Shantou City, also known as "Tuocheng", is an important node in the "Greater Pearl River Delta" and "Pan-Pearl River Delta" economic circles. The connection point has the unique location advantage of being the geographical gateway to the Asia-Pacific. Shantou Port is close to the International Golden Waterway of the Western Pacific, less than 200 nautical miles from Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located between 116°14′ to 117°19′ east longitude and 23°02′ to 23°38′ north latitude, at the southern end of the Han River Delta, northeast It borders Raoping, Chaozhou, Chao'an, Chaozhou to the north, Jieyang and Puning to the west, Huilai, Jieyang to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the southeast. The urban area is 187 nautical miles away from Hong Kong and 180 nautical miles away from Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Industrial Economy
Meilaishun (International) Underwear City, Chaonan District, Shantou From January to November 2012, Shantou’s industrial added value was 40.966 billion yuan, an increase of 12.7% over the same period last year . By the end of 2012, the number of industrial enterprises with an output value of over 100 million yuan in the city had increased to 524. From January to September of that year, the city's industrial output value above designated size was 149.945 billion yuan, an increase of 13%, completing 54.2% of the annual expected target. The output value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the eight pillar industries increased by 15.2%, which was 2.2 percentage points higher than the growth rate of industrial output value above designated size in the city. Among them, traditional advantageous industries such as craft toys, textiles and clothing, and chemical plastics maintained rapid development momentum, with output value growth reaching 32.1% respectively. , 15.2% and 18%. The economic benefits of enterprises gradually improved, and the number of loss-making enterprises decreased. The comprehensive industrial economic benefit index was 203.56%, an increase of 4.1% over the same period last year. From January to September, industrial electricity consumption was 7.132 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 2.2%.
Private industry has now become the main body of Shantou's industry. There are 1,587 private industrial enterprises above designated size in the city, accounting for 84.5% of the city's above-scale industries. The number of “China Famous Trademarks”, “Guangdong Province Famous Trademarks” and “Guangdong Province Famous Brand Products” ranks 6th, 4th and 6th in the province respectively.
Agricultural Economy
From January to September 2012, Shantou's total agricultural output value was 10.362 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%, completing 73% of the annual expected target. The sown area of ??grains was 1.079 million acres, accounting for 101.31% of the provincial assessment indicators; the sown area of ??vegetables was 508,700 acres, and the output reached 1.1629 million tons, an increase of 3.5%. Accelerate the promotion of agricultural industrialization and build 14 modern agricultural parks at or above the provincial level, covering an area of ??more than 60,000 acres. There are a total of 239 farmers' professional cooperatives, including 1 new national-level demonstration cooperative and 2 provincial-level demonstration cooperatives. The level of agricultural specialization, scale and intensive management has been steadily improved.
Port Economy
Shantou "revitalizes the city with port" The coast of Shantou City is 298 kilometers long, including 28 kilometers of natural deep-water coastline suitable for building a port, and has the capacity to build 100,000-ton containers Terminals, 150,000-ton coal terminals, 300,000-ton crude oil terminals and other resources.
In 2012, the cargo throughput of Shantou Port exceeded 45 million tons, reaching 45.628 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.9%. Among them, the port's container throughput reached 1.25 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%. The growth rates of both indicators were higher than the national and Guangdong provincial averages.
Shantou is one of the 25 major coastal ports identified by the state. Shantou Port has cargo exchanges with more than 260 ports in more than 50 countries and regions around the world. Goods can be transported directly from Shantou Port to the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea and other countries and regions, and major domestic coastal ports have achieved full coverage. Since the opening of the "golden route" direct flights from Shantou to Taiwan, it has been welcomed by Taiwanese businessmen and cargo owners around the world, which has greatly enhanced Shantou's radiating power around the world. The relevant discounts for this route will be extended to 2014.
Shantou Port is still stepping up its planning and construction. Key projects to be started in 2013 include the 20,000-ton petrochemical terminal and the 100,000-ton container terminal in Guang'ao Port Area. The preliminary work of two major logistics projects, Suning.com and Shantou Guangao International Container Logistics Center, is actively advancing.
Fixed Asset Investment
In 2012, Shantou’s total social fixed asset investment was 61.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 39.7%, ranking second in the province in terms of growth rate.
The city's 138 key projects have completed a cumulative investment of 41.3 billion yuan, and the investment completed throughout the year was 17.5 billion yuan, accounting for 72.2% of the annual investment plan, a year-on-year increase of 15.4 percentage points, effectively driving the growth of fixed asset investment. Among the key construction projects, modern industrial engineering, information network engineering, and energy security engineering have maintained a rapid growth momentum, and have completed more than 75% of the annual plan. The four major projects, including transportation engineering, energy security engineering, modern industrial engineering, and agricultural water conservancy engineering, have received relatively large investments, with annual investment in each project exceeding 1.8 billion yuan. [29] In recent years, the scale of Shantou’s key project investment plans has increased year by year. In 2009 and 2010, it was 14.11 billion yuan and 17.67 billion yuan respectively, and in 2011 it reached 32.3 billion yuan.
Listed companies
Original works of listed animation companies[31] As of September 2012, there were ***21 listed companies in Shantou City, ranking in the middle among prefecture-level cities in the country Ranked 12th and ranked 3rd in Guangdong Province.
Listed companies include Ultrasonic Electronics, Yihua Wood Industry, Yihua Real Estate, Oriental Zirconium Industry, Nanyang Co., Ltd., Aofei Animation, Xinghui Car Model, Chao Acer, Wanshun Co., Ltd., Heiniu Food, and Caesar Co., Ltd. , Taiantang, Zhongyeda, Jingang Glass, Huawei Co., Ltd., Qunxing Toys, Xilong Chemical Industry, Jinming Precision Machinery, Dongfeng Printing, Mengshi Technology, and Wanze Co., Ltd., there are 21 private enterprises. It covers more than a dozen traditional industries and new advantageous industries such as wood industry, real estate, animation, toys, ultrasonic instruments, jewelry, cable manufacturing, packaging, pharmaceuticals, special glass manufacturing, chemicals, clothing, and food.
It has also created many first stocks in the industry. For example, Yihua Wood Industry is the "No. 1 Solid Wood Flooring Stock", Aofei Animation is the "No. 1 Animation Stock in China", and "The No. 1 Women's Wear Stock in China" "Caesar shares" of "shares".
Circulation consumption
From January to September 2012, Shantou achieved retail sales of consumer goods of 75.73 billion yuan, an increase of 13.8%, completing 64.9% of the annual expected target; wholesale and retail sales and accommodation Catering turnover was 132.662 billion yuan, an increase of 14.1%. The cargo turnover volume completed was 10.794 billion ton-kilometers, an increase of 20.8%. The port's cargo throughput was 33.815 million tons and container throughput was 910,000 TEUs, an increase of 12.5% ??and 12.9% respectively. Post and telecommunications business revenue was 4.112 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6%. The tourism industry has a good momentum of development, with 7.413 million overnight tourists received, an increase of 14.8%. Price growth fell back, with the consumer price index rising by 2.8% year-on-year. [24]
Banks in Shantou
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of China, (Hong Kong) Bank of East Asia, HSBC, Chong Hing Bank, Defutai Bank , (Thailand) Bangkok Bank, Overseas Chinese Commercial Bank, Nanyang Commercial Bank, Bank of Communications, Everbright Bank, Minsheng Bank, Postal Savings Bank of China, Agricultural Development Bank of China, China Guangfa Bank, Guangdong Huaxing Bank.