Statistical Bulletin of National Economic and Social Development of Heilongjiang Province in 2024

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1. Comprehensive

According to preliminary estimates, the province's gross regional product (GDP) reached 1,647.69 billion yuan in 2024, representing a 3.2% increase from the previous year at constant prices. Specifically, the primary sector contributed 320.33 billion yuan, up 2.9%; the secondary sector contributed 414.73 billion yuan, down 0.2%; and the tertiary sector contributed 912.62 billion yuan, up 4.7%. The structure of the three sectors was 19.4:25.2:55.4.

The permanent resident population. According to the 2024 population change sample survey, the total permanent resident population at the end of the year was 30.29 million, including 20.61 million urban residents and 9.68 million rural residents. The urbanization rate of the permanent resident population was 68.05%, an increase of 0.94 percentage points from the previous year. The population aged 0-14 accounted for 8.4% of the total population, while those aged 65 and over made up 19.4% of the total population.

Table 1 Population at the end of 2024 and its composition

The price level. The consumer price index for the year increased by 0.5% compared to the previous year, with urban areas seeing a 0.4% increase and rural areas a 0.6% increase. In terms of categories of goods and services, food, tobacco, and alcohol prices fell by 0.7%, clothing prices rose by 1.2%, housing prices increased by 0.5%, daily necessities and services prices rose by 1.1%, transportation and communication prices decreased by 0.9%, education, culture, and entertainment prices increased by 2.0%, medical and health care prices rose by 1.5%, and other goods and services prices increased by 4.1%. The producer price index for industrial producers decreased by 1.4% compared to the previous year, with production material prices down by 1.6% and living material prices down by 1.0%. The purchase price index for industrial producers also decreased by 3.5% compared to the previous year.

Table 2 Consumer Price Index by Category in 2024 (compared with the previous year)

Employment situation. According to the statistics of the Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department, 377,000 new urban jobs were created in the whole year, 125.5% of the annual plan; 272,000 unemployed people were reemployed, 159.8% of the annual plan; 89,000 people with employment difficulties were employed, 178.2% of the annual plan.

2. Agriculture

Agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery. The total output value of these sectors reached 590.41 billion yuan, marking a 3.1% increase from the previous year. Specifically, the agricultural sector generated 379.50 billion yuan, up 3.3%; forestry contributed 20.10 billion yuan, up 6.0%; animal husbandry added 151.38 billion yuan, up 1.7%; fisheries contributed 17.60 billion yuan, up 5.6%; and specialized activities in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery, along with their auxiliary activities, contributed 21.84 billion yuan, up 5.3%.

Grain crops. In 2024, the grain production reached 80.017 million tons, ranking first among all provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in China for 15 consecutive years. Specifically, the production of rice, corn, and soybeans was 24.716 million tons, 45.849 million tons, and 9.050 million tons, respectively. The province's total grain planting area was 14.754 million hectares, with rice, corn, and soybeans covering 3.305 million hectares, 6.642 million hectares, and 4.685 million hectares, respectively.

Figure 1 Grain production from 2020 to 2024

Economic crops. The province's economic crop planting area reached 580,000 hectares, marking a 3.4% increase from the previous year. Specifically, the planting area for vegetables and edible fungi was 197,000 hectares, up 1.6%; oilseed crops were 52,000 hectares, up 14.1%; melons and fruits were 33,000 hectares, down 0.1%; and traditional Chinese medicinal herbs were 152,000 hectares, down 6.7%. The production of vegetables and edible fungi reached 8.949 million tons, up 2.8% from the previous year. Specifically, the production of edible fungi was 740,000 tons, up 2.0%; oilseed crops were 196,000 tons, up 18.5%; and melons and fruits were 1.404 million tons, up 0.9%.

Livestock production. The total output of pork, beef, mutton, and poultry meat for the year was 3.237 million tons, a decrease of 1.1% from the previous year. Specifically, pork production reached 1.962 million tons, down 2.8%; beef production was 560,000 tons, up 1.3%; mutton production was 152,000 tons, down 2.0%; poultry meat production was 564,000 tons, up 3.0%. Poultry egg production reached 1.104 million tons, an increase of 2.9% from the previous year.

