The year 2002 was the first year of China's entry into WTO and a crucial year of implementing "Tenth Five- Year Plan" as well. The people of different ethnic groups in Xinjiang, under the correct leadership of CPC Xinjiang Party committee and the people's government adapted to the new changes of competitive enviornment and economic situations home and broad quickening the progress of west China's development by carrying out a series of policy measures formulated by central government and XJ Uygur Autonomous Region. Great efforts were made to expand domestic demand, reinforce the fundamental standing of agriculture, rationalize the structure of production, taking a quick pace in development of feature economy and actively open up domestic and foreign markets, thus ensuring a steady growth of economy and a overall progress in various sectors of the society.
                                                   I. General Survey
The expected target for macro-readjustment and control in the whole year was attained as result of the steady development in the national economy. Based on the preliminary computation, the year 2001 GDP in Xinjiang came to 1598.28 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 8.1% over that in the previous year, which kept the same rate as in preceding year. The added value of the first industry amounted to 305.00 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 5.0%; the added value of the second industry came up to 672.10 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 8.4%, in which the added value of industry was 473.00 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 8.6%, the added value of building industry was 199.10 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 7.9%; the added value of the tertiary industry reached 621.18 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 9.3%. The added value of the first, second and tertiary industries took up respectively 19.1%, 42.0% and 38.9% of the GDP, of which the percentage of the first industry dropped by 0.3 percentage point, the percentage of the second industry declined by 0.4% percentage point and the percentage of the tertiary industry rose by 0.7 percentage point. The per-capita GDP was 8382 RMBY, an increase of 6.4%.
The overall level of resident's consuming price for a year went up by 0.6%. Judging by the indices of consumer goods by group, the price for food was an overall drop, which was mainly responsible for falling price in consumer's goods. The price for consumer's goods was still in a falling trend, while the residence and service saw a rise in price. The food went down by 2.7%, while cigarette, wine and their wares dropped by 0.8%; the apparel fell by 0.5%, recreation, education, culture and related service by 0.8%, family equipment and its service fell by 1.6%; medical treatment and health care as well as personal necessities rose by 1.4%, traffic and telecommunication by 1.7%, and house by 2.6%. In terms of food price, grain dropped by 2.7%, oil and fat by 3.0%, meat, poultry and their products by 0.6%, egg by 7.7%, fishery products by 7.2% and fresh vegetable by 17.2%. The retail price of commodities on the whole for a whole year went down by 2.1%, fixed-asset investment rose by 0.2%, while the ex-factory price for industrial products declined by 2.7%, agricultural means of production went down by 0.4%, real estate sales by 0.9%, while the land transaction went up by 0.7%, and house-leasing by 0.5%.
At the end of the year, on-the-job staff workers numbered 2,422,600, a drop of 1.9% against that of the previous year; of which on-the-job workers in state-owned units numbered 1,892,500, a drop of 4.2%, in collective units 93,100, a drop of 20.1%, in other units 437,000, a rise of 15.5%. according to the statistics of working sectors, at the end of the year, laid-off workers reached 78,400, re-employed workers 32,200. At the end of the year, the unemployed persons registered at 126,800, with the registered rate of unemployment reaching 3.7%. In the whole year, employed and re-employed workers amount to 322,800, of which 29,900 were put on jobs by state-owned units, 54,700 by collective-owned units in towns and cities, 150,100 by private enterprises, self-employed enterprises and three kinds of foreign-invested enterprises , and 88,100 by other sectors.
The major problems in economic development are: limited channels of income-rising for farmers, slow pace in rural second and third industrial development, fairly slow increasing speed of industry, inefficient results of enterprises; increasing speed of investment was lower than the national level, with the non-governmental investment remained inactivated. The unemployment was still serious with acuate contradictions.
