Statistical Communique on
the National Economic & Social
Development of the
In 2005 and the 10th
Five-year plan Period
In 2005, under the
correct leadership of the Autonomous Region Party Committee and the People’s
Government, the people in different nationalities of the Autonomous Region
followed the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important principle of
the “Three Represents”, fulfilled the scientific concept of development
strategy in full swing ,carefully carried out various macroeconomic regulation
measures set by the central government, energetically accelerated economic
restructuring, arduously changed economic growth mode and promoted the
construction of harmonious society in all efforts. National economy kept steady
and rapid growth with a favorable trend that speed, structure, quality and
benefit grew in the same direction. Every social undertakings
witnessed accelerated development and the living standard of urban and rural
population continued to improve. The main targets set in the 10th
Five-year Plan have been achieved thoroughly, which laid a solid foundation for
the implementation of the 11th Five-year Plan.
I General Outlook
Passed through the
co-census of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, statistics showed that
the gross domestic product(GDP) of Xinjiang was 260.4
billion yuan, up by 10.9 percent over the previous year. The value-added of the
primary industry was 49.40 billion yuan, up by 6.6 percent over the previous
year. The value-added of the secondary industry was 116.5 billion yuan, up by
14.4 percent over the previous year. The value-added of the tertiary industry
was 94.5 billion yuan, up by 9.3 percent over the previous year. The per-capita
GDP of Xinjiang reached 13108 yuan, up by 8.8 percent over the previous year，equivalent to US$1600 at
current exchange rate.
During the period of the 10th Five-year Plan, the
GDP of Xinjiang grew 10.1 percent each year on an average basis, 1.1 percentage
points higher than the goal of the 10th Five-year Plan , or 2.4
percentage points higher than the average annual growth rate during the 9th
Five-year Plan. Of which, three industries grew 5.6%, 11.1% and 11.1%
respectively on an average basis. The ratio of industries changed from
21.1:39.5:
Entrepreneur Confidence
Index reflecting macroeconomic operation quality in four quarters reached
130.7, 123.5, 128.1and 127.5 respectively; Business Climate Index reflecting
microeconomic operation quality in the same period was 114.4、119.2、126.7 and125.2
respectively.
The total Consumer Price
Index of the year was 100.7, a decrease of 2.0 percentage points over the
previous year( table 1). Of which, the Service Price
Index was 104.6, up by 3.6 percent over the previous year. The ex-factory Price
Index of manufactured goods was 116.6,up by 0.2
percent over the previous year, and the Purchasing Price Index of Raw
Materials, Fuels and Power was 110.7, a decrease of 7.5 percentage points over
the previous year. The Price Index of Investment in Fixed Assets was 102.8, a
decrease of 1.7 percentage points over the previous year. The Price Index of
Agriculture Means of Production was 105.3, a decrease of 2.0 percentage points
over the previous year. The Producers’ Price Index of Farm Products was 108.3,
up by 7.5 percentage points over the previous year.
Table 1: Consumer Price Index
previous year=100
|
Items |
2005 |
|
Consumer price index |
2.7 |
|
Of which：Urban |
2.1 |
|
Rural |
4.5 |
|
Food |
5.8 |
|
Of which： Grain |
16.3 |
|
Meat and poultry |
8.8 |
|
Eggs |
14.1 |
|
Aquatic product |
15.5 |
|
Tobacco and Wine |
0.3 |
|
Clothing |
-0.6 |
|
Household appliances and services |
-1.6 |
|
Health care and personal articles |
1.8 |
|
Transportation and communication |
-0.6 |
|
Entertainment, educational,
cultural Supplies & services |
-1.4 |
|
Housing |
8.3 |
|
Of
which：Water, electricity and fuels |
13.2 |
|
Rent |
11.5 |
|
Building and building decoration materials |
7.5 |
At the end of 2005, the employment population was 7.916
million, up by 6.3% over the previous year. Of which, urban employment
population was 3.588 million, or an increase by 2.7 percentage points.
