods were up by 16.6 percent, and the purchasing p r ices for raw materials, fuel and power increased up by 10.7 percent. Prices for   investment in fixed assets were up by 2.8 percent and prices for means of farmi n g production were up by 5.3 percent. The index of the purchasing prices for far m products was up by 8.3 percent.ª¤

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    Main problems that existed in the economic and social development include: The c ontradictions of economic structure are still prominent, operation of agricultur al industrialization is at the initial stage, the industrial foundation remains  weak, the integration level of industries is not high, the emerging service indu stry develops slowly, channels of investment and fund raising are narrow, nonª²p u blic ownership economy does not develop fully, and infrastructure conditions lag  behind.ª¥

    ¢ò. Agricultureª¥

    Gross output value of agriculture was 27.352 billion yuan, up by 9.1% over the  previous year.

    Crop planting structure continued adjustment. The sown area for crops was 985,80 0 hectares (14.787 million mu), up by 3.3 percent over the previous year. Of t his total, the sown area for grain was 228,000 hectares (3.4206 million mu), up  by 0.1 percent. The sown area of cotton was 471,700 hectares (7.0761 million  m u), down by 0.1 percent. The sown area of oilª²bearing crops was 46,500 hectare s  (697,400 mu), down by 18.5 percent. The sown area of beetroot crop was 20,500  h ectares (308,100 mu), up by 8.6 percent. The proportion of grain, cotton, oilª² b earing and beetroot crops changed from 21:49:6:2 in the previous year to 23:48:5 :2. Farm product output of grain, cotton, beetroot and fruits increased by a b ig margin. Cotton output registered a historical record again(Table 2).ª¥

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    The area of artificial afforestation was 21,800 hectares, down by 42.5 perc ent over the previous year. Of this total, 9,700 hectares of farmland were conve rted into forestland, down by 42.9 percent. ª¥

    Number of livestock at the end of year amounted to 7,831,800, up by 10.3 percen t over the previous year. Major livestock output of meat, wool and milk grew in  an allª²round way. Output of eggs reduced due to impact of bird flu (Table 3).ª¥

    The total output of aquatic products was 20,000 tons, up by 13.5 percent.ª¥

    The total power of farming machinery was 2.493 million watts, up by 7.0 percen t . Number of medium and largeª²sized tractors for farming use was 21,200 sets, up   by 5.8 percent. Number of smallª²sized and handª²aided tractors was 34,300 sets , u p by 1.3 percent. Number of irrigation machinery for farming use was 20,700 set s , up by 3.0 percent. The total use of electricity for farms was 1601 million ki l owatts per hour, up by 15.6 percent. The area with effective irrigation system  w as 994,400 hectares (14.916 million mu) and that with waterª²saving system was  994,400 hectares (14.916 million mu),up by 2.1 percent.ª¥

    The total investment in farmland water conservancy was 2234 million yuan, which  of 1982 million yuan was used for capital construction investment. It had 114 re servoirs, with a total capacity volume of 3163 million cubic meters. Number of e lectric wells was 10793, an increase of 203 wells over the previous year. The to tal capacity of lifting water for the electric wells was 352.00 cubic meters pe r second. Number of the diversion gates was 91. The total length of embankment c onstruction was 2138 kilometers. The water supply volume of water conservancy pr ojects was 12.37 billion cubic meters, of which 12.060 billion cubic meters wa s for agricultural use. The total length of irrigation canals and ditches was 10 0,500 kilometers, which of 27,900 kilometers was antiseepage canals.ª¥

    ¢ó. Industry and Constructionª¥

    The total valueª²added of the industrial sector was 5.650 billion yuan, up by 2 0.4 percent over the previous year. The total output value of industry was 17. 564 billion yuan, up by 21.6 percent. Of this total, the output value of light  industry was 9.293 billion yuan, up by 10.8 percent; that of heavy industry wa s 8.271 billion yuan, up by 35.4 percent; sales value of industrial products w as 16.890 billion yuan, and the sales ratio of industrial enterprises was 96.2  percent (Table 4).ª¤