                                                        II. Agriculture
The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery came up to 525.04 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 5.2% over that in the previous year. The output value of agriculture reached 362.77 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 3.9%, animal husbandry 148.04 hundred million RMBY , a rise of 8.9%, forestry 11.09 hundred million RMBY , a rise of 11.5%, and fishery 3.15 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 2.1%. The adjustment of planting was further enhanced. " Special, advantaged, high-tech" industries saw a big headway, and the sown area of grains, vegetables, fruits, melons, and other feature crops increased, while the sown area of cotton was reduced. The sown area of grain for a year was 1,494,000 hectares, 7.1% higher than that in the previous year; the sown area of cotton was 944,000 hectares, a drop of 16.4%; the sown area of oil bearing crops was 215,100 hectares, a drop of 1.1%; the sown area of beet was 85,300 hectares, an drop of 0.3%; the sown area of vegetable was 164,200 hectares, a rise of 30.4%; Grain output was 8,758,700 tons, a rise of 1.0%; cotton output was 1,500,000 tons, an drop of 4.5%; the yield of oil-bearing crops 443,700 tons, a rise of 4.1%; beet output was 4,668,100 tons, an increase of 2.6%; vegetable output was 6,749,600 tons, a rise of 38.7%; fruit melon output was 2,334,000 tons, an increase of 48.8%; fruits output 1,982,000 tons, a rise of 28.5%.
The year-end domestic animals in stock numbered 47,817,700 head, 3.9% higher than that in the previous year; the domestic animals out of stock within a year reached 28,783,900 head, an increase of 9.3%; the total output of meat was 1,054,400 tons, an increase of 8.7%; the output of sheep wool was 74,400 tons, an increase of 6.4%; dairy output was 948,700 tons, an increase of 17.0%; poultry and eggs outputs were 226,400 tons, an increase of 11.1%; The output of fishery products for a year was 63,900 tons, and increase of 4.9%.
The township enterprises numbered 308,000, a drop of 8.0%. The added value amounted to 90.49 hundred million RMBY, 12.1% higher than that in the previous year; the business income completed was 373.95 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 10.7%. The levied tax amounted to 12.67 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 16.3%; profit of 22.57 hundred million RMBY was realized, an increase of 6.8%.
The year-end farming mechanized power had totaled up to 9,196,300 KW, 4.4% higher than that in the previous year. Large and medium-size tractors number 70,700 sets, an increase of 7.8%; small tractors 290,900 sets, an increase of 5.8%; chemical fertilizer consumption (pure deduction) was 843,000 tons, an increase of 1.2%. Electricity consumption in rural areas was 28.26 hundred million kilowatt hour, a rise of 11.0%. The year-end efficient irrigation area came to 30,539,000 hectares, a drop of 2.7%.
                                          III. Industry and Architecture
The added value of industry on the whole was 473 hundred million RMBY, 8.6% higher than in the previous year. Of which, the added value of light industry was 79 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 12.5%; the added value of heavy industry was 394 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 7.8%.
The yearly output of yarn was 316,100 tons, an increase of 4.4%; the sugar output was 518,400 tons, a rise of 23.5%; the tinned food output 414,900 tons, a rise of 99.2%; beverage liquor 307,200 tons, a rise of 3.7%; wooden furniture 2,151,800 pieces, a rise of 12.7%; raw coal 30,986,700 tons, a rise of 9.9%; crude oil 20,361,900 tons, a rise of 4.6%; the crude oil processing quantity was 10,586,800 tons, a rise of 4.4%; The yearly volume of electricity generation was 212.24 hundred million kilowatt hour, an increase of 7.4%; steel 1,754,500 tons, a rise of 33.1%; steel products 1,730,700 tons, a rise of 28.8%; cement 10,297,100 tons, a rise of 4.9%; chemical fertilizer(pure deduction) 766,300 tons, a rise of 5.1%; transformer 11,968,300 kev, a rise of 18.7%.
The general indices of industrial enterprises above designated size in economic efficiency for a whole year was 137.16%, 7.2 percentage point lower than that in the previous year. The rate of contribution for total assets dropped by 1.4 percentage point, the rate of anti-inflation added value dropped by 3.7 percentage point; asset-liability ratio dropped by 1.9 percentage point; the turnover rate of circulating capital was 0.1 times faster; the profit rate of cost expense was a drop of 3.0 percentage point; all personnel labor productivity rose up to 4677.03 RMBY/man. 