According to the statistics of department of Labor and Social Security, the
newly employed and re-employed workers were 366.5 thousand this year, of which
119.3 thousand were laid-off workers. The actual urban registered
unemployed workers were 111.3 thousand and the urban registered unemployment
rate was 3.9 percentage points.
II. Agriculture
The total output value of
Farming, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 83.106 billion yuan, an
increase of 7.4 percentage points over the previous year. Of which, the output
value of Farming was 59.584 billion, up by 7.0 percent; the output value of
animal husbandry was 18.352 billion, up by 9.0 percent; the output value of
forestry was 1.529 billion yuan, up by 5.8 percent; the output value of fishery
was 0.434 billion yuan, up by 5.3 percent; the service value of farming,
forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 3.207 billion, up by 5.4 percent. The
planting area of grain was 147.18 ten thousand hectares(22.077
million acres),up by 6.8 percent over the previous year; the planting area of
cotton was 115.80 ten thousand hectares(17.37 million acres),up by 2.7 percent;
the planting area of oil-bearing crops was 18.55 ten thousand hectares(2.783
million acres),down by 13.9 percent. The planting area of beetroot was 6.99 ten
thousand hectares(1.049million acres),up by 16.8
percent; and that for vegetables was 17.67 ten thousand hectares(2.651 million
acres), down by 4.8 percent.
The total output of grain in 2005 was 877.21 ten
thousand tons, up by 5.9 percent over the previous year. The output of cotton
was 195.70 ten thousand tons, up by 11.7 percent over the previous year; that
of oil-bearing crops was 38.94 ten thousand tons, a decrease of 12.6 percentage
points. The output of beetroot was 419.12 ten thousand tons, an increase of
21.8 percentage points over the previous year.(Table
2).
Table 2：Farm crops output for the
year 2004
Unit: 10 000 tons
|
Item |
Outpu t(10,000 tons) |
Increase over 2004(%) |
|
Grain |
828.53 |
3.4 |
|
#Summer grain |
354.00 |
1.1 |
|
#Autumn grain |
474.53 |
5.1 |
|
Oil-bearing crops |
44.54 |
-11.2 |
|
#Rape seed |
12.16 |
-21.2 |
|
Cotton |
175.25 |
9.5 |
|
Beetroot |
344.21 |
-9.8 |
|
Fruit(including
melons and gourds consumed as fruits) |
450.28 |
10.4 |
|
#Gardening fruit |
|
|
|
Vegetable |
919.13 |
20.8 |
The year-end domesticated
animals in stock numbered 53.336 million heads, up by 2.4 percent over the
previous year; the domesticated animals out of stock 37.569 million heads, up
by 9.3 percent. The total output of meat reached 1.415 million tons, up by 10.4
percent; that of sheep wool totaled 8.98 ten thousand tons, up by 5.8 percent;
the output of milk 1.522 million tons, up by 14.2 percent; the output of
poultry and egg 24.99 ten thousand tons, equivalent to the previous year. The
output of aquatic product reached 7.93 ten thousand tons, up by 8.2 percent.
Total agricultural
machinery power was 11.163 million kilowatt, up by 6.7 percent over the
previous year. There were 11.35 ten thousand large and medium-size tractors, up
by 24.9 percent; and 34.89 ten thousand small-size tractors, up by 2.4 percent.
The consumption of chemical fertilizer was 107.77 ten thousand tons(100 percent equivalent), up by 8.7 percent, and the
amount of electricity consumed in rural areas was 3647 million kilowatt-hours,
up by11.8 percent. Over 9.05 ten thousand hectares(1.3575
million acres equivalent) of land were converted into farmland with effective
irrigation system, another 11ten thousand hectares(1.65 million acres) of land
were guaranteed by water-saving irrigation system.
