Hebei Province 2024 National Economic and Social Development Statistical Bulletin

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1. COMPREHENSIVE

According to preliminary calculations, the annual regional GDP reached 4752.69 billion yuan, marking a 5.4% increase from the previous year. Specifically, the added value of the primary sector was 452.23 billion yuan, up 3.5%; the secondary sector's added value was 1747.05 billion yuan, up 5.8%; and the tertiary sector's added value was 2553.41 billion yuan, up 5.4%. The primary sector accounted for 9.5% of the regional GDP, the secondary sector for 36.8%, and the tertiary sector for 53.7%. The per capita regional GDP for the year was 64,352 yuan, representing a 5.7% increase from the previous year.

The added value of the private economy reached 3,124.96 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% over the previous year; it accounted for 65.8% of the regional GDP.

Table 1 GDP by region in 2024

By the end of the year, the resident population was 73.78 million, a decrease of 150,000 from the previous year. The urbanization rate of the resident population reached 63.42%, an increase of 0.65 percentage points from the previous year. The total number of births for the year was 440,000, with a birth rate of 5.9 per thousand; the number of deaths was 610,000, with a death rate of 8.2 per thousand; the natural population growth rate was-2.3 per thousand. After adjusting for natural growth, there was a net inflow of 20,000 people.

Table 2 Number and composition of permanent residents at the end of 2024

A total of 899,200 new urban jobs were created, 104.6 percent of the annual plan. 260,800 unemployed urban people were reemployed, 60,500 fewer than the previous year. 116,100 people who had difficulty finding jobs were reemployed, 7,100 more than the previous year.

The consumer price index for the year increased by 0.2% compared to the previous year. In urban areas, prices remained stable, while in rural areas, they rose by 0.5%. By category, food, tobacco, and alcohol prices fell by 0.3%, clothing prices increased by 2.3%, housing prices rose by 0.2%, daily necessities and services prices increased by 0.7%, transportation and communication prices decreased by 1.7%, education, culture, and entertainment prices increased by 0.9%, medical and health care prices rose by 0.4%, and other goods and services prices increased by 4.0%. Among food, tobacco, and alcohol prices, grain prices dropped by 0.9%, egg prices fell by 4.6%, pork prices surged by 10.0%, and fresh vegetable prices climbed by 8.7%. The producer price index for industrial products decreased by 4.3% for the year. The purchase price index for industrial producers also declined by 4.2%. The producer price index for agricultural products fell by 4.0%.

New productive forces have steadily developed. The added value of strategic emerging industries in large-scale industrial enterprises increased by 10.6% compared to the previous year; the added value of high-tech industries grew by 11.2%, accounting for 22.3% of the total added value of large-scale industrial enterprises. Among the nine leading industries, the added value of new-generation information technology grew by 13.6%, green chemicals by 12.2%, modern light textiles by 10.4%, new materials by 10.0%, high-end equipment by 9.8%, and advanced steel by 7.8%. High-tech industry investment increased by 37.7%, with high-tech manufacturing investment growing by 32.1% and high-tech service industry investment by 43.4%. Online retail sales reached 494.07 billion yuan, up 8.8% from the previous year. Throughout the year, 1.3026 million new business entities were registered, and by the end of 2024, there were 8.8997 million business entities, including 2.7220 million enterprises.

Solid progress was made in the development of key regions. The GDP of coastal areas reached 1,685.53 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year. The GDP of the region around the capital was 1,211.99 billion yuan, an increase of 5.6% over the previous year. The added value of county economies reached 2,614.85 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year.

The green and low-carbon transition continues to deepen. Throughout the year, industrial non-fossil energy power generation reached 107.26 billion kilowatt-hours, a 6.2% increase from the previous year. Specifically, wind power generated 63.47 billion kilowatt-hours, up 1.3%; solar power generated 30.33 billion kilowatt-hours, up 20.0%; and hydropower generated 5.36 billion kilowatt-hours, up 11.1%. The annual average PM2.5 concentration was 37.7 micrograms per cubic meter, a 2.3% decrease from the previous year; there were 267 good air quality days, an increase of 22 days. The proportion of excellent water quality at national assessment sections of surface water remained above 80%.