According to preliminary statistics, the total output of aquatic products was 814,000 tons, an increase of 5.0% over the previous year. Among them, the output of aquaculture was 763,000 tons, an increase of 5.3%; the output of fishing was 51,000 tons, an increase of 0.7%. The output of timber was 1.61 million cubic meters, an increase of 17.9% over the previous year.

Industry

Industrial production. The province's industrial added value of enterprises above designated size decreased by 3.1% compared to the previous year. By sector, mining fell by 10.2%, manufacturing grew by 2.7%, and the power, heat, gas, and water production and supply industry increased by 3.1%. In key industries, the petrochemical industry saw a 7.9% increase in added value, with the chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing sector growing by 11.1% and the petroleum, coal, and other fuel processing sector by 6.9%. The equipment industry's added value increased by 3.3%, with the instrument and meter manufacturing sector growing by 15.4% and the general equipment manufacturing sector by 7.3%. High-tech manufacturing's added value grew by 4.1% compared to the previous year, with the pharmaceutical industry's added value increasing by 2.9%. In terms of product output, among the key monitored industrial products, the fastest-growing items included: agricultural nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium chemical fertilizers, which reached 1.201 million tons, up 35.5% from the previous year; automotive instruments and meters, which reached 8.743 million units, up 33.5%; steam turbines for power stations, which reached 18.192 million kilowatts, up 32.4%; ethylene, which reached 1.312 million tons, up 23.9%; primary plastic, which reached 2.483 million tons, up 21.7%; chemical drug raw materials, which reached 51,000 tons, up 20.4%; electrical instruments and meters, which reached 1.812 million units, up 17.6%; refined edible plant oil, which reached 504,000 tons, up 17.2%; and crude oil processing volume, which reached 18.506 million tons, up 13.9%.

Table 3 Output of major industrial products and their growth rate in 2024

Iv. Investment in fixed assets, construction and real estate development

Fixed asset investment. Fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) increased by 6.0% over the previous year. In terms of the three sectors, investment in the primary sector grew by 1.4 times, investment in the secondary sector increased by 1.6%, and investment in the tertiary sector decreased by 2.3%. By sector, industrial investment grew by 0.9%, and infrastructure investment increased by 11.0%. Regarding new growth drivers, high-tech industry investment grew by 9.4%, with high-tech manufacturing investment increasing by 1.7% and high-tech service industry investment growing by 13.0%; industrial technology transformation investment increased by 13.7%.

Construction Industry. Preliminary estimates show that the construction industry generated an added value of 51.58 billion yuan for the year, marking a 9.4% increase from the previous year. The province now has 3,455 qualified general contracting and specialized contracting construction enterprises, up 8.7% from the previous year. These enterprises reported operating revenues of 177.99 billion yuan, up 8.4%, and total profits of 3.87 billion yuan, up 21.9%.

Real estate development. The province's investment in real estate development was 33.04 billion yuan, down 27.9% from the previous year. Of this, state-owned and state-controlled investment was 7.57 billion yuan, down 31.2%; private investment was 25.08 billion yuan, down 27.2%; and foreign and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan investment was 390 million yuan, up 2.6%.

1. Domestic trade

Consumer market. The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 573.89 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9% over the previous year. Among them, the retail sales of goods reached 509.47 billion yuan, up 0.9%; the revenue of catering reached 64.42 billion yuan, up 10.4%.

Top-selling products. In the retail sales of goods by units above the designated size for the year, the sales of communication equipment increased by 15.3%, sports and entertainment goods by 13.3%, coal and its products by 11.0%, beverages by 4.7%, tobacco and alcohol by 3.9%, petroleum and its products by 3.3%, and grain and oil food by 1.1%. The sales of household appliances and audio-visual equipment with energy efficiency ratings of 1 and 2 increased by 17.4%, smart household appliances and audio-visual equipment by 14.8%, and new energy vehicles by 83.8%.

Online retail sales of physical goods reached 73.87 billion yuan, up 9.2% over the previous year, accounting for 12.9% of the total retail sales of consumer goods in the province.