During the period of the
10th Five-year Plan, the total output value of farming, forestry,
animal husbandry and fishery grew by 6.0 percent annually on average basis. The
total output of grain increased of 68.61ten thousand tons over 2000, and grew
by 1.6% an annual on average basis; that of cotton increased of 45.70 ten
thousand tons, grew by 5.5% an annual on average basis; that of fruit increase
209.01 ten thousand tons, with an average annual growth rate of 11.0 percent;
that of meat grew by 51ten thousand tons, with an average annual growth rate of
9.5 percent.
III. Industry and Construction
In 2005, the total
value-added of the industrial sector was 96.2 billion yuan, up by 15.6
percentage points over the previous year. Of which, the added value of
industrial enterprises above designated size was 88.81 billion yuan, up by 17.8
percent .
The output of crude oils
increased by 6.9 percent over the previous year, and that of processed oil
increased by 23.2 percent. The output of coal increased by
4.0 percent; that of natural gas increased by 85.5 percent; that of electricity
increased by 15.3 percent, and the output of steel increased by 37.1 percent.
Table 3: Output of Major
Industrial Products 2005
|
Item |
Unit |
Output |
Increase over 2004(%) |
|
Coal |
10000 tons |
3898.81 |
4.0 |
|
Crude oil |
10000 tons |
2408.32 |
6.9 |
|
Processed oil |
10000 tons |
1503.03 |
23.2 |
|
Natural gas |
100 million
cubic meters |
106.64 |
85.5 |
|
Electricity |
100million
kilowatt-hours |
306.92 |
15.3 |
|
Crude steel |
10000 tons |
306.54 |
23.0 |
|
Rolled steel |
10000 tons |
326.96 |
37.1 |
|
Cement |
10000 tons |
1242.00 |
2.4 |
|
Yarn |
10000 tons |
34.09 |
17.0 |
|
Machine-made
sugar |
10000 tons |
42.92 |
15.2 |
|
Chemical
fertilizers(100 percent equivalent) |
10000 tons |
128.53 |
47.8 |
|
Transformer |
10000 kilovolt-ampere |
1292.60 |
13.8 |
|
Ethylene |
10000 tons |
26.14 |
3.0 |
|
Machine-made
paper and paperbord |
10000 tons |
28.93 |
10.0 |
|
Can |
10000 tons |
41.38 |
37.7 |
The export delivery value of
industrial enterprises above designated size in 2005 was 3.241billion yuan, up
by 2.4percent over the previous year. The sales rate of industrial products was
99.2 percent, an increase of 1.4percent over the previous year. Of which, the
sales rate of light industrial products was 97.7 percent, up by 6.6 percentage
points over the previous year, and that of heavy industrial products was 99.4
percent, up by 0.5 percentage points over the previous year.
The overall economic benefit index
of industral enterprises above designated size this year was 307.8, up by 58.7
percent over the previous year. Of which, the ration of total assets to
industrial output value rose by 5.5percent, the preservation and increment rate
of the value of state-owned assets declined by 3.3 percent, the ratio of debt
to asset declined by 1.0 percent, the velocity of floating capital accelerated
by 0.4, the ratio of profit to cost rose by 5.2 percent, and all-personnel
labor productivity increased by 4.15 ten thousand yuan per person per year. The
profits made by industrial enterprises above designated sized stood at 38.79
billion yuan, up by 86.0percent.
During the period of the 10th
Five-year Plan, the total value-added of the industrial sector in the
Autonomous Region grew by 11.4 percent annually on average, or 5.5 percent
higher than that of period of the 9th Five-year Plan.
The total value-added of the
construction sector this year was 20.3 billion yuan, up by 9.7 percent over the
previous year. The total profits made by construction enterprises with qualification
certificates through general contracts and specialized contracts reached
469million yuan, a decrease of 27.8 percent from the previous year, with their
taxes paid reaching 1.183 billion yuan, up by 8.3 percent.