2. Agriculture

The total grain planting area for the year was 96.902 million mu, an increase of 74,000 mu from the previous year, representing a 0.1% rise. Specifically, the summer grain planting area was 34.145 million mu, up 0.1%, and the autumn grain planting area was 62.757 million mu, also up 0.1%. The total grain production for the year reached 39.088 million tons, an increase of 989,000 tons from the previous year, marking a 2.6% growth. Specifically, the summer grain production was 15.130 million tons, up 1.0%, and the autumn grain production was 23.958 million tons, up 3.7%.

The annual cotton production was 71,000 tons, a decrease of 31.7% from the previous year. The output of Chinese herbal medicines reached 1,111,000 tons, up 12.7%. Vegetable production was 57,173,000 tons, up 4.0%. Among these, the production of edible fungi was 2,307,000 tons, up 8.1%. The output of garden fruits was 12,176,000 tons, up 4.4%. The production of edible nuts was 813,000 tons, up 8.8%.

The annual production of major livestock and poultry meat reached 4.781 million tons, a decrease of 2.6% from the previous year. Specifically, pork production was 2.68 million tons, down 5.4%; beef production was 597,000 tons, up 0.6%; mutton production was 364,000 tons, down 2.8%; poultry meat production was 1.139 million tons, up 2.7%. Poultry egg production was 4.256 million tons, up 5.2%; milk production was 5.604 million tons, down 2.0%.

The total power of agricultural machinery was 85.27 million kilowatts (excluding agricultural transport vehicles), an increase of 1.5 percent over the previous year.

Industry and construction

The total industrial added value for the year reached 1,490.85 billion yuan, marking a 6.4% increase from the previous year. The added value of large-scale industries grew by 7.5%. Among these large-scale industries, state-owned enterprises saw a 1.3% increase in added value; shareholding enterprises increased by 7.9%, foreign-invested and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-funded enterprises by 5.6%, and private enterprises by 9.0%. By sector, mining grew by 7.5%, manufacturing by 8.3%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water by 2.1%. By enterprise size, large enterprises grew by 6.9%, medium-sized enterprises by 9.9%, and small enterprises by 6.6%.

Among all industries above designated size, the value-added of the agricultural and sideline food processing industry grew by 2.3%, the food manufacturing industry by 6.0%, the petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing industry by 11.9%, the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry by 13.4%, the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry by 0.8%, the ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry by 7.8%, the special equipment manufacturing industry by 7.5%, the automobile manufacturing industry by 15.5%, the computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry by 39.6%, and the power and heat production and supply industry by 3.8%.

Table 3 Output and growth rate of major industrial products above designated size in 2024

The total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 123.31 billion yuan, marking a 0.9% increase from the previous year. By economic type, state-owned enterprises saw a profit of 30.58 billion yuan, down 10.4%; shareholding enterprises reported a profit of 90.85 billion yuan, down 6.3%; foreign-invested and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan enterprises saw a profit of 32.73 billion yuan, up 29.5%; private enterprises reported a profit of 36.40 billion yuan, up 1.4%. By industry, the mining sector's profit was 16.12 billion yuan, down 6.5%; manufacturing's profit was 82.08 billion yuan, down 0.3%; and the power, heat, gas, and water production and supply sector's profit was 25.11 billion yuan, up 10.8%. At the end of the year, the cost per hundred yuan of operating revenue for industrial enterprises above designated size was 89.42 yuan, down 0.27 yuan from the end of the previous year; the operating profit margin was 2.39%, up 0.06 percentage points; and the asset-liability ratio was 64.0%, up 0.3 percentage points.

The added value of the construction industry reached 264.81 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7% over the previous year. The total profits of qualified general contracting and specialized contracting construction enterprises reached 11.43 billion yuan, an increase of 2.0%. Among them, the profits of state-owned holding enterprises reached 6.46 billion yuan, an increase of 29.7%.

