The reporter learned from the Nanhai District Government of Foshan on January 28 that the district announced the economic “report card” of 2021. The district achieved a regional GDP of 356.089 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. The growth rate was 0.7, 0.8 and 0.5 percentage points higher than that of the whole country (8.1%), the whole province (8.0%) and Foshan (8.3%) respectively. The growth rate was the first in Foshan, and the comprehensive economic strength reached a new level. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 6.088 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the previous year; The added value of the secondary industry was 190.777 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over the previous year; The added value of the tertiary industry was 159.223 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the previous year. Nanhai District of Foshan City has created nearly 3% of the province’s GDP with less than 6% of the province’s land.
In 2021, the first production in Nanhai District, Foshan achieved a new breakthrough. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in Nanhai District of Foshan exceeded 10 billion yuan, reaching 11.353 billion yuan, an increase of 9.8% over the previous year, and the proportion of the total in Foshan increased by 2 percentage points over the previous year. The production capacity of pigs increased steadily and the output value doubled. Grain crops welcomed the bumper harvest, and grain output increased by 1593 tons or 72.6% over the previous year.
Strive to cultivate industry and show new momentum of development. In 2021, Nanhai District of Foshan City realized 146.356 billion yuan of industrial added value above Designated Size, an increase of 11.1% over the previous year, and the growth rate was 1.8 percentage points higher than that of Foshan City (9.3%). The added value of advanced manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing grew rapidly, up 9.3% and 18.7% respectively over the previous year, ranking among the top five districts of Foshan.
New breakthroughs have been made in the cultivation of enterprises in Nanhai District, Foshan. As of January 10, 840 new industrial warehousing declaration enterprises have been added, accounting for 46.6% of the total newly added warehousing declaration in Foshan, exceeding the expectation of 185, ranking first in Foshan, injecting new momentum into high-quality development. The biomedical and medical device industry cluster with Nanhai Park of Foshan high tech Zone as the application subject has become the first batch of characteristic industrial parks recognized by the Department of industry and information technology of Guangdong Province and one of the first batch of 19 characteristic industrial parks recognized by Guangdong Province. 432 “specialized and special new” enterprises have been cultivated in total, including 12 national specialized and special new “little giant” enterprises (accounting for 35.3% of Foshan), 80 specialized and special new small and medium-sized enterprises in Guangdong Province (accounting for 36.9% of Foshan), and 340 specialized and special new enterprises in Foshan (accounting for 40.9% of Foshan).
In 2021, Nanhai District of Foshan City opened a new stage of investment. The fixed asset investment in Nanhai District of Foshan increased by 10.5% over the previous year, 5.6, 4.2 and 2.9 percentage points higher than that of the whole country, the whole province and Foshan respectively, and the total proportion in Foshan increased by 0.9 percentage points over the previous year. Among them, industrial investment increased by 46.1%, reversing the negative growth rate and achieving a strong return. Nanhai District of Foshan City completed 107 newly introduced industrial projects exceeding 100 million yuan throughout the year, with a planned investment of 90.72 billion yuan. In particular, it has introduced two 10 billion manufacturing projects such as Ruipu energy and Xinyang Technology, as well as leading manufacturing enterprises such as CIMC Tianda and Shenzhen Frd Science & Technology Co.Ltd(300602) . Nanhai District of Foshan City will arrange 276 key construction projects in 2021, with a total investment of 78.576 billion yuan, and the annual planned investment completion rate is 110.2%. In the whole year, 105 major projects were arranged to be started intensively, with an operating rate of 100%. A total investment of 16.325 billion yuan was completed, and the annual planned investment completion rate was 114.0%.
Foshan Nanhai District has set a new record in foreign trade. The total import and export value of the Zone reached 184.57 billion yuan, an increase of 21.5% over the previous year, realizing the “seven consecutive increases” in foreign trade since 2015. Among them, the export was 135.15 billion yuan, an increase of 22.6%; Imports reached 49.42 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3%.
In 2021, the money bags of citizens in Nanhai District of Foshan City rose, their jobs were guaranteed and consumer prices were stable. In 2021, the consumption in Nanhai District of Foshan City was full of new vitality. The total retail sales of social consumer goods in this district reached 120.074 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over the previous year. The total amount and growth rate ranked first in the five districts of Foshan City, and the proportion of the total amount in Foshan City increased by 0.4 percentage points over the previous year. By consumption type, the retail sales of goods reached 109.851 billion yuan, an increase of 8.8%; Catering revenue was 10.222 billion yuan, an increase of 16.8%. Among them, the upgrading of basic living and consumption bloomed new vitality. From the classification of wholesale and retail commodities above the quota, the retail of basic living and consumption upgrading commodities both increased, the consumption of daily necessities increased by 43.2%, and the consumption of electronic publications and audio-visual products increased by 31.5%.
In addition, the deposit in Nanhai District of Foshan City has broken through a new height. By the end of December 2021, the balance of domestic and foreign currency deposits of financial institutions in Nanhai District of Foshan City had exceeded 700 billion yuan, reaching 701.024 billion yuan, an increase of 62.760 billion yuan or 9.8% over the beginning of the year, and the proportion of the total in Foshan City had increased by 0.7 percentage points over the previous year; The balance of domestic and foreign currency loans reached 536.993 billion yuan, an increase of 95.040 billion yuan or 21.5% over the beginning of the year. The total proportion in Foshan increased by 2.1 percentage points over the previous year. The total amount of deposits and loans ranked first in the five districts of Foshan, accounting for 34.0% and 32.6% of Foshan respectively.