During the period of the 10th
Five-year Plan, the value-added of construction sector rose by 9.9 percent
annually on average, declined by 0.4 percent as compared with that of period of
the 9th Five-year Plan.
IV. Investment in Fixed Asset
The completed investment
in fixed assets in 2005 was 135.228 billion yuan, up by 16.4 percent over the
previous year. Of the total investment, that in urban areas was 122.323 billion
yuan, up by 15.3 percent, and that in rural areas was
12.905 billion yuan, up by 27.4 percent. Of the total investment in rural
areas, investment made by rural households was 7.169 billion yuan, up by 31.3
percent, and that made by non- rural households was 5.736 billion yuan, up by
22.8 percent.
In terms of investment in
different industry, the investment in the primary industry was 13.009 billion
yuan, 2.4 percent lower than that of the previous year. The investment in the
secondary industry was 53.860 billion yuan, up by 19.4 percent. Of the total
investment in the secondary industry, the investment in industry was 52.354 billion
yuan with an increase of 18.4 percent; of which, that in oil and natural gas
exploitation was 26.206 billion yuan, with an increase of 20.9 percent; that in
oil processing was 2.715 billion yuan, with an increase of 10.3 percent. The
investment in the tertiary industry was 68.359 billion yuan, up by 17.1
percent, among which the investment in transportation was 20.901 billion yuan,
up by 37.9percent.
In 2005, the investment
in real estate development was 10.166 billion yuan, down by 9.7 percent from
the previous year. The total sales area of commercial buildings for the whole
year reached 6.872 million square meters, up by 8.1 percent; Of which, that of
residential building was 6.065 million square meters, up by 12.7 percent. The
vacancy area of commercial buildings was 4.09 square meters, up by 2.1 percent.
The sales of commercial buildings was 12.354billion
yuan, up by 11.7percent compared with that of the previous year.
During the period of the 10th
Five-year Plan, the accumulated investment in fixed assets reached 503.495
billion yuan, twice as that of the period of the 9th Five-year Plan; the
investment grew by 17.2 percent annually on average in the past five years, an
increase of 4.3 percent as compared with that of the period of the 9th
Five-year Plan.
V. Domestic Trade
In 2005, the total retail
sales of consumer goods reached 63.778 billion yuan, up by 13.2 percent over
the previous year. Of this total, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban
areas reached 44.242 billion yuan, up by 14.6 percent, and the retail sales of
consumer goods in rural areas reached 19.536 billion yuan, up by 10.1 percent.
In terms of different sectors, the sales of the wholesale and retail trade
reached 50.982 billion yuan, up by 13.1 yuan, the sales of the accommodation
and catering service was 9.055 billion yuan, up by 18.8 percent, and the sales
of others were 3.741 billion yuan, up by 2.4 percent.
During the period of the
10th Five-year Plan, the accumulated retail sales of consumer goods
reached 247.158 billion yuan, equivalent to 1.5 times of that of the period of
the 9th Five-year Plan; the total retail sales of consumer goods
grew by 11.2 percent annually on average in the past five years, a 3.1-percent
increase as compared with that of the period of the 9th Five-year
Plan.
VI. Foreign Economic Coorperation
The Total value of import
and export in 2005 reached US$ 7.942 billion, up by 40.9 percent over the
previous year. Of this total, the value of export was US$ 5.04 billion, up by
65.5 percent, and the value of import was US$ 2.902 billion, up by 12.1
percent. Of the total value of export, the value of general trade was US$ 880
million, up by 75.5 percent; that of processing trade was US$ 281 million, up
by 5.5 percent; and that of small border trade was US$3.862 billion, up by 72.6
percent. Of the value of import, the value of general trade was US$1.089
billion, up by 7.3 percent; that of processing trade was US$37 million, down by
28.4 percent; and that of small border trade was US$1.676 billion, up by 14.0 percent.
The value of export of mechanical and electrical products was US$739 million,
up by 96.4 percent; and that of high and new-tech products was US$43 million,
up by 12.1 percent.