6. Foreign economy

Foreign trade. The total value of goods imports and exports for the year reached 312.28 billion yuan, marking a 4.8% increase from the previous year. Specifically, exports amounted to 86.97 billion yuan, up 14.4%; imports reached 225.31 billion yuan, up 1.5%. General trade imports and exports totaled 263.10 billion yuan, up 4.2% from the previous year; border small-scale trade imports and exports amounted to 28.13 billion yuan, down 0.5%; processing trade imports and exports reached 10.80 billion yuan, up 26.3%. State-owned enterprises 'imports and exports amounted to 191.14 billion yuan, up 8.1% from the previous year; private enterprises' imports and exports amounted to 109.11 billion yuan, down 0.1%. Exports of mechanical and electrical products reached 40.45 billion yuan, up 28.2% from the previous year; exports of high-tech products reached 10.08 billion yuan, up 24.3%.

Attracting investment and business development. Throughout the year, 263 new enterprises were established using foreign capital, marking a 9.1% increase from the previous year. The actual utilization of foreign capital reached 260 million US dollars, up 1.8% from the previous year. The total domestic capital utilized throughout the year was 482.2 billion yuan, a 33.8% increase from the previous year; 1,945 new domestic capital utilization projects were launched, representing a 43.3% increase from the previous year.

Transport, post and telecommunications, and tourism

Transportation. Throughout the year, the main transportation modes handled a total of 630 million tons of freight, marking a 1.3% increase from the previous year. Specifically, railways handled 120 million tons, a 4.2% decrease; highways handled 430 million tons, a 3.6% increase; waterways handled 6.969 million tons, a 0.6% decrease; civil aviation handled 148,000 tons, an 8.1% increase; and pipelines handled 720.02 million tons, a 3.0% decrease. The main transportation modes also handled a total of 540 million passengers, a 15.6% increase from the previous year. Specifically, railways handled 90.647 million passengers, an 11.1% increase; highways handled 420 million passengers, a 16.8% increase; waterways handled 2.781 million passengers, a 19.7% increase; and civil aviation handled 28.720 million passengers, a 13.7% increase.

Table 4 Cargo transportation volume and its growth rate by mode of transport in 2024

Table 5 Passenger transport volume and its growth rate by mode of transport in 2024

Civil vehicle capacity. At the end of the year, the province's civil car ownership was 6.961 million, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year, among which private car ownership was 6.351 million, an increase of 5.4%.

Postal and telecommunications services. Throughout the year, the postal industry handled a total of 1.66 billion items in delivery services, marking a 19.9% increase from the previous year. Among these, the express delivery volume reached 1.29 billion items, up 25.9%. The postal industry's total business revenue reached 19.14 billion yuan, up 7.9% from the previous year. Specifically, the express delivery revenue reached 12.81 billion yuan, up 17.2%. The total telecommunications business volume for the year was 28.74 billion yuan, a 16.0% increase from the previous year. By the end of the year, there were 3.136 million fixed telephone users and 38.439 million mobile phone users. The mobile phone penetration rate was 125.5 units per 100 people. There were 12.719 million fixed broadband internet users and 32.872 million mobile internet users.

Tourism revenue. Throughout the year, the province welcomed 282,398,000 visitors, marking a 29.1% increase from the previous year. The total tourism expenditure reached 370.12 billion yuan, up by 67.1%. Specifically, domestic tourists numbered 281,200,000, representing a 28.9% increase, with their spending totaling 356.69 billion yuan, up by 66.0%. International tourists numbered 1.2 million, a 95.4% increase, and their spending on inbound tourism was 13.44 billion yuan, up by 101.5%.

VIII. Finance and finance

Fiscal revenue and expenditure. The province's general public budget revenue reached 145.2 billion yuan, marking a 4.0% increase from the previous year. Tax revenue amounted to 87.15 billion yuan, up 1.4%. General public budget expenditures totaled 645.45 billion yuan, representing an 11.7% increase from the previous year. Specifically, education expenditure was 61.61 billion yuan, up 1.2%; science and technology expenditure was 5.27 billion yuan, up 6.6%; and social security and employment expenditure was 164.16 billion yuan, up 9.1%.

