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5 Sept 2011
Changji ( Xinjiang ) City Information

Major Economic Indicators (2010)

Land Area (km2) 73,660
Population (million) 1.6
GDP (RMB billion) 55.7
GDP Composition
Primary Industry 29.3%
Secondary Industry
(Industry & Contruction)		 42.5%
Tertiary Industry (Service) 28.2%
GDP Per Capita (RMB) 34,812
Unemployment Rate 3.5%
Fixed Asset Investment (RMB billion) 23.5
Utilized FDI (USD million) N.A.
Total Import & Export (USD million) 2,070
Export (USD million) 1,910
Import (USD million) 159
Sales of Consumer Goods (RMB billion) 11.28
Source Source: Changji Autonomous Prefecture Economic and Social Development Report 2010

   

 
Introduction
 

Changji Autonomous Prefecture is located in the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, bordering the Republic of Mongolia to the northeast. Changji covers an area of 73,660 sq km. Its population is 1.6 million by the end of 2009. The Han and the Hui account for approximately 75% and 12% to Changji's total population.

Changji has a typical arid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The temperature difference between day and night is very large. The average temperature is 6.8°C, while the average annual evaporation totals 200 mm.

Changji, which gets 2749 to 3090 hours of sunshine per year, is rich in potential solar energy. In addition, Changji is also replete with oil and natural gas resources. There are four oilfields are under construction, and proven reserves of petroleum amount to 150 million tons, while natural gas reserves total 30 billion cubic meters.

Transportation in Changji is very convenient. State Highway 312 (which runs from Shanghai to Yining), State Highway 216 (which runs from Altay to Baluntai) and the Urumqi-Tulufan Expressway run through the prefecture. In addition, Changji City, the political and economic center of the Changji Autonomous Prefecture, is only 18 km from Urumqi Airport, which is the largest airport in Xinjiang in terms of passenger throughput.  
 
Economic Features
 
Changji realized GDP of RMB 55.7 billion in 2010, representing a rise of 16% year on year. The prefecture's GDP accounted for 13% of Xinjiang's total.

The agricultural sector generated value-added output of RMB 16.3 billion in 2010, accounting for 29.3% of the prefecture's GDP. Farming, the largest contributor to agricultural sector, gained value-added output of RMB 11.82 billion, accounting for 46.7% of the sector's total.

Secondary industry (industry and construction), the largest contributor to the prefecture's economy, realized value-added output of RMB 23.67 billion, accounting for 42.5% of Changji's total.

The industrial sector realized value-added industrial output of RMB 11.8 billion in 2010, rose 31.8% year on year. Industrial enterprises with designated size or above generated value-added industrial output of RMB 10 billion, contributing 84% to the industrial sector's total.

Petroleum and natural gas mining, coal chemicals, non-ferrous metal smelting, food processing, textiles, machinery and building materials are pillar industries of Changji. As a whole, they realized value-added industrial output of RMB 6.2billion in 2009, contributing 81.3% to the total generated by industrial enterprises with designated size or above.

The service sector generated value-added output of RMB 15.74 billion, accounting for 28.2% of the prefecture's total GDP in 2010. 

During 2010, approximately 7 million tourists visited the prefecture, up 25.3% year on year, while tourism income totaled RMB 3.5 billion, increasing by 39% compared to the previous year.

In 2010, the total import and export value of Changji amounted to US$2.07 billion, representing a fall of 9.1% year on year. Export value sank 1.5% to approximately US$1.9 billion, while import value down 53%% to US$159 million. Major export goods include transformers, steel, building materials, leather handbags and tomato sauce. Italy, the U.K., Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, the Netherlands, the U.S., and the Philippines are major export destinations. Wulastai (Highway) Port is the only Sino-Mongolia land port located in Changji.
 
Cultural Highlights
 

Changji has a long history. In 1884, a province was set up to administrate Xinjiang, and the Changji region was under the control of Dihua Fu.

The Uygur, the Kazaks, the Hui and many other Muslim ethnic minorities celebrate religious festivals such as the Corban Festival and Ramadan.

Hua'er is one of the most popular folk songs among the Hui people. These are native to the area around Ningxia, Gansu and Qinghai provinces and later in Changji. The folk song festivals attract many local singers.
 
Tourist Attraction
 

Changji is famous for Bogda Feng, the highest peak in the eastern part of the the Tianshan Mountain range. Located in the southern part of Fukang County, it has an altitude of 5,445 meters (17,864 feet). It is one of the fifteen peaks of Xinjiang open to tourists.

Tianchi Lake, located in the valleys below Bogda Peak, is like a silver mirror. It was incorporated into the Bogda Biosphere Reserve in 1990. The lake water is supplied by melting ice and snow running off the surrounding peaks, and remains cold even in mid-summer. As a result, the lake is a well-known summer resort for local people.

The prefecture has special local products including melons, hops, grapes, fernle mushrooms, roast lamb, roast whole sheep and hand-made yellow noodles.

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