In 2005, newly-signed foreign
directly investment contracted projects were 76, up by 2.7 percent over the
previous year, with a contractedl value of US$ 272 million, up by 5.6 percent.
Foreign directly investment actually utilized this year stood at US$ 47
million, up by 3.6 percent. The contracted value of overseas engineering
projects was US$ 54 million, down by 47.4 percent; the accomplished business
revenue totaled US$108 million, up by 26.5 percent.
During the period of the 10th
Five-year Plan, total value of export and import grew by 28.5 percent annually
on average, an increase of 18.8 percent as compared with that of period of the
9th Five-year Plan; of which the value of export grew by 33.2
percent and that of import grew by 22.3 percent annually on average, up by 23.8
percent and 12.3 percent over the period of the 9th Five-year Plan
respectively.
VII. Transportaition, Post & Telecommunication and
Tourism
The total freight turnover reached
103.30 billion ton-kilometers in 2005, up by 9.1 percent over the previous
year. Of the total, the freight turnover by railways was 58.70billion
ton-kilometers, up by 7.0 percent; that by highways 40.5 billion
ton-kilometers, up 12.2 percent; that by civil aviation 85 million
ton-kilometers, up 14.9 percent; that by pipelines 4 billion ton-kilometers, up
8.1 percent.
Total passenger traffic by various
means reached 45.71 billion passenger-kilometers, up by 7.8 percent over the
previous year, of which, passenger traffic by railways was 12.50 billion
passenger-kilometers, up 2.5 percent; that by highways 27.10 billion
passenger-kilometers, up 8.9 percent; that by civil aviation 6.1 billion
passenger-kilometers, up 15.3 percent.
During the period of the 10th
Five-year Plan, the freight trafficr grew by 9.3 percent annually on average,
and the same with passenger traffic, up by 2.5 percent and 1.9 percent over the
period of the 9th Five-year Plan respectively.
The total volume of post and
telecommunication was 17.238 billion yuan, up by 12.5 percent. Of which, the
volume of telecommunication stood at 16.43billion yuan, up 12.8 percent; the
volume of post stood at 805 million yuan, up by 7.3 percent. By the end of
2005, the number of fixed telephone subscribers reached 6.122million, up by
18.5 percent; and there were 30.5 fixed telephones per 100 persons. Number of
mobile phone users 5.313 million, up by 8.4 percent; there were 27.1 mobile
phones per 100 persons. The capacity of office exchanges reached 8.259 million
gates, up by 84.8 percent.
In 2005, domestic tourists to
Xinjiang numbered 14.65 million, up by 18.0 percent; incomes from domestic
tourists were 13.055 billion yuan, up by 19.8 percent. Overseas tourists to
Xinjiang numbered 331.1 thousand, up by 4.5 percent; foreign exchange incomes
from overseas tourists stood at US$100 million, up by 9.9 percent.
During the period of the 10th Five-year
Plan, total overseas tourists to the Autonomous Region numbered 1.367million,
and accumulated foreign exchange incomes from overseas tourists amounted to
US$438 million, up by 32.0 percent and 8.7 percent over the period of the 9th
Five-year Plan respectively. The number of domestic tourists to the Autonomous
Region reached 55.407 million, and the accumulated incomes from domestic
tourists were 48.395 billion yuan, up by 73.1 percent and 1.5 times over the
period of the 9th Five-year Plan respectively.
VIII. Finance, Banking and Insurance
The estimated
overall-caliber fiscal revenue stood at 39.7 billion yuan, up by 22.8 percent
over the previous year. Local government revenue was 22 billion yuan, up by
15.5 percent; of which, the general budgetary revenue was 18 billion yuan, up
by 15.8 percent. Local government expenditure reached 55.6billion yuan, up by
21.1 percent; of which, the general budgetary expenditure was 51.9 billion
yuan, up by 23.3percent.