The construction works of architectural enterprises at and above grade four in the whole year numbered 16,801, contracted works through bidding procedure numbered 9355, the contracted scope through bidding process reached 55.7%. The floor space of the architectural enterprises totaled up to 25,726,200 square meters, an drop of 3.3%; the completed floor space was 14,695,900 square meters, an increase of 1.0%.
                                         IV. Investment in Fixed Asset
The investment in the fixed asset of the whole society amounted to 813.02 hundred million RMBY, 15.2% higher than that in the previous year. Judging by economic sector, state-owned economy invested 562.31 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 13.5%; collective-owned economy 7.86 hundred million RMBY, a drop of 27.0%; joint stock 121.91 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 12.4%; private and self-employed economy 6.69 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 17.8%; other economies 24.25 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 2.7%. Judging by subordination, local units had an investment of 497.30 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 31.0%; central units had an investment of 315.73 hundred million RMBY, a drop of 3.3%. Judging by investments, the investment in capital construction amounted to 503.69 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 25.8%; investment in renewal and reform amounted to 115.35 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 6.6%; the investment in real estate development was 87.71 hundred million RMBY, an drop of 10.4%. Judging by industry, investment in primary industry was 63.17 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 6.5%; investment in secondary industry was 311.83 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 12.8%, of which investment in oil industry went down by 0.3%, electric power industry rose by 93.5%, textile industry rose by 12.2%; investment in tertiary industry was 438.02 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 18.3%, of which investment in traffic, transportation and postal telecommunication rose by 82.0%, post and telecommunications dropped by 28.9%, water conservancy rose by 33.2%, social services by 16.2, while real-estate dropped by 7.1%.
The capital construction in progress and reform numbered 4535, 183more than that in the previous year. The new-opened projects numbered 3584 in the current year, an increase of 182. The investment valuing 245.21 hundred million RMBY was completed in 38 key projects arranged by Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Government, 94.2% of the year plan.
The new-added main production capacities for capital construction and technical renovation as well as transformation were shown by cotton spindle by 173,000 spindles, natural crude oil by 3,463,000 tons, natural gas by 2.97 hundred million cubic meters, raw coal by 1,605,000 tons, steel by 490,000 tons, cement by 1,280,000 tons, length of transmission cable (110,000V or higher) by 1595.01 kilometers, capacity of converting equipment(110,000V or higher) by 2,376,000 KVA, optical fiber communicating cable by 540 core kilometers, New-built highway by 357.31 kilometers, renovated highway by 3224.87 kilometers and urban tap-water supply by 524,500 tons/day.
New achievement was made in geological survey with a significant headway obtained in 13 petroleum gas fields and 7 non- petroleum gas mining areas. Specifically, the volume of sylvite resource in Luobupo Sylvite Mine amounted to 2.42 hundred million tons; proved reserves of coal added up to 7.2 hundred million tons in Erhurbulak Coal Mine, Kuqa County; iron ore of 46,000,000 hundred million tons was estimated in 10-22 ore deposits in Mengku Iron Mine, Fuyun County. There were 1 natural gas field and 2 oil fields newly discovered; 7 non-petroleum mining areas of medium and large size worth further work, including 3 coal mines, 1 copper mine, 1 gold mine, 1 shale mine and 1 underground water source. The new proven main kinds of ore resources included 2.45 hundred million tons of coal, 1.04 hundred million tons of oil, 1040.65 hundred million cubic meters of natural gas, 34.06 million tons of iron ore, 525 tons of silver ore, 1.39 hundred million tons of bentonite, and 34.26 million cubic meters of underground water accessible for mining per year.
