Nanjing Statistics Bureau

Nanjing Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics

March 2024

The year 2023 marks the beginning of fully implementing the visions outlined at the 20th CPC National Congress, as well as the crucial year for economic recovery and development following the transition from the three-year COVID-19 pandemic control phase. Facing the complex and ever-changing external environment and issues and contradictions encountered during the process of economic recovery, we have adhered to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, have based all our actions on guiding principles established at the 20th CPC National Congress and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, and on General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on Jiangsu's development, we have conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, firmly complied with the major requirement of "taking the lead and setting an example", and closely focused on the major tasks of "four taking-the-leads" and "four new actions". Under the strong leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, we have adhered to the overall tone of seeking progress while ensuring stability, fully and faithfully applied the new development philosophy on all fronts. As a result, the city's economy has demonstrated resilience in its recovery despite pressures, showing a positive trend towards growth. Solid progress has been made in advancing high-quality development.

1. Overview

According to preliminary calculations, the whole city has achieved a gross regional domestic product[2] of 1,742.14 billion yuan for the whole year, up by 4.6% over the previous year. In terms of industries, the value-added of primary industry was 31.775 billion yuan, up by 1.7%; the value-added of the secondary industry was 592.9 billion yuan, up by 2.8%; the value-added of the tertiary industry was 1,117.465 billion yuan, up by 5.6%. The proportion of the three industries was adjusted from 1.9:35.4:62.7 in the previous year to 1.8:34.0:64.2, and the per capita GDP reached 183,015 yuan.

At the end of the year, the city's permanent resident population was 9.547 million, an increase of 55.9 thousand or 0.59% over the end of the previous year. The urban population was 8.325 million, accounting for 87.20% of the total population (urbanization rate of the permanent resident population), up by 0.19 percentage points over the previous year. The birth rate of the permanent resident population throughout the year was 5.68‰, the death rate was 5.06‰, and the natural growth rate was 0.62‰.

231 thousand new urban jobs were created throughout the year. Throughout the year, the whole city cultivated 45.5 thousand independent entrepreneurs and 7,604 college students starting their own businesses, and supported 4,048 farmers starting their own businesses.

The consumer price for the year increased by 0.6% compared with the previous year. In terms of categories, food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.1%, clothing increased by 1.9%, housing increased by 0.1%, daily necessities and services increased by 0.6%, transportation and communications decreased by 2.5%, education, culture and entertainment increased by 2.1%, and healthcare increased by 1.6%, and other supplies and services increased by 5.0%.

Throughout the year, producer price decreased by 4.1% compared with the previous year. Light industry decreased by 1.0%, heavy industry decreased by 4.7%; the price of production means decreased by 4.2%, and the price of living means decreased by 3.6%. Purchasing price decreased by 4.2% compared with the previous year.

At the end of the year, there were a total of 1.7996 million business entities of various types, up by 4.1% over the end of the previous year. There were 10.5 thousand foreign-invested enterprises, up by 2.5%; there were 1.0953 million individual businesses, up by 3.4%. Throughout the year, registration authorities at all levels in the whole city registered 245 thousand newly established business entities of various types, including 99.3 thousand newly established enterprises.

2. Agriculture

For the whole city, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 53.07 billion yuan, up by 1.0% over the previous year; the value-added of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 34.6 billion yuan, up by 2.2% on a comparable basis. In terms of industries, agriculture (planting industry) achieved an output value of 28.51 billion yuan, up by 0.9% on year-on-year basis; forestry achieved an output value of 2.5 billion yuan, up by 4.1% on year-on-year basis; animal husbandry achieved an output value of 2.59 billion yuan, down by 1.7% on year-on-year basis; fishery achieved an output value of 14.77 billion Yuan, down by 1.3% on year-on-year basis; agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and auxiliary activities achieve an output value of 4.7 billion yuan, up by 9.0% on year-on-year basis.

Throughout the year, the sown area of grain was 2.0856 million acres, up by 0.6% over the previous year; the total output of grain was 993.5 thousand tons, up by 0.3%. The sown area of summer grain was 666.3 thousand acres, up by 1.9%, and its total output was 221.9 thousand tons, up by 2.5%, of which the sown area of wheat was 655.9 thousand acres, up by 2.1%, and its total output was 219.9 thousand tons, up by 2.6%. The area sown for autumn grain was 1.4193 million acres, generally flat compared with the previous year and its total output was 771.6 thousand tons, down by 0.3%, of which the area sown for rice was 1.225 million acres, down by 1.6%, and its total output was 705.8 thousand tons, down by 1.2%; the area sown for corn was 78.2 thousand acres, up by 2.1%, and its total output was 32.6 thousand tons, up by 3.1%.

