Industrial output value

In 2003, the value-added of industrial enterprises above designated size (i.e. all state-owned enterprises and those non-state-owned enterprises with an annual sales income over 5 million yuan) amounted to 66.47 billion yuan, an increase of 16.8 percent over the previous year. The total industrial output value of the eight pillar industries of the province reached 178.16 billion yuan, making up 96.2 percent of that of the enterprises above the designated size, a rise of 20 percent over the preceding year.

Agricultural output value: 54.01 billion yuan, up by 5.1 percent from the previous year.

Foreign trade

In 2003, the province achieved US$2.78 billion in foreign trade, 25.2 percent up from 2002. The export hit US$1.48 billion, 26.2 percent up. The major trade partners were the EU, the United States, Japan, the ASEAN, Korea and Hong Kong.

Foreign investment

In 2003 the province concluded 229 foreign direct investment contracts, 12.8 percent up from the previous year, which involved a total contractual investment of US$834 million. Shaanxi actually utilized US$466 million of foreign direct investment, up 13.5 percent. The principal investors came from Hong Kong, the U.S.A., Taiwan, Japan, etc.

Pillar industries

Electronics, machinery, pharmaceutical industry, chemicals, energy, foodstuff, and tourism.