Chapter 7.18: Hunan Province

Overview

Hunan is situated in the southern part of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, south of Dongting Lake. Topographically, it is a U-shaped basin of rolling plains, with mountains rising in the east, south and west and flat lands extending northward. The total area is 212,000 square kilometres and it has a population of 65.95 million. The provincial capital is Changsha. Major economic indicators are shown in Table 7.18.1.

Table 7.18.1: Major economic indicators, Hunan Province

Item	2000	2001
Population (millions)	65.61	65.95
Gross domestic product (billion RMB)	369.188	398.3
GDP per capita (thousand RMB)	5.639
Disposable income per capita (thousand RMB)
Urban residents	6.22	2.158
Rural residents	6.78	2.26
Savings (billion RMB) [*]	287.0	334.2
Investment in fixed assets (billion RMB)	101.224	120.9
Value-added of primary industry (billion RMB)	78.492	82.6
Value-added of secondary industry (billion RMB)	146.186	157
Value-added of tertiary industry (billion RMB)	144.510	158.7
Total retail sales of consumer goods (billion RMB)	136.5	151.1
Source: China Statistical Yearbook 2001 and State Statistical Bureau
[*] Both institutional and private savings