The sown area of oil plants was 349.1 thousand acres, up by 12.7%, and its total output was 55.2 thousand tons, up by 9.5%. The sown area of vegetables was 1.2145 million acres, up by 0.1%, and its total output was 2.7982 million tons, up by 0.2%, and the comprehensive yield per mu was 2.304 thousand kilograms, up by 0.1%.

Throughout the year, 5.2 thousand acres of high-standard farmland were added, 80 farms were newly rated as municipal-level demonstration family farms, and 71 enterprises were newly recognized as municipal-level leading enterprises. Throughout the year, leisure agriculture has attracted 38 million tourists and achieved a comprehensive income of 15 billion yuan.

3. Industry and construction

Throughout the year, the value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.6% over the previous year. The value-added of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 4.8%, the value-added of corporate enterprises increased by 5.6%, the value-added of foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises decreased by 0.5%, and the value-added of private enterprises increased by 4.9%. The value-added of large and medium-sized enterprises increased by 4.4%, and the value-added of small enterprises increased by 1.3%.

In terms of industries, the value-added of the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing industry increased by 14.4%, the value-added of the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry increased by 3.0%, the value-added of the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 9.8%, and the value-added of the special equipment manufacturing industry increased by 12.4%. The output of green and smart products such as new energy vehicles, integrated circuits, and industrial robots grew rapidly, up by 7.2%, 61.6%, and 27.6% respectively over the previous year.

The total output value of construction industry achieved by qualified general contracting and specialized contracting enterprises included in the annual statistics was 508.057 billion yuan, up by 5.0% over the previous year. Within this, the output value of the construction installation industry increased by 8.2%, and the total output value of the civil engineering construction industry increased by 13.6%.

4. Fixed asset investment and real estate

Throughout the year, the fixed asset investment completed was 576.364 billion yuan, down by 1.9% over the previous year. Investment in the primary industry increased by 27.1%; investment in the secondary industry increased by 2%; investment in the tertiary industry decreased by 2.9%. The investment structure continued to be optimized. Investment in the manufacturing industry was 108.893 billion yuan, up by 9.0% over the previous year, of which electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, pharmaceutical manufacturing, and automobile manufacturing increased by 38.6%, 15.3%, and 49.9% respectively. The investment in high-tech industries was 80.246 billion yuan, up by 7.7% over the previous year.

Throughout the year, the investment in real estate development was 275.319 billion yuan, down by 0.2% over the previous year. Residential investment was 206.346 billion yuan, up by 0.5%. Throughout the year, the sales area of commercial housing was 9.0603 million square meters, down by 3.9% over the previous year, of which the sales area of residential housing was 7.9686 million square meters, up by 0.6%. At the end of the year, the area of commercial housing for sale was 4.7465 million square meters, of which the area of residential housing for sale was 2.0853 million square meters. Throughout the year, 24 thousand units of affordable rental housing were enabled.

5. Domestic trade

Throughout the year, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 820.107 billion yuan, up by 4.7% over the previous year. The retail sales by businesses above designated sales in urban markets were 479.042 billion yuan, up by 1.7% over the previous year; the retail sales by businesses above designated sales in rural markets were 3.597 billion yuan, down by 7.8%. The retail sales of physical stores above designated sales increased by 5.0% on year-on-year basis, of which the retail sales of specialty stores and brand-exclusive stores increased by 4.6% and 8.6% respectively, and the retail sales of convenience stores increased by 48.3% on year-on-year basis. Throughout the year, among the retail sales of businesses above designated sales, the retail sales of new energy vehicles increased by 10.8%; the retail sales of books, newspapers and magazines, gold and silver jewelry, and communication equipment increased by 9.5%, 17.0%, and 7.6% respectively.