                                                       V. Domestic Trade
The total retail sum of social commodities was 422.88hundred million RMBY, 9.0% higher than that in the previous year, 0.5 percentage point higher than that in the previous year. Judging by rural areas and cities, the retail sum of urban consumption amounted to 284.74 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 11.0%, while retail sum of rural areas was 158.14 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 5.6%, 5.4 percentage point higher in cities than in rural areas; Judging by sectors, the retail sum of catering service was 53.04 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 19.0% , while the retail sum of retail and wholesale trade was 296.13 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 11.2%, retail sum of others was 93.71 hundred million RMBY, a drop of 1.7%.
A net income of 507.49 hundred million RMBY was realized in retail and wholesale enterprises above designated size, 15.9 higher than that in the previous year; the total profit reached 23.14 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 13.3%.
                                              VI. External Economy
The export and import sum through customs hit 26.92 hundred million USD, 52.2% higher than that in the previous year, in which export sum was 13.08 hundred million USD, a rise of 95.8%; the import sum was 13.84 hundred million USD, an increase of 25.7%. Of the total sum of exports, general trade export reached 5.44 hundred million USD, a rise of 84.3%; export for processing trade was 1.55 hundred million USD, an increase of 27.4%; export for frontier petty-sum trade was 4.72 hundred million USD, a rise by1.6fold, other exports was 1.37 hundred million USD, a rise by 1fold. Of the total sum of import, general trade import was 2.60 hundred million USD, a rise of 4.6%; import for processing trade was 0.29 hundred million USD, a rise of 15.6%; import of frontier petty-sum trade was 10.72 hundred million USD, an increase of 34.5%; other trade was 0.23 hundred million USD, a drop of 29.9%. For the whole year, the export of mechanical and electrical products reached 130.84 million USD, an increase of 18.4%; export of high and new tech products came to 5.42 million USD, an increase of 20.2%. In the whole year, the actually used direct foreign investment was 43.34 million USD, a rise by1.1fold; the external contracted value of the whole year was 18.47 million USD, a drop of 13.0%.
                VII. Communication, Postal-telecommunication and Tourism
By the end of 2002, the railway mileage covered 30,097 kilometers, keeping basically the same as the previous year; highway transport mileage was 59,500 kilometers, an increase of 3.1%; civil aviation mileage covered 132,500 kilometers, a drop of 18.16%. The completed cargo turnover for various communication means in the whole year was 759.62 hundred million ton/kilometers, an increase of 6.3%, in which railway 425.30 hundred million ton/kilometers, an increase of 6.6%; highway 298 hundred million ton/kilometers, an increase of 8.0%; civil aviation 0.82 hundred million tons/kilometers, a rise of 30.2%; pipe 35.5 hundred million ton/kilometers, an increase of 3.8%. The turnover completed for passengers was 330.8 hundred million person/kilometers, an increase of 6.8%, in which railway 106 hundred million person/kilometers, an increase of 1.8%; highway 185.60 person/kilometers, an increase of 9.0%, civil aviation 39.2 hundred million person/kilometers, a rise of 11.1%.
Fulfilling the total volume of postal service by 94.70 hundred million RMBY, 49.3% higher than that in the previous year. Of the total, business volume of telecommunication was 87.90 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 53.7%; business volume of post reached 6.80 hundred million RMBY, a rise of 9.1%. At the year-end the ownership rate of local telephones came to 18.0%, mobile phone 15.8%, internet subscriber reached 173,000 thousand households.
The reception of home guests for a whole year numbered 9,679,400 person/times, an increase of 13.3% with the earnings of 83.95 hundred million RMBY by an increase of 16.9%. The reception of international tourists came up to 275,400 person/times, an increase of 0.9%, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan reached 41,600 person/times, an drop of 23.5%; foreign exchange earnings from international tourism reached 99,424,100 USD, an increase of 0.9%.
                                  VIII. Finance, Banking and Insurance
For the whole year, the total financial income reached 361.45 hundred million RMBY, 23.9% higher than that in the previous year. Of the total, the local financial income was 140.24 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 21.2% and the financial expenditure was 384.73 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 36.5%.
The year-end balance of various loans in financial institutions amounted to 2225.31 hundred million RMBY, 251.40 hundred million higher than the beginning of the year, of which the year-end balance of enterprise deposit was 705.82 hundred million RMBY, with an increase of 18.71 hundred million RMBY .