    Industrial product mix continued adjustment and prioritization (Table 5).ª¤

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    Income of product sales of 190 industrial enterprises above designated size  was 12.006 billion yuan, up by 13.7 percent; profit tax was 956 million yuan , up by 4.0 percent. Comprehensive index of industry economic results came up t o 98.16, 4.31 percentage points higher than the previous year. ª¥

The valueª²added of construction enterprises was 2.685 billion yuan, up by 3.7  pe rcent over the previous year. The total output value of the construction industr y was 9.858 billion yuan, up by 5.2 percent. Of this total, the total output v alue of Stateª²owned and Stateª²holding enterprises was 9.158 billion yuan, up  by 5.5 percent. The floor space of buildings under construction was 9.0052 mil li on square meters, up by 3.1 percent. The floor space of new startup was 6.1792  m illion square meters, down by 4.8 percent. The floor space of buildings complet e d was 5.9032 million square meters, up by 4.1 percent. The level of technical  eq uipment of overall staff and workers was 5928 yuan per person; labor productivit y was 89,748 yuan per person, up by 1.5 percent, and the level of power equipme n t was 3.99 kilowatts per person. The floor space of bidding contract projects w as 7.1392 million square meters, up by 13.8 percent. The total profit value of  t he construction corporate enterprises was 87 million yuan, down by 26.9 percent .ª¥

    ¢ô. Fixed Assets Investmentª¥

The completed investment in fixed assets was 13.724 billion yuan, up by 6.4 pe r cent over the previous year (Table 6). Of this total, real estate investment was  635 million yuan ,down by 41.9 percent. Completed investment in major projects   with the construction scale above 50 million yuan was 4.703 billion yuan, accou nting for 34.3 percent of the total investment.ª¥

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    Total construction fund was 13.785 billion yuan. The annual source of fund  was 13.638 billion yuan.Of this total, the internal budgetary fund from the Sta te was 2.678 billion yuan, accounting for 19.6 percent of the total fund; the  dom estic loan was 1718 million yuan, making up 12.6 percent; the foreign capital u t ilization was 192 million yuan; the selfª²raised fund was 6.822 billion yuan, o cc upying 50.0 percent of it; other fund was 2.228 billion yuan, being 16.3 perc ent of it.ª¥

The main key construction projects completed were: Heat and Electricity Project  (Phase 2 and phase 3),Projects of 100000ª²ton Polyvinyl Chloride and 80000ª²ton  io nic Membrane Caustic Soda of Tianye Group. Kaziwan daily 2500ª²ton Cement of Qin gsong Shareholding Company, Kuerle, Shache and Yinjisha Fruit and Vegetable Proc essing of Guangnong Company, Tarim River Harness, of Qiala Reservoirs,Projects  of Dahuangshan Coal mine Technical Renovation,Project of of 100000ª²Spindle C otton Spnning of Tianhong Paper Company,etc.ª¥

Investment in newly increased fixed assets was 11.343 billion yuan, up by 4.3  pe rcent. Main newly added production capacities of fixed assets investment were: 5 0000 tons of raw coal per annum, 1.52 million tons of cement per annum, 25000 s pin dles of cotton yarns, 60500 kilowatts of installed generating electricity, 1045  kilometers of power transmission line, 1275 beds and 70100 square meters for hos pitals, 50727 student seats and 289,800 square meters for various schools, and 3 011 kilometers of road.ª¥

¢õ. Road Transportationª¥

    At the end of 2005, number of total civil vehicle possession up 62700, up by  11.1 percent(include trucks of agriculture use,don't include 9711 civil motor v e hicles outside Shihezi region and division 8). Of this total, number of passenge r vehicle was 22000, up by 14.0  percent and that of loadª²carrying vehicle was 16500, up by 2.9 percent (Table  7).ª¤