6. Foreign trade

According to customs statistics, the total import and export of goods in the whole city was 565.99 billion yuan, down by 9.3% over the previous year. The total export was 333.31 billion yuan, down by 11.8%; the total import was 232.68 billion yuan, down by 5.6%. In terms of commodity composition, the mechanical and electrical products export decreased by 4.6%, and the high-tech products export decreased by 12.9%; the mechanical and electrical products import decreased by 7.1%, and the high-tech products import decreased by 13.6%. In terms of trade patterns, the total import and export in general trade decreased by 11.7%, and the total import and export in processing trade decreased by 7.8%. In terms of business entities, the total import and export of state-owned enterprises decreased by 7.8%, the total import and export of foreign-invested enterprises decreased by 8.7%, and the total import and export of private enterprises decreased by 11.2%.

Throughout the year, the foreign investment actually utilized was 4.94 billion dollars, up by 1.9% over the previous year. In terms of industries, the foreign investment utilized in the service industry decreased by 3.2% on year-on-year basis, of which the scientific research and technical services industry increased by 3.2%, the leasing and business services industry increased by 71.1%, and the financial industry increased by 139.2%; the foreign investment utilized in the manufacturing industry increased by 39.6%, of which the electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing increased by 19.3% and the pharmaceutical manufacturing increased by 134.8%. Throughout the year, there were 717 newly established and investment-increased projects, and the contractual foreign investment was 5.86 billion dollars. Major countries jointly building the "Belt and Road" actually invested 24.3 thousand dollars in Nanjing, up by 139% on year-on-year basis.

Throughout the year, there were 130 newly established overseas investment projects, and the agreed investment from China was 660 million dollars, up by 20% on year-on-year basis. The turnover of contract foreign projects was 2.32 billion dollars, up by 9.8% on year-on-year basis. The agreed investment in countries jointly building the "Belt and Road” was 186 million dollars, up by 83.9% on year-on-year basis.

7. Transportation, post and telecommunications, and tourism

Throughout the year, the total volume of cargo transportation was 463.8161 million tons, up by 1.4% over the previous year; the volume of cargo turnover was 437.410 billion ton-kilometers, up by 13.7%. Specifically, road cargo transportation increased by 5.1% over the previous year, waterborne cargo transportation decreased by 3.5%, and civil aviation cargo transportation increased by 37.4%. Throughout the year, the passenger transport volume was 156.9752 million person-trips, up by 82.0% over the previous year; the passenger turnover volume was 21.41 billion person-kilometers, up by 100.2%. A total of 14 rail transit lines have been completed (including 2 tram lines) with an operational mileage of 459.4 kilometers (including 16.71 kilometers of tram routes). Throughout the year, the subway passenger volume was 1.01 billion person-trips, up by 31.7% over the previous year.

At the end of the year, the total number of motor vehicles in the whole city (excluding tractors) was 3.388 million, an increase of 184.7 thousand vehicles compared to the end of the previous year. Specifically, the number of private cars was 2.4867 million, an increase of 152.7 thousand.

Throughout the year, the business volume of post services reached the standard level of 13.349 billion, up by 13.7%; the revenue from postal services was 14.928 billion yuan, up by 11.3%. Throughout the year, the business volume of telecommunication services was 19.981 billion, up by 19.3% over the previous year; the revenue from telecommunication services was 20.076 billion yuan, up by 6.9%. Throughout the year, the total express delivery volume was 979 million pieces, up by 6.9% over the previous year.

8. Finance and monetary

Throughout the year, the general public budget revenue was 162 billion yuan, up by 4%, with tax revenue accounting for 84.4%.

At the end of the year, the total balance of various deposits was 5.427992 trillion yuan, up by 9.6% on year-on-year basis, and an increase of 475.643 billion yuan compared to the beginning of the year. Specifically, the balance of household deposits amounted to 1.545312 trillion yuan, accounting for 28.5%, an increase of 216.367 billion yuan compared to the beginning of the year; the balance of deposits of non-financial enterprises was 1.69391 trillion yuan, accounting for 31.2%, an increase of 88.394 billion yuan compared to the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, the balance of local and foreign currency loans in financial institutions was 5.433789 trillion yuan, an increase of 553.768 billion yuan or up by 11.4% compared to the beginning of the year. The balance of manufacturing loans was 411.751 billion yuan, up by 16.7% compared to the beginning of the year. Throughout the year, 7 new listed companies, both domestic and foreign, have established their presence, bringing the total number to 161.

