The comprehensive strength of the county has been significantly enhanced, economic and social undertakings have developed rapidly, and people's living standards have been significantly improved. In 2004, the county's GDP reached 448 million yuan, 52 times that of 1978. The total industrial output value reached 580 million yuan, 503 times that of 1978. The fiscal revenue reached 25.29 million yuan, which was 1, 4 1/times. The total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 65.438+0.43 billion yuan, 4,465.438+0 times of 654.38+0.956. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society reached 65.438+0.42 billion yuan, 203 times that of 654.38+0.978.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the natural conditions in Guanghe were harsh and the people lived in poverty. Since the poverty alleviation work was carried out in the 1990s, the county party committee and government have made tackling poverty as the focus of the county's work. Focusing on solving the five major problems of "food, shelter, transportation, medical treatment and school", they explored effective ways such as "building terraces, laying plastic films, collecting rain and saving irrigation, exporting labor services, promoting the whole village, and comprehensively developing agriculture", and achieved remarkable results in poverty alleviation. The per capita net income of farmers in the county increased from 37.74 yuan in 1978 to 130 1 yuan in 2004, and the poverty level in rural areas decreased to 6.6%.
Guanghe's private economy started in the 1980s. 1983, there were only 35 private enterprises in the county, with an output value of 1.54 million yuan. Over the past 20 years, the private economy has developed rapidly from small to large, from scratch. Especially in recent years, the county party committee and government have adopted a series of policies and measures to encourage, support and guide, which has created a good development environment and promoted the rapid development of the county's private economy. By the end of 2004, the number of private enterprises in the county had grown to 1287, with14810.5 employees and fixed assets of private enterprises of 268 million yuan. The total output value of private enterprises in the county reached 792 million yuan, the sales income was 6130,000 yuan, the added value was1990,000 yuan, the profit was 30 million yuan, and the taxes paid were 1008 yuan. The private economy has not only developed rapidly in quantity, but also undergone qualitative changes in scale and structure. Production and operation have developed from a single field of fur processing in the early days of reform and opening up to a variety of industries with relatively complete categories such as smelting, processing, construction, transportation, consulting and information. The products mainly include woolen cloth, blankets, tops, carpets, cashmere sweaters, machine bricks, colored garment leather, upper leather, blue wet leather, leather sofas, leather jackets, crystal sugar, caustic soda, plastics and ferrosilicon. In 2004, the tax paid by private enterprises accounted for 40% of the county's fiscal revenue. Private economy has become the most potential and dynamic economic growth point in the county.
In recent years, Guanghe private economy has shown a multi-industry development trend. While consolidating traditional industries such as leather and wool spinning, vigorously expanding service industries such as catering and transportation has become the most dynamic development highlight of the private economy. Guanghe catering industry has achieved rapid development, and its tentacles have extended from local areas to large and medium-sized cities across the country, with an amazing development speed. At present, there are more than 1500 catering enterprises run by Guanghe people inside and outside the county, mainly distributed in county towns and large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Lanzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. A number of Muslim catering enterprises represented by Yunfeng, Yinfeng, Huayu and Ma Fugui Laoma Lamian Noodles have not only gained a firm foothold in big cities, but also led the trend of the catering industry. With the rapid development of the national logistics industry, the transportation industry in Guanghe has grown stronger and stronger, and has formed a transportation army with nearly 1,000 vans. Trucks are mainly large and medium-sized vehicles, including eight-axle, two-axle, four-axle and semi-trailer. These transport troops transported local products such as fur and potatoes from the west to the southeast, and also transported daily necessities from other places to the west to exchange needed goods, thus enhancing the exchange of goods throughout the country.