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    Individual passenger traffic was 60.89 million persons, up by 4.4 percent  over the previous year. Passenger flow was 2022 million personª²kms, up by 16.7  p ercent over the previous year. It accounted for 60.3 percent of the total. Frei ght traffic was 56.07 million tons, up by 23.2 percent and freight turnover wa s  3603 million tonª²kms, up by 7.1 percent. It made up 81.3 percent of the tota l. The operation income  was 1708 million yuan, up by 7.9 percent and the net income was 662 million yua n, up by 8.8 percent.ª¥

    ¢ö. Domestic Tradeª¥

    The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 9.338 billion yuan, up by 14. 7  percent over the previous year, or a real growth of 14.6 percent if price facto r s were deducted. The sales of the wholesale and retail industry stood at 7.303  b illion yuan, up by 18.5 percent, that of the catering industry amounted to 1.2 4 2 billion yuan, up by 12.6 percent, and that of other industries was 793 millio n yuan, down by 8.9 percent.ª¥

    The total purchase of commodities was 35.824 billion yuan, up by 7.9 percent o ve r the previous year and the total sales of commodities were 36.931 billion yuan ,  up by 11.3 percent. Inventory of commodities at the end of the year was 9.348  b illion yuan, down by 5.9 percent. The total purchase of commodities of the whol esale and retail industry above designated size was 28.258 bllion yuan, up by 2 0.2 percent. The total sales of commodities were 28.820 bllion yuan, up by 9. 6 p ercent, and inventory of commodities was 7.671 billion yuan, down by 4.7 perce nt.ª¥

    ¢÷.Foreign Trade, Economic and TechnicalCoperation and Tourism

    The total value of import and export was dollars 3.105 billion US dollars, up b y  57.7 percent over the previous year ,accounting for 39.1 percent of Xinjiang.  Of this total, the total value of exports was 1.892 billion US dollars up by 1 26.6 percent over the previous year ,reprsenting 37.5 percent of Xinjiang; th e total value of imports was US$ 1.213 billion, up by 7.0 percent over the pre vious year, accounting for 41.8 percent of Xinjiang (Table 8). ª¥

Export of traditional bulk commodities saw a good growth momentum. The value of  exports of mech anical and electronic products was 279 million US dollars, up by 190.0 percent.   Export of ketchup was 211000 tons, a decrease of 37200 tons and the value of ket chup for export was 98 million US dollars, up by 12.9 percent.ª¥

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 (Data based on the custom statistics)ª¤

    A historical record was registered in utilization of foreign capital. 17 new  projects of foreign investment were approved, with a contract value of 55.46 m i llion US dollars billion and actually utilized value of 43.00 million US dollar s . The total value of imports and exports for foreignª²invested enterprises broke  13 million US dollars. ª¥

    Foreign economic and technological cooperation expanded further. The accomplishe d business revenue overseas contracted projects was 29.19 million US dollars,up   by 43.8 percent. A total value of overseas investment approved was 15.30 milli on yuan.ª¥

    Capital attraction made a new headway. 324 cooperative projects were implemented , with a total investment of 9.192 billion yuan. Capital put into the account a ttracted out of XPCG was 2.137 billion yuan. Of this total, the investment proj ect fund put into the account from Xinjiang was 573 million yuan, the investme nt project fund put into the account from other provinces (regions and municipal ities) was 537 million yuan and the investment project fund put into the account  from foreign countries, Hong Kong and Taiwan regions was 157 million  yuan. 172 cooperative projects were implemented between XPCG and locals, with a  total investment of 573 million yuan, accounting for 26.8 % of the total inves tment. The investment of nonª²public economy was the main part of capital attrac tion, with a total investment of 6.8 billion yuan, accounting for 74.0 % of th e gross investment.ª¥

    2.2754 million tourists were received, up by 15.9 percent. Of this total, 8090 0 entry tourists were received, down by 2.6 percent,  2.1885 million domestic  tourists were received, up by 17.1 percent, 5976 Chinese citizens were organize d to visit foreign countries, down by  40.2 percent. The total revenue of touri sm was 933  million yuan, up 8.3 % over the previous year. Foreign exchange ear nings from international tourism were 54.77 million US dollars, up 4.7 percent . Number of employees engaged in tourism was 5108.ª¥