Fourth, service industry

The added value of wholesale and retail trade reached 424.23 billion yuan, up 6.3% from the previous year; the transportation, storage, and postal services sector added 356.65 billion yuan, up 3.4%; the accommodation and catering industry added 50.69 billion yuan, up 4.4%; the information transmission, software, and information technology services sector added 122.24 billion yuan, up 10.2%; the financial sector added 331.01 billion yuan, up 5.5%; and the real estate sector added 267.51 billion yuan, up 2.4%. The operating revenue of large-scale service enterprises increased by 6.3% from the previous year, and the total profit grew by 14.8%.

The added value of the logistics industry reached 309.68 billion yuan, an increase of 2.9% over the previous year.

The total volume of goods transported throughout the year was 2.77 billion tons, marking a 5.7% increase from the previous year; the turnover of goods transportation was 153.468 billion ton-kilometers, showing a 1.6% decrease. The total number of passengers transported was 460 million, up 8.1%; the turnover of passenger transport was 119.52 billion passenger-kilometers, up 6.9%. Airport passenger throughput reached 13.695 million, up 12.5%. Coastal ports handled 1.4 billion tons of cargo, up 3.1%.

Table 4 Freight and passenger traffic volume and growth rate in 2024

The postal service handled 10,619,000 mail items and 1,505,000 parcels throughout the year. The express delivery volume reached 9.54 billion items, a 31.8% increase from the previous year; the revenue from express delivery services was 58.26 billion yuan, up 22.0%. The total telecommunications business volume for the year was 78.65 billion yuan, up 11.4%. By the end of the year, the total number of telephone users reached 96.44 million, including 90.82 million mobile phone users. The mobile phone penetration rate rose to 122.8 per 100 people. There were 5.618 million fixed telephone users. The number of fixed broadband Internet users reached 33.457 million, an increase of 1.66 million from the end of the previous year, with 30.983 million being fixed fiber broadband Internet users, an increase of 1.144 million from the end of the previous year. The number of mobile Internet users reached 80.978 million, an increase of 2.049 million from the end of the previous year. The cumulative mobile Internet access traffic reached 14.16 billion G.

1. Domestic trade

The total retail sales of consumer goods for the year reached 1,586.94 billion yuan, marking a 5.5% increase from the previous year. By location, urban retail sales amounted to 1,355.96 billion yuan, up 6.0%; rural retail sales were 230.99 billion yuan, up 2.7%. By consumption type, merchandise retail sales reached 1,449.76 billion yuan, up 5.5%; catering revenue was 137.18 billion yuan, up 5.4%. Retail sales of consumer goods by units above the designated size reached 492.70 billion yuan, up 9.6%.

In the annual retail sales of units above the designated size, the retail sales of grain, oil, and food reached 45.64 billion yuan, up 11.9%; the retail sales of clothing, footwear, and textiles reached 33.32 billion yuan, up 7.1%; the retail sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment reached 29.91 billion yuan, up 24.9%; the retail sales of traditional Chinese and Western medicines reached 23.60 billion yuan, up 4.9%; the retail sales of petroleum and products reached 54.06 billion yuan, up 9.1%; the retail sales of automobiles reached 199.14 billion yuan, up 11.2%.

Online retail sales of physical goods reached 440.54 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1% over the previous year, accounting for 27.8% of total retail sales of consumer goods.

6. Investment in fixed assets

The total fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) increased by 6.8% compared to the previous year. Specifically, investment in the primary sector grew by 42.6%, the secondary sector by 18.9%, and the tertiary sector by 1.2%. Industrial investment rose by 18.6%, accounting for 31.0% of the total fixed asset investment. Infrastructure investment surged by 28.1%. Private investment increased by 2.0%, making up 47.5% of the total fixed asset investment.

Table 5 Growth rate of fixed asset investment by industry in 2024

Investment in real estate development fell 6.8 percent year on year, with residential investment down 7.6 percent, office investment up 1.6 percent and commercial investment down 4.1 percent.