Throughout the year, the premium income was 100.921 billion yuan, up by 5.4% over the previous year. In terms of types, the income of life insurance was 62.185 billion yuan, up by 7.9%; the income of property insurance was 23.964 billion yuan, down by 1.4%; the income of health insurance was 13.503 billion yuan, up by 9.4%; the income of accident insurance was 1.27 billion yuan, down by 14.5%.

9. People's livelihood and social security

Throughout the year, the per capita disposable income of all residents was 72.112 thousand yuan, up by 4.5% over the previous year. The wages income was 45.057 thousand yuan, up by 4.5%; the net business income was 7.512 thousand yuan, up by 4.2%; the net property income was 7.262 thousand yuan, up by 2.8%; the net transfer income was 12.281 thousand yuan, up by 5.3%. Based on the place of permanent residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 79.858 thousand yuan, up by 4.2%; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 36.789 thousand yuan, up by 6.1%. Throughout the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of all residents was 43.182 thousand yuan, up by 7.1% over the previous year. Based on the place of permanent residence, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 46.552 thousand yuan, up by 6.7%; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 27.811 thousand yuan, up by 9.8%. The Engel coefficient of all residents was 25.7%, with 25.2% for urban residents and 29.6% for rural residents.

At the end of the year, 3.7541 million people were covered by basic endowment insurance for enterprise employees, 5.4905 million people by basic medical insurance for urban employees, 3.5055 million people by unemployment insurance, 3.91 million people by employment injury insurance, and 3.6295 million people by birth insurance. 42.5 thousand urban and rural residents (18.7 thousand urban residents and 23.8 thousand rural residents) were covered by basic cost of living allowances. Basic cost of living allowances in both urban and rural areas were raised to 1.05 thousand yuan per month.

10. Science, technology and education

The whole city had 93 key laboratories at or above the provincial level, of which 33 were national level. The whole city had 629 engineering technology research centers at or above the provincial level, of which 82 were newly added. A total of 2.34 million square meters of urban silicon alleys have been constructed and put into use, attracting 519 high-tech enterprises, 929 qualified technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and housing 3.841 thousand enterprises in total.

Throughout the year, the expenditure on research and development accounted for over 3.82% of the regional gross domestic product, and the output value of high-tech industries accounted for 57.1% of that of industries above designated size. Within the validity period, the total number of high-tech enterprises exceeded 10 thousand, and 23.569 thousand technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises were registered in the database, up by 16.8%. There were 376 new-type research and development institutions at the municipal level, and the revenue of these institutions and their associated and driven enterprises was 56.25 billion yuan throughout the year.

Throughout the year, the number of patents granted was 68.805 thousand, 28.565 thousand of which were invention patents, up by 1.0%. The number of valid invention patents per 10,000 people was 146.80, and the total number of valid invention patents was 139,331, an increase of 22.45% year-on-year. A total of 35.585 thousand technical contracts were recognized and registered in the whole city, with a transaction value of 100.157 billion yuan, up by 16.91%. The national EDA technology innovation center was officially put into operation, the industrialization of the third-generation semiconductor technology innovation center makes positive progress, the national high-performance membrane material innovation center was approved for establishment, the major scientific and technological infrastructure under the research and development reached 12, and the "Wentian I" brain-like supercomputer and "Source map" open-source software supply chain platform make a breakthrough.

There were 51 general institutes of higher education in the whole city (excluding military institutes), with 799,400 students enrolled (excluding postgraduates), an increase of 21,700 over the previous year. The number of postgraduate students enrolled in Nanjing-based universities and institutions providing postgraduate programs was 208,100, an increase of 13,100 over the previous year. The city has 277 ordinary secondary schools with 316,900 students enrolled, an increase of 14,400 over the previous year; 22 secondary vocational schools with 63,500 students enrolled, an increase of 100; 15 special education schools with 2,400 students enrolled, an increase of 400; 391 primary schools with 565,700 students enrolled, an increase of 36,400; and 1,031 kindergartens with 251,100 children enrolled, a decrease of 27,300. Additionally, 30 kindergartens have been newly constructed or expanded, and 12 new compulsory education schools (campuses) have been established. In the whole city, the standardization rate of compulsory education schools has reached 100%.

