In 2004, under the correct leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the people of the city closely focused on enriching the people and strengthening the city, and comprehensively built a well-off society. In the "two firsts, In the two-step journey, we will deepen reform, expand opening up, forge ahead and take the lead in development. The national economy maintains rapid and healthy development, the comprehensive economic strength is further enhanced, and various social undertakings continue to make progress.

In 2004, the city achieved a regional GDP of 78.116 billion yuan, calculated at comparable prices: an increase of 14.7% over the previous year. The per capita regional GDP was 29,235 yuan, an increase of 14.7% over the previous year. Converted according to the current exchange rate: the per capita GDP was 3,535 US dollars. In the regional GDP: the added value of the primary industry was 3.411 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%; the added value of the secondary industry was 46.056 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 28.649 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%. The pace of structural adjustment of the national economy has accelerated, and the added value structure of the three industries has been adjusted from 5.1:57.2:37.7 in the previous year to 4.4:58.9:36.7. The quality of economic operation has improved, and the proportion of fiscal revenue in the regional GDP increased from 11.5% in the previous year to 11.8%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. The development of the non-public economy has accelerated, especially the private economy has grown significantly. The added value of the private economy accounts for 47.6% of the regional GDP.

In 2004, the main difficulties and problems existing in economic and social development were: prominent economic structural contradictions, low technological level of enterprises, and weak market competitiveness. There are obvious constraints on production factors such as electricity, capital, and land. There are not many large-scale projects introduced, the economic development potential is insufficient, and the regional economic development gap is widening. The employment situation is still grim, market prices are rising rapidly, and a small number of low-income families are living a difficult life.

1. Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery

The adjustment of agricultural structure has achieved remarkable results. The structure of the planting industry has been further optimized, the pace of diversified business development has been accelerated, the level of industrialized management has been significantly improved, and export-oriented agriculture, organic agriculture, and ecological agriculture have shown a trend of base, scale, and specialization. In 2004, the city's total output value from agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 6.653 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4% over the previous year. The grain planting area was 1,528,800 hectares, an increase of 0.9% over the previous year; the total grain output was 990,400 tons, an increase of 14.9% over the previous year. The cotton planting area was 20,600 hectares, the same as the previous year; the total cotton output was 1,800 tons, an increase of 13.3% over the previous year. The oilseed planting area was 453,700 hectares, down 4.0% from the previous year; the total oil production was 91,400 tons, an increase of 22.7% from the previous year.

The scale of diversified production continues to expand, the variety structure tends to be optimized, and characteristic agricultural production gradually takes shape. Among the main agricultural products: meat output was 73,600 tons, an increase of 3.5% over the previous year. The number of poultry slaughtered was 8.884 million, an increase of 20.2% over the previous year. The total egg output was 18,200 tons, an increase of 2.0% over the previous year. The total output of aquatic products was 71,000 tons, an increase of 2.0% over the previous year. Tea, fruits, flowers, vegetables, etc. all have increased to varying degrees.

Agricultural production conditions continue to improve. At the end of the year, the total power of agricultural machinery was 1.2502 million kilowatts, an increase of 2.1% over the previous year, including 4,546 large and medium-sized tractors, 15,533 small tractors, and 48,240 agricultural drainage and irrigation power machinery. The amount of agricultural chemical fertilizers applied (pure) was 85,700 tons, a decrease of 1.5% from the previous year. Rural electricity consumption was 2.17 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 18.4% over the previous year. The effective irrigation area of ??farmland is 135.37 thousand hectares, the anti-seepage canal is 1522.5 kilometers, and the afforestation area during the year is 2670 hectares.

2. Industry and Construction

Industry has maintained high growth and economic benefits have improved significantly. The city's industrial added value was 39.396 billion yuan, an increase of 16.9% over the previous year. Among them: state-owned and non-state-owned industrial enterprises with annual sales revenue of more than 5 million yuan (referred to as industries above designated size) completed an added value of 29.87 billion yuan, an increase of 21.9% over the previous year, of which: the added value of heavy industry was 20.21 billion yuan, an increase of 27.1%; light industry The added value was 9.66 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4%. The development of heavy industry production has accelerated significantly, with a growth rate of 13.7 percentage points higher than that of light industry. Among the industries above designated size: the added value of state-owned industry was 4.98 billion yuan, an increase of 28.2%; the added value of collective industry was 3.06 billion yuan, an increase of 18.7%; the added value of joint-stock industry was 8.39 billion yuan, an increase of 29.4%; the added value of foreign-invested and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan industries was 89.6 billion, an increase of 21.1%. The development of rural industry accelerated, with an added value of 15.52 billion yuan, an increase of 27.1%. The development momentum of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises was stable, with an added value of 15.41 billion yuan, an increase of 22.4%. The annual industrial electricity consumption was 6.7 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 18.3% over the previous year.

The restructuring and structural adjustment of state-owned industrial enterprises have achieved remarkable results. The supporting role of pillar industries and high-tech industries has been strengthened. The high-tech industry achieved a total industrial output value of 25.72 billion yuan throughout the year, an increase of 25.6% over the previous year.