In the long historical period before the founding of New China, Jiexiu’s self-sufficient agricultural economy dominated. After the founding of New China, the lives of the masses in Jiexiu were guaranteed. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Jiexiu's industrial economy, mainly coking, rose rapidly. The private economy was the first in Shanxi Province, and the city's comprehensive economic strength ranked among the top ten counties and cities in Shanxi Province for many years.

In 2009, Jiexiu City's regional GDP reached 14 billion yuan, total fiscal revenue reached 2.42 billion yuan, total retail sales of consumer goods reached 3.378 billion yuan, and the disposable income of urban residents and the per capita net income of farmers reached 15,400 yuan respectively. yuan and 5,732 yuan.

In 2012, Jiexiu City’s regional GDP reached 15.1 billion yuan, of which the primary industry accounted for 3.3, the secondary industry accounted for 66.8, and the tertiary industry accounted for 29.9. The per capita regional GDP is 36,531 yuan, which is 5,787 US dollars based on the average exchange rate in 2012. The city's total fiscal revenue for the year totaled 2.80186 billion yuan, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 6.04 billion yuan, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 23,060 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 8,704 yuan.

In 2014, Jiexiu was selected into the national new urbanization comprehensive pilot program, becoming the only city in Shanxi to be selected. In 2009, the total grain area in Jiexiu City was 420,000 acres, the yield per mu was 227 kilograms, and the total output was 94.52 million kilograms.

In 2012, the crop planting area in Jiexiu City was 26,650.8 hectares, including 26,153.04 hectares of grain planting area, 16.47 hectares of oilseed planting area, and 0.73 hectares of cotton planting area. Among the grain planting area, the corn planting area is 15253.89 hectares and the wheat planting area is 5545.86 hectares. The annual grain output was 138,088 tons, including 23,980.58 tons of summer grain and 114,107.93 tons of autumn grain. Afforestation of 833 hectares was completed throughout the year, with 154 hectares of new seedling area and 1.08 million trees planted sporadically. The city's total meat output throughout the year was 16,844.86 tons, including 12,282 tons of pork, 495 tons of beef, 863.8 tons of mutton, 3,204 tons of poultry, 6,525 tons of milk, and 6,219 tons of eggs. At the end of the year, there were 4,532 large livestock on hand, 95,167 pigs, 1,106,300 chickens, 61,236 sheep, and 1,820 rabbits. At the end of the year, the city's total agricultural machinery power was 305,600 kilowatts, the mechanical sowing area was 24,460 hectares, and the mechanical harvesting area was 16,068 hectares. The city’s total income from agricultural mechanization operations was 225.3 million yuan. Coke is the leading industry in Jiexiu City. As of 2009, there were 9 coke enterprises in Jiexiu City with an actual production capacity of 9 million tons. The steel industry mainly relies on Antai Group's 2 million tons of steel projects. As of 2009, it has formed a production capacity of 1 million tons of pig iron and 1 million tons of steel billets, and has basically formed an industrial chain of pig iron-steel billet-high wire, H-shaped steel-steel structure. As of 2009, the main machinery processing enterprises in Jiexiu City include Erji, Jingtian, Hongxing, Jinniu, Tianhong, Duozhi, Xingxi, Keer, as well as more than 20 enterprises such as water pump factory, agricultural machinery factory, and coal chemical complete equipment factory. The leading products include coal washing equipment, pipe mold processing, hydraulic props, light steel grids, boilers, agricultural machinery, water pumps, castings, etc.

At the end of 2012, there were 48 industrial enterprises above designated size in Jiexiu City. The output of raw coal of industrial enterprises above designated size was 7.641 million tons, the power generation was 1.125 billion kilowatt hours, the coke output was 5.9857 million tons, and the steel production was 1.011 million tons. ton. Throughout the year, industrial enterprises above designated size achieved main business income of 34.19 billion yuan, of which the coal, coke, metallurgy and electric power industries achieved main business income of 15.44 billion yuan, 6.495 billion yuan, 130 million yuan and 29 million yuan respectively. Industries above designated size realized profits and taxes of 630 million yuan and profits of -210 million yuan. Throughout the year, the city's qualified construction enterprises completed a total output value of 1,187,909 yuan in the construction industry and realized a profit of 44,197 yuan.

In 2008, the service industry in Jiexiu City completed an added value of 2.256 billion yuan, accounting for 1.88% of the GDP, and achieved tax revenue of 246 million yuan, accounting for 1.05% of the total fiscal revenue. The number of employees reached 68,000, accounting for 35.6% of the city's urban and rural employees. It has become An important channel to increase employment and improve residents’ income. But looking at the overall situation, especially the proportion of the service industry in the total GDP, the development of Jiexiu's service industry is still at a relatively low level. In 2008, the city received 942,000 tourists, generated ticket revenue of 35.02 million yuan, and achieved a comprehensive tourism income of 200 million yuan. Its main tourism economic indicators rank among the best among county-level cities in Shanxi Province.

As of 2009, Jiexiu City has successively built and opened four large-scale professional markets with a total area of ??80,000 square meters, including Liangji Farmers' Trade, Nanjie Metal Components, Xindongfang Furniture and Building Materials, and Changhong Furniture. In order to serve the brand market in Jiexiu, Jinzhong and Luliang, Jiajiali Supermarket Chain, a subsidiary of Shanxi Jilongsi Trading Co., Ltd., has also become one of the most competitive commercial circulation enterprises in Shanxi Province.

In 2012, Jiexiu City completed a total postal and telecommunications business volume of 311.07 million yuan, including a total postal business volume of 27.71 million yuan and a total telecommunications business volume of 283.36 million yuan. Throughout the year, the city received 4.06 million domestic tourists and 15,500 overseas tourists. The annual domestic tourism revenue was 3.52 billion yuan, and the foreign exchange earned from tourism was 4.65 million US dollars.