The year-end savings outstanding deposit for residents in both town and country reached 1137.87 hundred million RMBY, addition of 143.85 hundred million REMY; the year-end balance of various loans in financial institutions amounted to 1801.15 hundred million RMBY, 204.91 hundred million RMBY higher than the beginning of the year, of which short-term loans increased by 40.18 hundred million RMBY, medium long-term loans increased by 155.42 hundred million RMBY.
Xinjiang had 21 listed companies, with the total stock capital of 52.81 hundred million and the raised fund added up to 73.77 hundred million RMBY.
The income from insurance premium in the region was 51.72 hundred million RMBY, 51.5% higher than that in the previous year; the income from the insurance premium of property was 16.47 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 16.1%; the income from insurance premium of life was 35.25 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 76.4%. The payment for various indemnities came to 12.89 hundred million RMBY, including the reparation for property insurance of 7.8 hundred million RMBY and payment for life insurance was 5.09 hundred million RMBY.
                                 IX. Scientific Technology and Education
Xinjiang owned 21 ordinary institutions of higher education , and enrollment for both junior and senior college students numbered 42,800, 1.2% higher than that in the previous year. The registered students totaled up to 134,800, an increase of 22.8%, including 60,900 students with ethnic minority background, taking up 46.0%. There were 9 postgraduate-cultivating institutions, with enrollment of 1104, an increase of 33.5%; the enrolled postgraduates numbered 2495, an increase of 42.7%, including 152 with ethnic-minority background. The ordinary secondary schools numbered 87 with a total enrollment of 83,900, a drop of 13.8%; the total enrollment in vocational secondary schools was 50,800, a rise of 6.5%. The ordinary high schools numbered 507, with enrollment of 113.400, an increase of 21.3%; the registered students numbered 272,400, an increase of 20.9%.The total enrollment in the ordinary junior schools was 1,066,500, 6.3% higher than that in the previous year; the total enrollment in elementary schools was 2,359,800, a drop of 3.1%. 
The rate of admission for school-age children hit 97.82%, the rate of the elementary school dropouts was 0.4%. The enrollment quotas of elementary school attained 94.39%, the enrollment quotas of secondary schools for school-age children was 82.4%, the rate of the secondary school drop-outs was 3.1%, the enrollment quota of high schools for junior middle school students was 38.52%.
The total enrollment for three-year and four-year programs was 127,800, 16.9% higher than in the previous year, the total enrollment for adult technical secondary schools was 17,400; the anti-illiteracy among the young and prime for a year numbered 35,300.
The whole region owned 387,700 specialized technical personnel in various categories, an increase of 0.7%. The major scientific and technological results registered were 207, including 9 for basic theoretic result, 193 for applied technical result and 5 for soft scientific result. The handled patents numbered 1,239 for a year and authorized patents 627. The technical contract signed for a year numbered 1,350, an increase of 2.8%; the contracted sum amounted to 10.07 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 22.2%.
                                          X. Culture, Health and Sports
The region had 89 art performing troupes, 91 cultural palaces, 81 public libraries, 23 museums, 135 archives and 401,300 volumes of various files open to the public. There were 6 broadcasting stations, 16 television stations, 42 medium and short-wave radio transmission and relay stations, 60 TV launching and transmitting stations with over one KW or higher. The broadcasting coverage rate among population was 91.7%, TV coverage rate among population was 91.7% and cable TV subscribers numbered 1,064,500, an increase of 7.4% against that in the previous year. The region had 98 various cine-projecting units, produced 1 documentary film and 1 feature film in the year, dubbed 70 feature films in ethnic minority languages. The publication of various newspapers in the year numbered 3.67 hundred million, of which 25.3% was in ethnic minority languages; various journals 13.90 million and books 75.90 million.
The region had 8,627 health care institutions altogether, including 1440 hospitals and public health centers, 182 diseases prevention and controlling centers and 82 health centers for women and children; the region had sick beds 66,800, including 65,000 sick beds in hospitals and public health centers. The region had health professionals 91,900. The township-run public health centers 810, rural doctors and health personnel 9,728.