    20 domestic travel agencies were newly added. Number of travel agencies at the  end of the year was 79. Of this total, 3 were international travel agencies and  76 were domestic travel agencies. Number of starª²rated hotels in XPCG was 30, w ith 3745 rooms, 7152 beds, and 3791 employees.ª¥

    ¢ø. Banking and Insuranceª¥

    The banking sector attained a good performance. Saving deposits totaled 35.817  b illion yuan, up 12.1 percent. Of this total, saving deposits of enterprises wer e  7.725 billion yuan, up 25.0 percent; resident savings were 18.014 billion yu an,  up 12.8 percent. Loans were 17.090 billion yuan, down 2.2 percent. Of this t ota l, shortª²term loans were 10.945 billion yuan, up 3.0 percent; and mediumª²ter m loans were 5.232 billion yuan, down 9.3 percent.ª¥

    Operation regions of insurance sector expanded continuously. 613 bodies were new ly established. Business operation scope covers 25 provinces, municipalities and  regions. At the end of 2005, branch bodies at different levels were 1312, of wh ich there were 35 branch companies. The premium of insurance business was 10.54 2 billion yuan, up 60.9 percent. Its total size ranked fourt h in property insurance in the country. Of this total, the premium of agricultur al insurance was 248 million yuan, up 12.2 percent, that of property insurance  w as 9.66 billion yuan, up 66.1 percent, and that of life insurance was 634 mill io n yuan, up 58.9 percent. Indemnity of various insurances was 4.498 billion yua n, with a combined indemnity rate of 56.8 percent.ª¥

    ¢ù. Science and technology, and Educationª¥

    53 results were awarded Prize of Science and Technology Progress, 6 more than th at in the previous years. Of this total, 3 items were awarded the first prize, 2 2 items were awarded the second prize and 28 items were awarded the third prize.At the end of the year, number of scientific research and technological develop ment bodies was 17, with 3900 professionals and technicians.ª¥

    Number of various schools in XPCG was 806. Schools of various types had an enrol lment of 589,288 students, 44,878 teaching staff and workers. Regular or vocatio nal colleges had an enrollment of 30,663, up by 9.5 percent, including 9,428 ne w  entrants, up by 15.1 percent, and 6,136 graduates, up by 71.3 percent. The en ro llment of doctorates and masters was 1100. (Table 9). The program of the two ¡°b asic ally¡± (referring to basically popularizing compulsory education and basically c leaning up young illiteracy) continued to be implemented 175 farms passed check  and acceptance of  the two ¡° basically¡± and the population coverage rate of the two ¡° basically  ¡± reached 100  percent. Enrollment rate of primary schoolª²age children was 99 .04 percent and enrollment rate of junior secondary schoolª²age people reached  90.18 percent.ª¥

    ¢ú. Culture, Public Health and Sportsª¥

    There were 202 radio and TV broadcasting stations in total in XPCG at the end o f the Year. Of this total, there were one TV station  (cable) of XPCG, 12 TV stations of divisions, 2 radio broadcasting stations (FM)  of divisions, and 188 radio and TV broadcasting relay stations, with nearly 180 0 staff and workers. The radio broadcasting coverage rate was 92.3 percent and  the TV broadcasting coverage rate was 96.1 percent. ª¥

    XPCG published 17 various newspapers of 47.64 million copies and 16 various per iodicals of 650,000 copies.ª¥

    There were 673 various health bodies at the end of the year. Of this total, ther e were 225 hospitals. There were 16,637 beds and 24,332 health persons, of which  there were 20,617 technical professionals. Among the health professionals, ther e were 9023 practitoners (including assistants) and 7186 registered nurses. Aver age possession beds per 1,000 pe rsons were 6.4 and technical professionals were 8. Infant mortality rate was 12 .7 per 1, 000 and pregnant women parturition rate in hospital was 95.2 per 1 00,000. Rep orted annual incidence of contagious diseases  was 201.1 per 100,000. The per c apita resident life expectancy was 75.61 years old.ª¥

