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5 Sept 2011
Jiangmen ( Guangdong ) City Information

Major Economic Indicators (2010)

Land Area (km2) 9,443
Population (million) 4.2
GDP (RMB billion) 155
GDP Composition
Primary Industry 7.5%
Secondary Industry
(Industry & Contruction)		 56.5%
Tertiary Industry (Service) 36%
GDP Per Capita (RMB) 36,913
Unemployment Rate 2.42%
Fixed Asset Investment (RMB billion) 63.18
Utilized FDI (USD million) 1,100
Total Import & Export (USD million) 14,340
Export (USD million) 10,410
Import (USD million) 3,930
Sales of Consumer Goods (RMB billion) 65.58
Source Source: Jiangmen Economic and Social Development Report 2010

 

 
Introduction
 

Jiangmen is seated in south-central Guangdong Province, west of Pearl River Delta. The city derives its name, which means “the gate of river", from its geographic location, as it is situated at the convergence of Xihe River (also known as the West River) and Peng River. It is adjacent to Zhongshan and Zhuhai to the east and Yangjiang to the west and faces the South China Sea to the south.

Zhuhai and the provincial capital Guangzhou are within 1.5 hours' drive from Jiangmen by the Guangzhou-Zhuhai Highway and the Jiangmen-Zhuhai Highway. Hong Kong and Macau are located 95 nautical miles and 53 nautical miles from the city, respectively. The city is also easily accessible by air, as it takes less than 2 hours to go from Jiangmen downtown to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and Zhuhai Airport.

Jiangmen has a maritime monsoon climate, with warm, humid weather all year around. The city is occasionally attacked by floods or typhoons during the period from July to September. The city is home to over 100 species of wild animals, 500 species of birds and 200 species of insects. The city also has rich freshwater resources, which account for nearly 6.7% of Guangdong's total.
 
Economic Features
 
Jiangmen's economic growth speeded up in 2001. The city's GDP grew 14.3% year on year to RMB 155 billion in 2010, ranking seventh in Guangdong Province. The primary industry, the secondary industry and the tertiary industry contributed 7.5%, 56.5% and 36% of the city's GDP.

The value-added output from the secondary industries in Jiangmen grew 17.2% year on year to RMB 87.6 billion in 2010, accounting for 56.5% of the city's GDP. The value-added industrial output from light industry with enterprises with designated size and above rose 23.7% from a year earlier to RMB 82.96 billion, while that from heavy industry soared 24.6% year on year to RMB 383.66 million. Light industry and heavy industry comprised 54% and 46% of the city's total industrial value-added output in 2010, respectively.

Motors and motor parts, textiles and garments, electric home appliances, ceramics and furniture manufacturing are the major industries in Jiangmen. The city is China's largest motor production base. Its motor production accounts for one seventh of China's total The leading motor makers in the city include Grand River Group, Guangdong Tayo Motorcycle Technology, Heshan Guoji Nanlian Motorcycle and Jiangmen Dihao Motorcycle.

Grand River Group, set up in 1992 in Jiangmen, is the largest export base of Japan-based Suzuki Motor Corp. It mainly produces Haojue-branded and Suzuki-branded motorcycles. The motorcycle output of the group exceeded 2.8 million units in 2007, more than one tenth of China's total motor output for that year.

Examples of major players in other industries include Guangdong Xinhui Meida Nylon, Kaiping Chunhui and Jiangmen Sugarcane Chemical Factory (Group), all of which are listed companies. Guangdong Xinhui Meida Nylon, inaugurated in 1984, is one of the leading polyamide-6 chip makers in China. It has annual production capacity of 0.18 million tons of polyamide-6 chips.

The service sector, with RMB 55.8 billion in value-added output in 2010, contributed 36% to the city's economy. The sales of consumer goods in the city gained 17% year on year to RMB 65.58 billion, comprising 3.9% of Guangdong's total. In 2010, over 9.9 million tourists traveled to Jiangmen, bringing tourism income of RMB 12 billion.

In 2010, the foreign trade value in Jiangmen up 29.9% from the previous year to US$14.3 billion in 2010, accounting for 1.8% of Guangdong's total. The export value hit US$10.4 billion. Motorcycles, textile and garments are the major export products of the city. Hong Kong and the U.S. are the largest two foreign trade partners of Jiangmen.

Jiangmen attracted contractual foreign investments of US$820 million in 2010, representing a decrease of 27.7% year on year. The utilized FDI in the city was US$1.1 million, up 6.9% year on year. A few large multinational companies, such as Emerson, JEE, Sapa and Hyundai, have made investments in the city.
 
Cultural Highlights
 

Jiangmen has over 600 years of history. In the early Ming Dynasty (AD1368-1644), bazaars emerged in this region. At the beginning of the 17th century, Jianmeng's economy was greatly boosted by the trade and commerce. It became a trading center in the Pearl River Delta. In 1904, Jiangmen was forced to be opened to foreign trade and Beijie Customs was set up in there. Jiangmen is the birthplace of Liang Qichao, who was a great Chinese scholar and reformist during the Qing Dynasty (AD1644-1911).
 
Tourist Attraction
 

Jiangmen is rich in historical and cultural sites as well as natural scenic spots. The most significant historical sites are the fortified multi-story towers, which are called Diao Lou or Gold Mountain Towers. These towers can be found in Kaiping, a county-level city under Jiangmen's jurisdiction. Other scenic spots, such as Liyun Garden, Chuan Island and Guifeng Mountain are also worth visiting. Liyun Garden, built up by an overseas Chinese in Tangkou Town in 1936, consists of Villa Zone, Grand Garden and Little Garden. It is a traditional Chinese-style garden. The city hosts baot races around the time of the Dragon Boat Festival. Xijing River Abalone, Enping Potherb Banquet (fish is the main ingredient), Waihai Noodle and Little Taco with Cooked Goose are the favorite local dishes in Jiangmen.
 
Honors
 

Best Tourism City in China (2007)
-China Tourism Association

National Model City for Environmental Protection (2004)
-Ministry of Environmental Protection of P.R. China

National Garden City (2002)
-Ministry of Construction of P.R. China

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