The Chinese Provinces

Source China Business Handbook - 1997 figures
Province Capital Population
(millions)
GDP
(US$ billions)
GDP/cap
(US$)
Wealth - Main Exports, Businesses & Markets
ANHUI Hefei 61.3 32.17 525 rapeseed, sesame, tea, freshwater fish
BEIJING Beijing 12.4 21.81 1,759 soft drinks, food, iron&steel, petrochemicals
CHONGQING Chongqing 30.4 16.27 535 tung-oil seed, tubers, steel, motorcycles
FUJIAN Fuzhou 32.8 36.15 1,101 tea, citrus fruits, bananas, rubber, sugarcane, pine resin, canned food
GANSU Lanzhou 24.9 9.41 377 nickel, platinum, magnesium, alumina, palladium, copper, cobalt, chromium, zinc, oil
GUANGDONG Guangzhou 70.5 88.14 1,250 lychees, fish farming, prawns, shellfish, zircon, silicon, offshore oil reserves, textiles, garments, food processing, electrical appliances, toys, shoes
GUANGXI Nanning 46.3 24.28 524 sugar, timber, aluminum, tin, manganese, building materials, machinery, paper, coal, iron&steel
GUIZHOU Guiyang 36.1 9.55 264 gold,bauxite,mercury, silica, & optical crystals deposits, tobacco, coal,ferro-alloys, tung-oil seed, lacquer
HAINAN Haikou 7.4 4.94 665 oil and tropical crops
HEBEI Shijiazhuang 65.3 47.64 730 coal, petroleum, iron, coke, pig iron, antibiotics, pesticides
HEILONGJIANG Harbin 37.5 32.63 870 timber, oil, natural gas, soybeans, milk, beetroot
HENAN Zhengzhou 92.4 49.15 532 wheat, beef, aluminum, gold, coal, petrochemicals
HUBEI Wuhan 58.7 41.57 708 rapeseed, sesame, freshwater fish, cotton, jute, yarn, edible vegetable oil,trucks, sulphuric acid
HUNAN Changsha 64.6 36.06 558 rice,pork, cigarettes, rapeseed, citrus fruits, machinery, garments
INNER MONGOLIA Hohhot 23.3 13.19 567 wool, cashmere, milk, rare earth, timber coal
JIANGSU Nanjing 71.5 80.49 1,126 chemicals, textiles, motors, freshwater seafood
JIANGXI Nanchang 41.5 20.66 498 aircraft, arms, trucks, ceramics, rice
JILIN Changchun 26.3 17.43 663 grains, corn, ginseng, chemicals, automobiles
LIAONING Shenyang 41.4 42.05 1,016 metallurgy, precision machine tools, steel, plate glass, alternators, seafood, beef, poultry,beer, coke
NINGXIA Yinchuan 5.3 2.54 479 coal, oil, chemicals, metallurgy, machinery, textiles
QINGHAI Xining 5 2.43 490 salt-lake minerals, potash fertilizer, oil extraction, bee products
SHAANXI Xian 35.7 15.98 448 aircraft, electronics, cashmere, apples, walnuts, milk
SHANDONG Jinan 87.8 80.12 912 gold, oil, diamonds, copper, gypsum,peanuts, apples, eggs, goat wool, aquatic products,wine
SHANGHAI Shanghai 14.6 40.48 2,778 commercial and financial services, cars, petrochemicals, large-scale machinery, electronics, iron&steel
SHANXI Taiyuan 31.4 17.83 568 coal, calcium carbide
SICHUAN Chengdu 84.3 40 474 pork, leather, rapeseed, coccoons, lacquer, tuber crop, industrial commodities, spirits
TIANJIN Tianjin 9.5 14.94 1,568 electronics, petrochemicals, metallurgy, automobiles
TIBET Lhasa 2.5 .93 375 cashmere, tourism
XINJIANG Urumqi 17.2 12.65 736 cotton, hops, grapes, mutton, leather goods, paper, rugs, jade oil, sugar
YUNNAN Kunming 40.9 19.81 484 tobacco, coffee, sugarcane, rubber, bananas
ZHEJIANG Hangzhou 44.4 55.88 1,260 rice,fish, silk, tea, pharmaceuticals, metal-cutting machines, chemical and synthetic fibres, cloth, woolen goods, paperboard, electric fans, swing machines, televisions pesticides, tyres
HONG KONG Hong Kong 6.7 122 18,209 Banking, real estate, insurance, shipping, offshore trading companies, tourism
MACAU Macau .422 7.33 17,374 Textiles & garments, finance and property, gambling tourism

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