7. Foreign economy

The total value of imports and exports for the year reached 615.0 billion yuan, marking a 5.5% increase from the previous year. Specifically, exports amounted to 372.48 billion yuan, up 6.3%, while imports totaled 242.52 billion yuan, up 4.3%. Exports to Belt and Road countries accounted for 57.8% of the total, totaling 355.64 billion yuan; exports to other RCEP member countries accounted for 32.7%, totaling 201.21 billion yuan. Private enterprises contributed 408.45 billion yuan to the total, showing a 10.0% increase. In terms of export goods, mechanical and electrical products saw an increase of 12.1% to 182.22 billion yuan; steel exports rose by 36.8% to 37.52 billion yuan; and exports of new energy vehicles (NEVs), lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic products grew by 77.6% to 34.74 billion yuan.

Table 6 Export value and growth rate of major commodities in 2024

Table 7 Import amount and growth rate of major commodities in 2024

Table 8 Total import and export value and growth rate in 2024

The actual use of foreign investment reached US $1.59 billion, down 8.9% from the previous year. The number of newly established enterprises was 419, down 19.6%; the contracted amount of foreign investment was US $2.08 billion, down 68.9%.

A total of 86 non-financial enterprises made overseas investment in the year, an increase of 17.8% over the previous year; the direct overseas investment reached US $2.25 billion, up 24.8%; the total agreed overseas investment reached US $1.54 billion, up 8.1%; and the Chinese agreed overseas investment reached US $910 million, down 27.2%.

The turnover of foreign contracted projects reached US $3.40 billion, down 0.9% from the previous year; 5,991 laborers were dispatched for foreign labor service cooperation.

8. Finance and finance

Revenue in the general public budget reached 431.0 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5% over the previous year. Of this, tax revenue reached 255.03 billion yuan, down 1.1%. Expenditure in the general public budget reached 1032.6 billion yuan, up 7.5%.

At the end of the year, the total balance of domestic and foreign currency loans from financial institutions reached 93488.7 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% from the end of the previous year. The total balance of RMB loans was 93283.3 billion yuan, also up by 8.0%. At the end of the year, the total balance of domestic and foreign currency deposits from financial institutions was 122159.9 billion yuan, up by 8.3%. The total balance of RMB deposits was 121703.2 billion yuan, also up by 8.3%. At the end of the year, the balance of inclusive micro and small enterprise loans was 11919.9 billion yuan, an increase of 2388.7 billion yuan from the beginning of the year.

During the year, 4 new A-share listed companies were added, 1 was relocated and 1 was delisted, with a net increase of 4, which was the same as that of last year. New corporate bonds (excluding inter-bank bonds) were issued 71.29 billion yuan, and corporate bonds were issued 4.01 billion yuan.

At the end of the year, the insurance industry's original insurance premium income reached 238.25 billion yuan, representing a 3.4% increase from the previous year. Specifically, the property insurance business generated 64.96 billion yuan in premium income, also up 3.4%; the life insurance business generated 173.29 billion yuan in premium income, also up 3.4%. The industry's claims expenses amounted to 104.96 billion yuan, marking a 19.4% increase. Specifically, the property insurance business incurred 47.24 billion yuan in claims expenses, while the life insurance business incurred 57.71 billion yuan in claims expenses.

9. Residents' income consumption and social security

The per capita disposable income of residents for the year was 34,665 yuan, an increase of 5.4% from the previous year. By place of residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 45,610 yuan, up 4.5%; and that of rural residents was 22,022 yuan, up 6.4%. The ratio of per capita disposable income between urban and rural residents was 2.07, a decrease of 0.04 from the previous year. The per capita consumption expenditure was 24,253 yuan, up 5.8%. By place of residence, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 29,310 yuan, up 5.0%; and that of rural residents was 18,412 yuan, up 6.8%. The Engel coefficient was 28.6%, down 0.8 percentage points from the previous year. Specifically, the Engel coefficient for urban residents was 27.5%, and for rural residents, it was 30.6%.

