广州经济概况

广州经济概况

广州位于中国大陆南方，珠江三角洲的北缘，濒临南海，毗邻港澳，管辖十区和两个县级市，总面积7434.4平方公里，人口超过1000万人。// 改革开放20多年来，广州的生产总值翻了四番多，至2004年，达到4115.81亿元，按户籍人口计算，人均GDP为5.63万元，按2004年平均汇率计算，约合6800美元，综合经济实力在国内大城市中位居前列，仅次于上海，北京；// 20多年来，广州累计实际使用外资300多亿美元，90个国家和地区的外商历年累计在广州直接投资项目15000个，其中，仅美国的外商投资项目就达500多个。// 2004年，广州对外贸易进出口总额达到1447.96亿美元，比上年增长28.2%。至年末，有70多个国家和地区的外商在广州投资设立了7933家外资企业和2000多个外商办事机构。世界500强企业已有127家进入广州，共设立227个项目，投资总额合计71.8亿美元。//

至2004年底，广州拥有商品交易市场1600个，超1亿元的批发市场有94个，年成交额达521.79亿元，居全国领先水平；2004年，我市餐饮业实现增加值93.84亿元，实现零售额300.45亿元；// 我市社会消费品零售总额连续十多年在全国十大城市中仅次于上海和北京，名列第三位，占广东省消费品零售总额的近三成，2004年，全市社会消费品零售总额达1675.05亿元。//

Lying in the southern part of China’s mainland and on the north rim of the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou is next to the South China Sea and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao. Governing ten districts and two county-level cities, Guangzhou covers an area of 7,347.4 square kilometers with a population of over 10 million. // In the past twenty years since China’s reform and opening-up, Guangzhou’s GDP has been octupled to reach 411.581 billion RMB with per capita GDP hitting 56,300 RMB measured by the registered population (or $6,800 calculated at the average foreign exchange rate of 2004), placing it the third among the Chinese cities in terms of aggregate economic strength next only to Shanghai and Beijing. //

20多年来，广州累计实际使用外资300多亿美元，90个国家和地区的外商历年累计在广州直接投资项目15000个，其中，仅美国的外商投资项目就达500多个。// 2004年，广州对外贸易进出口总额达到1447.96亿美元，比上年增长28.2%。至年末，有70多个国家和地区的外商在广州投资设立了7933家外资企业和2000多个外商办事机构。世界500强企业已有127家进入广州，共设立227个项目，投资总额合计71.8亿美元。//

至2004年底，广州拥有商品交易市场1600个，超1亿元的批发市场有94个，年成交额达521.79亿元，居全国领先水平；2004年，我市餐饮业实现增加值93.84亿元，实现零售额300.45亿元；// 我市社会消费品零售总额连续十多年在全国十大城市中仅次于上海和北京，名列第三位，占广东省消费品零售总额的近三成，2004年，全市社会消费品零售总额达1675.05亿元。//

In this period, Guangzhou has utilized more than $30 billion foreign investment in accumulation, with foreign direct investment from 90 countries and regions going to 15,000 projects, 500 of which are funded by American businesses. // In 2004, the import and export volume totaled $144.796 billion, a year-on-year jump of 28.2%. By the end of the same year, foreign investors from 70 countries and regions had set up 7,933 companies and over 2,000 representative offices in Guangzhou, including 127 Fortune 500 enterprises who had invested $7.18 billion in 227 projects. //

至2004年底，广州拥有商品交易市场1600个，超1亿元的批发市场有94个，年成交额达521.79亿元，居全国领先水平；2004年，我市餐饮业实现增加值93.84亿元，实现零售额300.45亿元；// 我市社会消费品零售总额连续十多年在全国十大城市中仅次于上海和北京，名列第三位，占广东省消费品零售总额的近三成，2004年，全市社会消费品零售总额达1675.05亿元。//

By the end of last year, it had set up more than 1,600 trade markets, including 94 wholesale markets whose single trade volume exceed 100 million RMB and total annual volume reached 52.179 billion RMB, taking the lead in China. In 2004, it reported added value of 9.384 billion RMB and retail volume of 30.045 billion RMB in catering industry. // Its retail volume of social consumer products, standing at 167.505 billion RMB in 2004, ranks the third in China for over 10 consecutive years, following Shanghai and Beijing, making up for one third of that of Guangdong Province. //