Financial Market. By the end of the year, the RMB deposit balance of financial institutions in the province reached 4,646.5 billion yuan, an increase of 336.95 billion yuan from the beginning of the year and a 7.8% increase from the end of the previous year. Household deposits amounted to 3,496.63 billion yuan, up 302.1 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, representing a 9.5% increase; non-financial enterprise deposits were 452.19 billion yuan, down 29.86 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, a 6.1% decrease. The RMB loan balance of financial institutions reached 2,826.28 billion yuan, up 146.94 billion yuan from the beginning of the year and a 5.5% increase from the previous year. Household loans amounted to 770.43 billion yuan, up 33.03 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, a 4.5% increase; enterprise (institutional) unit loans were 2,030.01 billion yuan, up 122.31 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, a 6.4% increase.

Table 6 RMB deposit and loan balance of all financial institutions at the end of 2024 and its growth rate

By the end of the year, the province had 40 listed companies, including 27 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and 13 on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Among these companies, 17 were state-owned, 17 were privately held, 1 was foreign-controlled, and 5 were other types. The total share capital of the listed companies was 65.78 billion shares, up 0.6% from the previous year; the total market value was 366.95 billion yuan, up 7.0%. By the end of the year, the province had 1 securities firm, 173 securities branches, 1 securities investment consulting institution, 2 futures companies, and 14 futures branches.

Insurance income and claims. The total original insurance premium income for the year was 107.46 billion yuan, representing a 3.2% increase from the previous year. Property insurance business revenue reached 26.41 billion yuan, up 9.4%; life insurance business revenue was 81.05 billion yuan, up 1.3%. The province's original insurance claims expenditure was 46.76 billion yuan, up 7.9% from the previous year. Property insurance claims amounted to 16.89 billion yuan, up 4.4%; life insurance claims were 29.86 billion yuan, up 10.1%.

Education and science and technology

Education sector. The province has 30 graduate training institutions, enrolling 44,000 students, with 132,000 currently enrolled and 31,000 graduates. There are 78 regular higher education institutions, enrolling 279,000 students in undergraduate and vocational programs, with 949,000 students currently enrolled and 257,000 graduates. There are 16 adult education institutions, enrolling 8,000 students, with 21,000 students currently enrolled and 17,000 graduates. There are 177 secondary vocational schools, enrolling 43,000 students, with 140,000 students currently enrolled and 56,000 graduates.

Science and Technology. A total of 860 basic theoretical achievements, 1,437 applied technological achievements and 63 soft science achievements were obtained throughout the year. The province authorized 28,067 patents, an increase of 1.7% over the previous year. The total value of technology contracts recognized and registered was 13.212 billion yuan, an increase of 13.9%.

Inspection and testing. There are 1,420 product quality inspection institutions in the province, 16 more than last year; 8 registered certification offices. There are 143 legal metrological technical institutions, and 3.818 million pieces of measuring instruments are subject to compulsory verification.

Culture, health and sports

Cultural Industry: The province is home to 38 art performance groups, 142 cultural centers, 106 public libraries, and 11 fine arts exhibition and creation institutions (including 10 art galleries), as well as 223 registered museums. The comprehensive population coverage rates for radio and television are 99.96% and 99.95%, respectively. There are 388 book, periodical, and newspaper publishing institutions in the province, employing 5,268 people, which have collectively published 123.99 million books, 20.42 million periodicals, and 282.52 million newspapers.

Healthcare. The province has a total of 22,541 healthcare institutions, including 2,253 hospitals and health centers, 17 specialized disease prevention and control institutes (stations), and 118 maternal and child health care institutes (stations). These institutions have a total of 273,100 beds, with 259,200 beds in hospitals and health centers. There are 277,000 health professionals, including 109,000 practicing physicians and assistant physicians, and 122,700 registered nurses. The province has 145 disease prevention and control centers (epidemic prevention stations), with 6,200 health professionals. Additionally, there are 973 township health centers, which have 24,100 beds and 18,400 health professionals.