Table 9 Per Capita Consumption expenditure and its composition in 2024

By the end of the year, 201,748,000 people were enrolled in the basic old-age insurance for urban employees, an increase of 676,500 from the beginning of the year. Among them, 167,740,000 people were enrolled in the basic old-age insurance for enterprise employees (including retirees), an increase of 640,100 from the beginning of the year. 83,323,000 people were enrolled in unemployment insurance, an increase of 180,400 from the beginning of the year. 117,903,000 people were enrolled in work injury insurance, an increase of 255,100 from the beginning of the year, including 48,686,000 migrant workers.

At the end of the year, there were 2,133 social service institutions providing accommodation, with 267,000 beds. There were 430 institutions for supporting people in extreme poverty.

Science, technology and education

Throughout the year, there were 918 provincial-level and above enterprise technology centers, 1,207 technology innovation centers (engineering technology research centers), 408 key laboratories, and 4 Yan Zhao Laboratories. The province implemented 15 national high-tech industrialization projects, including 11 new projects. A total of 24,060 technical contracts were signed, with a total value of 197.14 billion yuan, marking a 10.1% increase from the previous year. The number of newly granted patents reached 97,252, representing a 5.7% increase from the previous year. By the end of the year, the number of valid invention patents had increased to 75,338, up 16.6% from the end of the previous year.

At the end of the year, there were 2,574 inspection and testing institutions, including 23 national-level quality inspection centers and 65 provincial-level quality inspection centers. There were 22 product, system, and service certification bodies, and 3,248 enterprises obtained mandatory product certification. There were 173 statutory metrology verification institutions, with 1,454,100 units (items) of mandatory verification instruments. A total of 183 provincial local standards were formulated or revised. The earthquake monitoring network included 2 networks, 18 manned earthquake stations, 6 marine observation stations, 1 provincial geological environment monitoring station, 25 weather radar observation stations, and 3 satellite cloud image reception stations.

The total enrollment for postgraduate education reached 31,400 students, marking a 4.1% increase from the previous year. The number of postgraduate students in attendance was 91,800, up 5.5%, and the number of graduates was 25,700, up 6.9%. There were 129 regular higher education institutions, which enrolled 592,500 students in undergraduate and vocational programs, a 1.6% increase. The total number of students in these institutions was 1,902,300, up 3.4%, with 514,400 graduates, up 1.1%. Additionally, there were 838,000 students in secondary vocational schools, 1,905,600 in ordinary high schools, 3,434,600 in junior high schools, 6,153,300 in primary schools, and 1,663,800 children in preschool education.

11. Culture, tourism, health and sports

By the end of the year, 382 museums and 182 public libraries were registered; 183 cultural centers and 179 comprehensive archives were also registered. The actual number of cable TV subscribers reached 10.78 million, and the actual number of cable digital TV subscribers was 10.68 million. By the end of the year, the comprehensive population coverage rate for radio programs was 99.83%, and for television programs, it was 99.88%. Throughout the year, 11 feature films were produced. A total of 840 million copies of various newspapers and 331.51 million books (including magazines) were published.

The number of domestic tourists reached 937 million, an increase of 11.1% over the previous year, and the revenue (total tourism expenditure) reached 1,114.83 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the previous year.

At the end of the year, there were 93,673 healthcare institutions, including 2,530 hospitals, 1,965 township health centers, 1,681 community health service centers (stations), 184 maternal and child health care centers (stations), and 188 disease prevention and control centers. There were 706,000 health professionals, including 313,000 practicing physicians and assistant physicians, and 307,000 registered nurses. The total number of beds in healthcare institutions was 548,000, with 428,000 in hospitals and 87,000 in township health centers.

During the year, athletes won 15 gold MEDALS, 5 silver MEDALS and 1 bronze MEDALS in international competitions (individual world Championships).

Resources, environment and emergency management

The total supply of state-owned construction land was 30,500 hectares, down 19.1 percent from the previous year. Of this, 8,600 hectares were used for industrial and mining storage, down 15.7 percent; 4,000 hectares were used for real estate, down 23.7 percent; and 17,900 hectares were used for other purposes, down 19.6 percent.

