Zhejiang News Client Reporter Xia Dan
Today, let’s look at Zhejiang from a different perspective.
Yongjinjun just got the 2020 GDP per capita ( GDP per capita) value from Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics .
According to data previously released, in 2020, Zhejiang's GDP (GDP) was 6461.3 billion yuan (936.8 billion US dollars), ranking fourth in the country, surpassing the 17th place in the world in Netherlands .
So, from the perspective of per capita GDP, what kind of picture will Zhejiang look like?
has reached the high income standard
Everyone knows that per capita GDP is one of the most important economic indicators to understand and grasp the macroeconomic operating conditions of a country or region, and can be used to measure the living standards of people in the country or region.
According to the preliminary calculations of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics, in 2020, the per capita GDP of Zhejiang Province was 100,620 yuan, according to the average exchange rate of in the same year, was 1 USD to 6.8974 yuan, which is approximately US$14,600.
per capita GDP is US$14,600. What is the level?
is about 1.4 times the average level of China, 1.3 times the world average in 2019, and is also higher than the standard line for high-income economies set by the World Bank in 2019 at US$12,700.
In fact, since the reform and opening up, especially after the new century, with the rise of Zhejiang's economy, Zhejiang's per capita GDP level has continued to increase.
is calculated based on the exchange rate of that year. In 2002, Zhejiang's per capita GDP was only US$2,000. By 2013, it took 10 years to exceed US$10,000 for the first time.
Time comes to 2017, and Zhejiang's per capita GDP increased to US$12,680, crossing the threshold of high-income economies in the World Bank's country income grouping standard.
By 2020, despite the impact of the epidemic, Zhejiang's per capita GDP further increased to US$14,600.
Here, Yongjinjun also wants to make a special note that not long ago, the data of the seventh national census of was released, and the permanent population in Zhejiang increased by 10.14 million, the second largest increase in the country. Zhejiang's per capita GDP in 2020 was recalculated based on the newly approved population.
In other words, with the growth of population agglomeration, Zhejiang's per capita GDP has maintained synchronous growth.
Zhejiang is more balanced
From the perspective of the 11 prefecture-level cities in the province, Zhejiang's development is more balanced.
Yongjinjun estimates that the per capita GDP in Hangzhou in 2019 was the highest, at 134,856 yuan; the lowest , at in Lishui City was 60,214 yuan, with the difference between the two being about 1.24 times.
The highest and lowest per capita GDP in 2020 are still Hangzhou and Lishui , which are 136,617 yuan and 61,811 yuan respectively, a difference of 1.21 times. The gap between
has further narrowed, indicating that Zhejiang's overall development is better balanced and the coordination between regions is higher.
sorted out the data, and Yongjinjun also found that the current per capita GDP in the province exceeds 100,000 yuan include Hangzhou, Ningbo , Zhoushan , Shaoxing and Jiaxing , of which Hangzhou, Ningbo zhou, and Shaoxing exceeds 130,000 yuan.
In addition, the per capita GDP of Huzhou is close to 100,000 yuan; Taizhou , Quzhou and Wenzhou exceed 70,000 yuan; Jinhua and Lishui are more than 60,000 yuan.
From this dimension, relatively good balance and coordination are maintained between regions in Zhejiang Province.
Not long ago, the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Zhejiang's High-Quality Development and Building a Demonstration Zone for Common Prosperity" was announced. This is a major glorious mission entrusted to Zhejiang by the central government.
And one of the important reasons why Zhejiang can undertake this mission is that Zhejiang has the foundation and advantages to carry out the construction of a demonstration zone for common prosperity.
Hangzhou nearly 20,000 US dollars
As we all know, developed countries have a threshold, that is, per capita GDP must reach 20,000 US dollars.
For a region or city's development, per capita GDP of US$20,000 is an important turning point.
According to 2020 data, Hangzhou's per capita GDP is 136,617 yuan, about US$19,800, making it the city closest to the level of developed economies in Zhejiang.
In fact, the per capita GDP exceeding US$20,000 is not a simple data. It reflects the development quality of a city, industrial upgrading and driving ability.
As the provincial capital of Zhejiang, Hangzhou is also one of the core cities in the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. It has a certain radiation and driving effect of various production factors of people and property.
According to the latest census data, in the past ten years, Hangzhou has increased by 3.24 million people. Hangzhou surpassed Wenzhou with 11.94 million people, becoming the city with the largest population in Zhejiang, accounting for 18.5% of the entire province of Zhejiang.
Gather popularity and wealth. In recent years, Hangzhou has driven the accelerated agglomeration of high-quality population through industrial upgrading and innovation-driven development, thus promoting high-quality economic development.
For a city, population is the cell of the city. The cells are active and the cities are more dynamic.
theoretical research also shows that population aggregation will bring about scale effect, and scale effect may lead to an increase in economic efficiency , and increase the output of a single person, and increase per capita GDP.
In this way, for cities that have initially accumulated population and resource advantages, we must strive to find a "fulcrum" to leverage the economic scale effect and form a win-win situation between population agglomeration and economic growth.
In addition to per capita GDP
Although we are discussing per capita GDP today, what Yongjinjun wants to explain is that, like GDP, per capita GDP is only one of the indicators to measure economic development.
is like high GDP, which does not mean high per capita GDP, and per capita GDP is high, and per capita income is not necessarily high.
Because per capita GDP reflects the wealth (value) created, while residents per capita disposable income is another level of concept, which is the wealth (value) assigned by residents. They all reflect the level and quality of economic development from different dimensions.
Take Zhoushan in Zhejiang as an example, although from the perspective of the province, its total economic output is in the lower ranking. However, Zhoushan's per capita GDP has reached the third in the province and the income level of the people is also among the top in the province.
Therefore, measuring economic development requires a comprehensive view of multiple dimensions. In addition to GDP and per capita GDP, there should also be perspectives such as per capita disposable income for residents, education, medical care and elderly care and other supporting levels of people's livelihood.
Take Zhejiang's main indicators in 2020 as an example -
GDP is fourth in the country and is in the first echelon of the country;
ranks sixth in the country in terms of per capita GDP, reaching the high income standard;
The income level of the people has steadily increased - in 2020, the per capita disposable income of all residents is 52,397 yuan, ranking third in the country and first in the province and region, 1.6 times the country. Among them, the per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents is 62,699 yuan and 31,930 yuan, ranking first in provinces and regions in the country for 20 and 36 consecutive years respectively.
For regional economy, the ultimate goal of development is to allow the "temperature difference" between the achievements of economic development and the actual feelings of the people to be at a relatively good balance point.