11. Culture, health and sports

The city had a total of 177 cultural industry quarters (bases) at or above the municipal level, of which 12 was at the national level, 35 at the provincial level, and 130 at the municipal level. At the end of the year, the city had a total of 14 cultural centers, 15 public libraries, 101 cultural stations, 76 museums, 667 culture relic protection sites at or above the municipal level, 2 national historical and cultural blocks, 9 provincial historical and cultural blocks, and 3 national historical and cultural towns (villages). There were 1,205 community comprehensive cultural service centers that meet provincial standards.

At the end of the year, there were 3,846 health agencies. There were 443 hospitals, community healthcare centers and health centers, 14 maternal and child care service centers (offices, stations), and 4 specialized health institutions (offices, stations). In the whole city, there were 72.495 thousand beds in various health agencies, of which 70,290 beds were in hospitals, community healthcare centers and health centers. There were 112.7 thousand health workers, including 42.3 thousand practicing (including assistant) physicians and 51.5 thousand registered nurses.

Throughout the year, six sports parks (squares), 41 lighted basketball courts were newly built or renovated, 125 kilometers of fitness trails were constructed, 16 new or renovated community fitness centers were established, and 776 sets of outdated fitness equipment in the national fitness project (spots) were updated. A total of 94,000 person-times of physical health testing and exercise guidance services were provided, over 3,000 mass sports competitions and activities were held, and the 2023 Nanjing Marathon was successfully held at a high level.

12. Resources, environment and emergency management

Throughout the year, energy consumption per unit of GDP decreased by 1.7%. Electricity consumption of the whole city was 74.727 billion kilowatt hours, up by 3.1% over the previous year. The comprehensive energy consumption of industrial enterprises above designated size was 37.9671 million tons of standard coal, up by 2.3% over the previous year.

Throughout the year, there were a total of 2,045 emission-reduction projects completed, including 61 water pollution reduction projects and 1984 air pollution reduction projects, and the annual reduction tasks issued by the provincial government on all major pollutants were fully completed. The average annual concentration of PM2.5 was 29 micrograms per cubic meter, and the number of days with good air quality or above was 299, accounting for 81.9%. The proportion of excellent and good water quality at the national and provincial level monitoring sections of surface water was 100%. The water quality of the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River meets the national surface water environmental quality standard of Class II, and the compliance rate of water quality at major centralized drinking water sources was also 100%.

In 2023, the city saw 82 work-related accidents with 48 fatalities, a year-on-year decrease of 8.89% and 7.69% respectively. No major or larger accidents occurred, and the overall safety conditions were the best in recent years.

Notes:

[1] The data in this bulletin were preliminary statistics. Due to rounding off, some data may show discrepancies between the total and the sum of individual items.

[2] The gross regional domestic product, the value-added of the three industries and the value-added of industries, and the absolute value of the per capital gross regional product were calculated based on current prices, and the growth rates were calculated based on constant prices.

Source:

In this bulletin, the financial data comes from the Municipal Finance Bureau; employment and social security data comes from the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau; enterprise registration and patent data comes from the Municipal Market Supervision Administration; featured agriculture data comes from the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; highway, water transportation data comes from the Municipal Transportation Bureau; railway transportation data comes from the feedback from Provincial Statistics Bureau; civil aviation transport data comes from Eastern Airports and China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu Limited; rail transportation data comes from Nanjing Metro Group Co., Ltd; data of postal and telecommunications services comes from the Municipal Postal Administration and the Communications Industry Management Office of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province; foreign trade data comes from Jinling Customs and Bureau of Commerce; financial data comes from the Operation Management Department of the Former Nanjing Branch of the People's Bank of China; data of listed companies comes from the Office of the Financial Committee of the Municipal Committee; basic living allowance data comes from Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau; data of medical insurance and birth insurance comes from the Municipal Medical Security Bureau; science and technology data comes from the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau; education data comes from the Municipal Education Bureau; cultural data comes from the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau; health data comes from the Municipal Health Commission; sports data comes from the Municipal Bureau of Sports; environmental protection data comes from the Municipal Bureau of Ecological Environment; safety production data comes from the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau; affordable rental housing data comes from the Municipal Housing Security and Real Estate Bureau; price, urban and rural residents income and expenditure data comes from the Nanjing Survey Team of the National Statistics Bureau; Other relevant data comes from the Municipal Statistics Bureau.