According to the data released by the Comprehensive Department of the National Bureau of Statistics at the end of September, since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the total number of cities in China in 2006 was 66 1, including 287 cities at or above the prefecture level, 8 more than in 2002. At the end of 2002, the total population of cities at or above the prefecture level (excluding counties under the jurisdiction of cities) was 367.64 million, an increase of 38.4 million, or1.7%.
Among them, the number of cities with GDP exceeding 1000 billion yuan in prefecture-level cities and above (excluding cities under the jurisdiction of the city) increased from 12 in 2002 to 30 in 2006, of which 12 cities exceeded 200 billion yuan, and only Guangdong Province occupied four seats, ranking first in the country. According to the reporter's understanding, in the year-end statistics of 2006, the economic aggregates of Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan and Dongguan accounted for 63.83% of the province's total GDP. In other words, nearly two-thirds of the province's GDP is contributed by the four cities.
In addition, the data show that in 2006, the GDP of the three major urban agglomerations (including cities and counties) around Bohai Sea, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta was 7,830.5 billion yuan, accounting for 37.4% of the national GDP. Among them, the GDP of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration is 39.61300 million yuan, the GDP of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is 2161800 million yuan, and the GDP of the Bohai Rim urban agglomeration is1707.4 billion yuan, accounting for18.9% and/kloc of the national GDP respectively. In 2006, the per capita GDP of Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration and Bohai Rim urban agglomeration (including counties under the jurisdiction of the city) were 378 19 yuan, 49,093 yuan and 32,036 yuan respectively, which were 2 1735 yuan, 33,009 yuan and 15952 yuan higher than the national average respectively.
According to the reporter's understanding, at the meeting of leading cadres held in Dongguan at the end of September, Li Yuquan, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, reported the economic operation of Dongguan since this year. Since 2007, the overall economic situation of Dongguan has remained stable. According to preliminary accounting, the GDP of Dongguan in September was 229.66 billion yuan, up by17.7% year-on-year.
Lv Qiyuan, director of the Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Statistics, said in an interview that although the statistics released by the higher authorities have not yet been received, according to the current development speed, Dongguan is likely to cross the threshold of 300 billion yuan this year.
■ Experts say: Look at this ranking objectively.
In the national GDP ranking of cities in 2006, Dongguan ranked only 15, while Suzhou, Wuxi, Qingdao, Ningbo and Chengdu all ranked ahead of Dongguan. Why did Dongguan jump sharply in a short time? Professor Lin Jiang, director of the Finance and Taxation Department of Lingnan College of Sun Yat-sen University and the first special researcher in Dongguan, said that this is the result of statistical caliber.
Lin Jiang said that the ranking excluded the GDP of counties under the jurisdiction of prefecture-level cities, while the GDP of counties under the jurisdiction of cities such as Kunshan in Suzhou accounted for the bulk of local GDP, so cities such as Suzhou were not selected as the top 2 cities with GDP of 200 billion yuan/kloc-0. Dongguan, because the city directly governs the towns and streets, lacks the middle-level counties, so it can jump sharply in the ranking.
Lin Jiang also said that to look at this ranking objectively, the jump in the ranking does not explain how strong Dongguan is. At present, Dongguan is striving for transformation, and many labor-intensive enterprises have shown signs of emigration. Dongguan should continue to strengthen industrial upgrading and innovation and develop industrial service industry.