During the period of the
10th Five-year Plan, the general budgetary revenue of local
government accumulated to 67.581 billion yuan, and the general budgetary
expenditure of local government accumulated to 193.303 billion yuan, 2.1 times
and 2.6 times as that of the period of the 9th Five-year Plan
respectively, with an average annual growth rate of 17.9 percent and 22.0
percent respectively.
By the end of 2005,
savings deposits of all kinds in financial institutions reached 342.748 billion
yuan, an increase of 45.235 billion yuan as compared with that of the beginning
of the year. Of which, enterprise savings deposits were
90.945 billion yuan, an increase of 7.754 billion yuan. Loans of all
kinds were 227.208 billion yuan, an increase of 13.526 billion yuan; of which,
the short-term loans were up by 4.694 billion yuan and the medium and long-term
loans were up by 1.772 billion yuan.
The
total premium of insurance companies reached 7.25 billion yuan, up by 5.8
percent over the previous year. Of the total, life insurance premium was 4.155
billion yuan, up by 6.4 percent; health and casualty insurance premium 1.002
billion yuan, up 10.6 percent; and property insurance premium 2.093 billion
yuan, up 2.5 percent. The insurance companies paid an indemnity of 2.025
billion yuan, up by 10.2 percent. Of this total, life insurance indemnity was
360 million yuan, down by 10.9 percent; health and casualty indemnity 405
million, up 10.4 percent, and property indemnity 1.26 billion yuan, up 18.2
percent.
IX. Education and Scientific Technology
By the end of 2005, there
were totally 31 general colleges and universities in the Autonomous Region,
with 55,800 new entrants of undergraduate and associate graduate, up by 9.6
percent over the previous year. The enrollment of undergraduates and associate graduates
was 181,800, including 75000 minority students and 36900 graduates. The
enrollment of postgraduate students was 6938, including 717 minority students
and 1066 graduates; Vocational secondary schools had an enrollment of 162,500
students, with 42900 students graduated. Regular senior secondary schools had
387,800 enrolled students, including 145,000 new entrants, up by 4.9 percent,
and 103,900 graduates. Students enrolled in junior secondary schools totaled
1,153,500, with 356,400 graduates. Regular primary schools had an enrollment of
2,143,800, including 397,600 graduates. There were 4,961 students in special
education schools and 293,400 children in Kindergartens.
The entrance rate of
school-age children reached 98.7 percent, and 98.2 percent of the graduates
enjoyed the access to junior secondary school. 40.7 percent of junior secondary
school graduates continued their study in senior secondary school.
At the end of 2005, 1113
projects for technical plan were implemented, of which, there were 897 projects
achieved at the Autonomous Regional level, 216 projects achieved at National
level. A total of 101 significant scientific research results were actualized
in 2005,of which, 72 projects reached at Autonomous regional level and 29
national level and above; 84 projects under the Hi-tech Research and
Development Program (863 Program) were implemented, of which, 60 projects
reached at Autonomous regional level and 24 national level and above.
There were 1851 patent applications in the year, up by 24.1 percent, of which,
921 patents were authorized, up by 16.3 percent. A total of 2001 technology
contracts were singed, up by 23.6 percent, involving a transaction value of 800
million yuan, a decline of 40 percent.
X. Culture, Public Health and Sports
At the end of 2004, there
were 89 art-performing groups, 94 culture centers, 94 public libraries, 28
museums and 121 archives in the Autonomous Region. There were 6 radio broadcasting stations, 10 television stations and 42
radio broadcasting transmission stations and relaying stations, 64 television
transmission stations and relaying stations with power above 1 kilowatt. Radio
broadcasting coverage rate was 93.1 percent and television broadcasting
coverage rate was 92.8 percent. Subscribers to cable television programs
reached 1.4413 million. The Autonomous Region shot 3 feature movies, translated
and edited 70 feature movies of minority language, produced 32 episodes of
teleplay and translated and edited another199 episodes. A total of 489 million
copies of newspapers and 25 million copies of magazines of all kinds were
issued, and 88.61 million copies of books were published.