The 2 sportsmen won championship in international competition, and 3 sportsmen won championship in Asian competition. In national matches, 13 came to the first place, 14 to the second place and 25 to the third place.
                                             XI. Environment Protection
The total discharge volume sulphur dioxide was kept within 291,000 tons, a drop of 3.0% against that in the previous year; discharge volume of smog was within 187,000 tons, a drop of 5.6%; the discharge volume of industrial dust was within 94,000, a drop of 4.1%; the discharge of industrial solid wastes was within 683,000, an increase of 9.3%; the discharge of oxygen needed chemically in waste water was controlled within 204,000 tons, a rise of 1.5%. Of main pollutants, the average rate of life pollutants came slightly down as to the previous year..
The days whose air quality was Class I and Class II in the cities took up 58.1% an increase of 7.1 percentage point; class III took up 21.7%, a rise of 0.7 percentage point; Class IV and V took up 20.2%, a decrease of 7.8 percentage point.
Twenty-six various kinds of nature reserves were set up in Xinjiang, of which 5 were national ones, and totally covered a total area of 204,200 square kilometers, making up 12.3% of the total area in Xinjiang; approved national eco-exemplary area numbered 1, and 6 pilot areas & units for eco-exemplary area construction was established. 70 smog-control areas were set up, covering an area of 351.1 square kilometers, an increase of 1.8%; the noise-hitting areas in environmental noise numbered 40, with an area of 300.3 square kilometers, an increase of 12.0%;
                                                       XII. Population
Based on the calculation of sampled survey in the population variation, the population had reached 19,051,9000 by the end of the year, an increase of 290,000 over that in the previous year, 1.6% higher. Judging by cities and rural areas, the urban population was 6,447,200, an increase of 115,100, 1.8% higher; rate of urbanization was 33.8%; rural population was 12,604,700, an increase of 174,900, 1.4% higher; judging by gender, male population was 9,754,600, 2.2%higher, female population was 9,297,300, 0.8%higher. The birthrate of the population in the whole year was 16.3‰, the death rate 5.4‰, and the natural growth rate 10.9‰.
                                      XIII. People' Life and Social Security
According to the estimate of sampled survey, the per-capita disposal income of residents in the urban areas was 7454.80 RMBY, an increase of 13.3% compared to that in previous year; per-capita disposal expenditure was 5638.96 RMBY, an increase of11.4%. The per-capita net income of rural dwellers was 1863.26 RMBY, an increase of 8.9%; per-capita life expenditure was 1411.73 RMBY, an increase of 4.6%. At the end of the year, the per-capita net living space in urban areas was 17.85 square meters, and in rural areas 18.56 square meters, a rise of 2.9%. In the whole year, Engle co-efficient of urban residents was 34.0%, which reduced 1.5 percentage point; Engle co-efficient of rural residents was 49%, which reduced 1.4 percentage point. The total sum of the on-the-job staff's salary was 285.75 hundred million RMBY, an increase of 6.7% against that in the previous year; the average money-wages of on-the-job staff was 11,660 RMBY, an increase of 13.4%, an actual increase of 14.1% after price factor was excluded.
There were 1,312,900 workers and staff who joined in the insurance of unemployment, an increase of 3.0% against that in the previous year; 1,147,000 staff who joined in the social overall arrangement for basic endowment insurance, an increase of 4.3%; 370,000 retired people who joined in the social overall arrangement for the basic endowment insurance, an increase of 3.9%; 1,480,000 staff who joined in the social overall arrangement for basic medical insurance, an increase of 28.7%. Various community service centers numbered 239. The persons relieved by social security numbered 534,300; the persons subsidized and pensioned by the state numbered 18,800. There were 431 various social welfare institutes, with 8211 beds and 6217 adopted persons. In the whole year, the gross sales of social welfare lotteries amounted to 4.13 hundred million RMBY, raised social welfare funds 1.45 hundred million RMBY, received social donation 0.4 hundred million RMBY.