    Athletic sports and mass sports developed in a concerted way. Sportsmen of XPCG  attended a part of domestic major games. At the Tenth National Sports Meeting, X PCG was awarded one silver medal,half bronze medal. At the National Track and Fi eld Championships for Secondary Students, XPCG obtained one bronze medal, and on e sixth. At the Third National Fitª²keeping Track and Field Equipment Sports Mee ting, XPCG acquired five gold medals,three silver medals and three bronze medals , with its total tally ranking fifth in the country.ª¥

    At the National Fitª²keeping ball Sports Meeting, XPCG acquired one gold medal,  one silver medal, with its total tally ranking second in the country.ª¥

   ¢û. Environmental Protectionª¥

   XPCG adhered to the principle of pollution control and ecological protection in  an equal stress way, and strengthened control effort of environment supervision  and check. Mass environment consciousness improved gradually and environmental p rotection made fresh results.ª¥

   In 2005, the investment of industrial pollution control was 34.90 million yuan.   Of this total, the input of waste water control was 26.80 million yuan, that of   waste gas control was 6.80 million yuan. Industrial waste water discharge that  m et the standard was 23.98 million tons and the rate up to the standard was 61. 5  percent. The rate of industrial reused water was 83 percent. The comprehensive u tilization rate of industrial solid waste was 47.4 percent.ª¥

    Environmental management of newly constructed projects was strengthened.  In 200 5, a total of 347 reports and registration forms of construction projects enviro nment impact evaluation were examined and approved. The implementation rate of e nvironment impact evaluation was over 90 percent and that of "three simultaneous " regulations was 80 percent.ª¥

   ¢ü. Population, Employment and Social securityª¥

   At the end of 2005, the total population of XPCG was 2,569,800. The year saw 16, 300 births, a crude birth rate 6.4 per thousand, and 11,900 deaths, a crude dea th rate 4.65 per thousand, and a natural growth rate of 1.73 per thousand.ª¥

   The yearª²end number of employment was 988,100 persons, up by 1.2 percent. Num b er of accomplished employment and reemployment was 70,500 persons, of which that  of laid off reemployment were 38,300 persons. The registered unemployment rate  in towns and cities was 2.84 percent.ª¥

   In 2005, the per capita disposable income of urban households in XPCG was 8,353  yuan, a real increase of 6.9 percent if price factors were deducted. The per c a pita net income of workers on farms was 4,105 yuan, a real increase of 9.7 perc e nt if price factors were deducted. The total wages of workers on the job were 88 73 million yuan, up by 6.9 percent over the previous year. The per capita wage  o f workers on the job was 12,136 yuan, an increase of 804 yuan up by 7.1% over t he previous Year.ª¥

   At the end of the year, 755,200 people participated in basic pension programs. 1 ,092,300 took part in the basic health insurance programs. 595,900 people partic ipated in the work injury insurance programs and 605,900 people took part in bir th insurance programs. Retiredª²people  of enterprises with socialized managemen t reached 370,000, with the coverage rate of 97 percent.Pension was paid on time  and in full. The paid up rate of social insurance fund reached 97.8%ª¥

   The work of labor security supervision and laborers' right and interest protecti on was strengthened.866 cases concerning labor security supervision were receive d,816 cases were settled, with a settlement rate of 94.2%.ª¤

Notes:ª¥

1. In the Communique, indicators of gross domestic product,valueª²added of ind us tries and total output value of XPCG are calculated at current prices, whereas g rowth rates are calculated at comparable prices of 1990.ª¥

2. The afforestation area excludes area of orchards and wood sealing and breedin gª¥

3. When the confidence index of entrepreneus and business climate index are mor e than 100,they indicate good. While they are less than 100, they mean not goo d.ª¥

4. Partial figures in the Communique are preliminary statistics. Statistical Ye arbook 2006 of XPCG shall prevail.

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