By the end of 2005, there
were 8,087 health care institutions in the Autonomous Region, including 1516
hospitals and health care stations, 197 epidemic/disease prevention centers,
and 30 health monitoring institutions. There were 9.6 ten thousand health
workers, including 4.14 ten thousand practicing doctors and assistant doctors
and 3.07 ten thousand registered nurses. The total health care institutions
possess 79,800 beds, of which, general hospitals and health care stations
possess 76,000 beds. There were 825 rural health care institutions, employing
13,500 health workers and possessing 12,900 beds.
Athletes from the Autonomous Region
won 1 second and 3 third prizes in international and intercontinental matches,
and 31 first, 29 second and 28 third prizes in national matches. One athlete
was titled international master of sports and 15 athletes were titled national
master of sports.
XI. Resources and Environment
According to the
statistics of department of land and resources, by the end of 2005, the total
surface area of the Autonomous Region was 1.6649 million square kilometers. Of
the total, the area of land for farming use was 63.0607 million hectares, of
which the area of farmland was 4.0634 hectares; that of land for construction
purpose was 1.2207 hectares, and that of undeveloped land was 120.2082
hectares.
The area of land for
construction purpose in the year was 868.31 hectares Of
this total, 375.12 hectares of land for farming purpose were changed for the
purpose of construction, of which 261.98 hectares were farmland.
Total funds invested in
land and resources surveys and geological explorations were 10.06 billion yuan,
of which, 10.246 billion yuan were put into oil and natural gas explorations,
and 414 million yuan were put into land and resources surveys and geological
exploitations for non-gas minerals. Minerals involving in geological exploitation
were more than 30, including gold, iron, bronze, lead, zinc, manganese,
tungsten, tin, molybdenum, nickel, silver, coal, Limestone, Sylvite, oil shale,
granite, and alusite, bentonite, groundwater.
7 oil and gas fields(wells) were newly found in the year, another 11
non-oil mineral deposits were found, and minerals involved in exploitation are:
Coal, Zinc and Lead, Bronze, Iron, Silver, Magnesite. Breakthrough was made in
29 minings, including 24 oil and gas fields(wells) and
5 non-oil mineral deposits.
According to the
statistics of department of environment protection, in 2005, total amount of
sulfur dioxide emitted into the air was restricted to 51.92 ten thousand tons,
up by 8.1 percent over the previous year; that of smog and soot emitted was 27.05
ten thousand tons, up by 4.6percent; that of industrial powder was 17.32 ten
thousand tons, up by 3.0 percent. Altogether 109.40 ten thousand tons of
industrial solid rubbish were sent into the environment, up by 6.4 percent. And
total amount of Chemical Oxygen Demand in sewage was controlled at 27.12 ten
thousand tons, up by 3.4 percent.
In the 19 monitored
cities, 6 cities had their air quality reach national standard GradeⅡ, 6
cities attained Grade Ⅲ and 7 cities exceeded Grade Ⅲ. In
the Autonomous Region about 73.9 percent of the year the air quality was better
than GradeⅡ, up by 13.2 percent; and 70.1 percent of the year in Urmqi
the air quality was better than GradeⅡ, the same as the
previous year. The Autonomous Region has established 60 smog control
territories, with an area of 377.20 square kilometers, or an increase of 7.2
percent over the previous year, and 42 territories that noise pollution meets
standard, with an area of 346 square kilometers, up by 9.8 percent.
Monitoring of water
quality on 117 sections of the 47 rivers showed that good quality water of
standard GradeⅠ～Ⅲ accounted for 80.3 percent,
slightly and moderately polluted water meeting standard Grade Ⅳ～Ⅴ
accounted for 13.7 percent, heavy polluted water below standard Grade Ⅴ
accounted for 6.0 percent, and totally 80.3percent of sections met standard.