The total water consumption was 18.979 billion cubic meters, an increase of 1.8% over the previous year. Among them, domestic water consumption was 2.909 billion cubic meters, an increase of 3.9%. Water consumption per ten thousand yuan of GDP (2015 price) was 42.7 cubic meters, down 5.7% over the previous year.

A total of 6.38 million mu of afforestation was carried out throughout the year. By the end of the year, there were 41 nature reserves, including 13 national nature reserves and 26 provincial nature reserves. The Cangzhou Nandagang migratory bird habitat was included in the World Natural Heritage List.

A total of 625 people died in work-related accidents.

explanatory note ：

1. The data in this bulletin for 2024 are preliminary statistics. No mechanical adjustment has been made to the calculation errors caused by different unit selection of some total or relative data.
2. The absolute value of regional GDP, added value of the three industries and related industries, and per capita regional GDP shall be calculated at current prices, and the growth rate shall be calculated at constant prices.

According to the unified system for regional GDP accounting and data release in our country, the process of calculating regional GDP involves two stages: preliminary calculation and final verification. Once the final verified data is determined, the preliminary calculation data will no longer be used. In line with our national economic accounting system and international practices, the National Bureau of Statistics has revised the preliminary and historical data of the 2023 regional GDP based on the results of the fifth national economic census.

4. The private economy is defined as the various forms of ownership excluding state-owned, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-controlled, and foreign-controlled enterprises. Based on the results of the fifth national economic census and the revised method for calculating the added value of the private sector in our province, the added value of the private sector in the province was revised to 3002.69 billion yuan in 2023, accounting for 65.8% of the regional GDP.
5. Net population inflow refers to the change of annual resident population minus natural growth (the number of births minus the number of deaths). If it is positive, it indicates net population inflow; otherwise, it indicates net population outflow.
6. The production price of agricultural products refers to the unit product price actually obtained by agricultural producers when they sell their products directly (directly).
7. Coastal areas refer to Tangshan, Qinhuangdao and Cangzhou; the area around Beijing refers to Baoding, Zhangjiakou, Chengde and Langfang, among which the data of Baoding does not include Dingzhou and Xiongan New Area; counties refer to 118 counties (cities) in the province.
8. According to the requirements of passenger transport statistics reform, the scope of highway commercial passenger transport volume and passenger transport turnover in 2024 will change, and the increase over the previous year will be calculated according to the same scope.
9. Fixed Internet broadband access users refer to those who are registered with telecom enterprises at the end of the report and access the public Internet through xDSL, FTTx+LAN, FTTH/O and other broadband access methods and ordinary dedicated lines.
10. Infrastructure investment refers to the expenditure on constructing or acquiring projects and facilities that provide essential and widely used services for social production and daily life. This includes investments in the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas, and water; transportation; postal services; telecommunications, broadcasting, and satellite transmission services; internet and related services; water conservancy, environmental protection, and public facility management; education; and health.
11. Private investment refers to the investment in the construction or purchase of fixed assets by domestic enterprises and institutions with collective, private or individual nature and enterprises controlled by them (including absolute and relative holding).
12. Real estate investment includes not only real estate development investment, but also construction units' self-built houses, property management, intermediary services and other real estate investment.
13. "Belt and Road" refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road; other members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) include Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
14. Premium income of the original insurance refers to the premium income of the original insurance contract recognized by the insurance enterprise.
15. The number of students, students and graduates enrolled in regular institutions of higher learning does not include the number of graduate students.
16. Secondary vocational education includes general secondary vocational schools, adult secondary vocational schools and vocational high schools, excluding technical schools.
17. Total supply of state-owned construction land refers to the total amount of state-owned construction land that is contracted or issued by municipal and county people's governments in accordance with the annual land supply plan and signed with land users or individuals by means of transfer, allocation or lease during the reporting period.
18. Some of the data in this bulletin are from relevant departments.