The first session of the 7th People's Congress of Nanyang Municipality opened on January 4, at which Mayor Wang Zhihui delivered the work report on behalf of the Nanyang Municipal People's Government. Followings are the highlights of the report.
Over the past five years,
Nanyang has seen its GDP jump from 320 billion yuan to 450 billion yuan, ranking 2nd in Henan,
and urbanization rate of permanent population hit 53 percent, a rise of 8.3 percentage points.
The Zhengzhou-Chongqing High-speed Railway and the projects to restore water transport infrastructure along the rivers of Tanghe and Baihe have been launched.
Nanyang has successfully built itself into a National Civilized City and a National Sanitation City.
Nanyang has become a National Innovative City, with the added value of its high-tech manufacturing sector and emerging industries of strategic importance increasing 11.4 percent and 13.1 percent respectively and the volume of cross-border e-commerce exceeding 15 billion yuan, ranking 3rd in Henan.
901.6 thousand rural people living below the current poverty line in 1,112 impoverished villages of 7 key counties have been raised from poverty.
A total of 3.45 million mu (1 mu equals about 666 square meters) of high-standard farmland has been newly built, and the total grain output in Nanyang has remained above 14 billion jin (1 jin equals 0.5 kg) for consecutive years.
Nanyang has trained more than 425 thousand highly-skilled talents, created 401 thousand urban jobs and provided 252 thousand job opportunities for the surplus rural workforce.
17 schools with a complete education system from kindergarten to high school have been established in downtown of Nanyang where elementary education has been at the forefront of the province and acceptance rate of key universities has increased for 12 consecutive years.
In 2023,
Nanyang is expected to see its GDP grow by 8 percent, and 9 percent potentially.
Based on an 8 percent increase in GDP, Nanyang's industrial added value above the designated size is expected to increase by about 11 percent,
fixed-asset investment by about 17 percent,
investment in industrial sector by over 19 percent,
and total retail sales of consumer goods by about 11 percent.
Besides, Nanyang's general public budget revenue is expected to grow in line with the GDP growth,
with the urbanization rate of permanent population increasing by 1.5 percentage points
and the growth of per capita disposable income keeping pace with the GDP growth.
Nanyang is expected to see the growth of its consumer price index remain within 3 percent
and keep its energy consumption per unit of GDP in line with the target of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025).