Water quality of rivers monitored was a little inferior to that of the previous
year.
The Autonomous Region has
established 28 natural reserves, of which, 8 national natural reserves. The
area of natural reserves totaled 218,300 square kilometers, accounting for 13.1
percent of the surface area of the Autonomous Region. The region has also
approved 8 national ecological demonstration zones, with an area of 127600
square kilometers, and 2 national ecological function reserves, with an area of
180900 square kilometers. The number of reserves and demonstration zones saw a
slight increase from that of the previous year.
XII. Population
According to the 1%-sample material
of national population census, the year-end population of the Autonomous Region
was 20.104million, an increase of 47.24 ten thousand, or an increase of 2.4
percent over the previous year. Of this total, urban population was 746.85 ten
thousand, up by 8.2 percent, rural population was 12.635 million down by 0.8
percent, the male reached 10.297 million accounting for 51.2 percent, and the
female numbered 980.65 ten thousand, accounting for 48.8 percent. This year saw
a birth rate of 16.4 per thousand, and a death rate of 5.0 per thousand, and
thus the natural growth rate 11.4 per thousand.
XIII. People’s Living and Social Security
By the
end of 2005, the per capital disposable income of urban residents reached 7990
yuan, up by 6.5 percent over the previous year. The per capital consumption
expenditure was 6,208 yuan, up by 7.5 percent. The per capital usable floor
space of houses was 20.15 square meters, up by 7.1 percent.
In the year, the per capital annual
net income of rural households was 2482 yuan, an increment of 237 yuan, or an
increase of 10.6 percent as compared with the previous year. The per
capital consumption expenditure totaled 1924 yuan, up by 13.9 percent. The per
capital usable floor space of living houses reached 21.13 square meters, up by
10.7 percent.
During the period of the
10th Five-year Plan, per capital disposable income in urban households
increased by 7.2 percent annually on average, per capital net income increase
by 8.9 percent annually on average, up by 0.9 percent and 1.6 percent over that
period of the 9th Five-year Plan respectively.
The saving deposits of
urban and rural households totaled 181.638 billion yuan, an increment of 28.171
billion. Of this total, the fixed saving deposits were 117.089 billion yuan,
increased by 17.927 billion yuan, and the current saving deposits were 64.549
billion yuan, increased by 10.244 billion yuan.
According to the
statistics of department of labor and social securities, a total of 140.8 ten
thousand people participated in unemployment insurance programs, up by 1.6
percent over the previous year; 181.88 ten thousand people participated in the
basic pension programs, a year-on-year increase of 4.9 percent. Among them,
44.32 ten thousand were retirees, up by 3.7 percent. The population covered by
basic health insurance programs was 211.85 ten thousand, an increase of 8.2
percent. Among them, retirees totaled 54.22 ten thousand, up by 6.8 percent.
According to the
statistics of department of Civil Affairs, there were 161 urban integrated
community service centers of various types in the Autonomous Region. A total of
62.87 ten thousand urban residents have been covered by a government system of
guaranteeing their minimum standard of living, and 2.17 ten thousand people
enjoyed government Commiseration and subsidies. There were 486 social welfare
institutions of various types, possessing 1.53 ten thousand beds and
accommodating 12000 inmates. The Autonomous Region sold 1.281 billion yuan
worth of social welfare lottery tickets, raising about 448 million yuan of
social welfare funds. Another 27 million yuan were received from direct
donations.
1) Figures in absolute value terms
on gross domestic product of Xinjiang, value-added of various industries and
total output value of Farming, Forestry, Animal husbandry, Fishery were at
current prices, whereas growth rate was calculated at comparable prices.
2) Industry above designated size
means state-owned and non-state owned enterprises with annual main revenue
above 5 million yuan.
3) Entrepreneur Confidence Index and
Business Climate Index above 100 means boom, or else
100 means recession.
4) Grain production does not include
potato; fruit production includes melons and gourds consumed as fruits.