Sports competitions. Throughout the year, athletes from the province won 455 MEDALS in national competitions, including 159 gold MEDALS, 147 silver MEDALS and 149 bronze MEDALS; and 48 MEDALS in world competitions, including 20 gold MEDALS, 13 silver MEDALS and 15 bronze MEDALS.

11. People's livelihood and social security

Residents 'income. The per capita disposable income of the province's permanent residents was 31,269 yuan, an increase of 5.3% from the previous year. By place of residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 38,212 yuan, up 4.7%; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 20,963 yuan, up 6.1%. The per capita living consumption expenditure of permanent residents was 23,467 yuan, up 6.4% from the previous year. By place of residence, the per capita living consumption expenditure of urban residents was 27,625 yuan, up 6.7%; the per capita living consumption expenditure of rural residents was 17,295 yuan, up 5.1%.

Table 7 Income and expenditure of permanent residents from 2020 to 2024

Unit: Yuan

Figure 2: Per capita living consumption expenditure of permanent residents in the province

Social Security. By the end of the year, 15.432 million people in the province were enrolled in the basic old-age insurance for urban employees (including retirees), marking a 1.3% increase from the previous year. The number of people enrolled in basic medical insurance reached 27.616 million, up 0.3% from the previous year, with 8.884 million enrolled in employee basic medical insurance and 18.732 million enrolled in the basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents. The province had 45,000 beds in various public welfare institutions, accommodating 22,000 people. In the city, 396,600 urban residents received minimum living allowances, a 6.5% decrease from the previous year; in rural areas, 921,700 rural residents received minimum living allowances, a 5.6% increase from the previous year.

12. Production safety and environmental protection

Work safety. The number of deaths in work safety accidents decreased by 22.4% compared with the previous year; the death rate per billion yuan of GDP was 0.0240; and the death rate per million tons of coal mine safety accidents was 0.1106.

Environmental protection. The province has recorded a total of 4,474 days with good air quality in cities, accounting for 94.0%. The annual average concentrations of inhalable particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide are 43 μg/m³, 8 μg/m³, and 17 μg/m³, respectively. Among the 135 national assessment sections in the province, 114 have excellent water quality (84.4%), which is 14.8 percentage points higher than the national assessment target, and no water bodies are classified as inferior to Class V.

According to preliminary statistics, the total water consumption of the province was 28.85 billion cubic meters. The water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP decreased by 21.18 percent and that per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value decreased by 37.06 percent compared with 2020.

At the end of the year, there were 129 nature reserves in The province, including 46 national nature reserves and 83 local nature reserves; the area of nature reserves was 5.663 million hectares.

 explanatory note ：

1. All the data in this bulletin are preliminary statistics. Due to rounding off, the total and sub-item totals are not equal.
2. Some index data are not comparable with the previous year due to the adjustment of statistical caliber.
3. The GDP of the region, the added value of the three industries and related industries shall be calculated at current prices, and the growth rate shall be calculated at constant prices.
4. Industrial enterprises above designated size: the statistical scope is industrial legal entities whose annual main business income is 20 million yuan or more.
5. Fixed assets investment: The statistical scope is the planned total investment of 5 million yuan or more and real estate development projects carried out by various types of registered legal entities, individual businesses and other units, excluding investment by farmers, military and national defense projects.
6. In the statistics of total retail sales of social consumer goods, units above the quota refer to wholesale enterprises (units) with annual main business income of 20 million yuan or above, retail enterprises (units) with annual main business income of 5 million yuan or above, and accommodation and catering enterprises (units) with annual main business income of 2 million yuan or above.
7. Civil vehicle ownership: refers to the total number of vehicles registered with the public security traffic management department at the end of the reporting period in accordance with the "Motor Vehicle Registration Work Code". The main classification of automobile ownership statistics: according to the car owner, it is divided into personal (private) cars and unit cars.
8. Mobile phone users: refers to all telephone users who enter the mobile phone network through the mobile phone switchboard at the end of the reporting period.
9. Number of employees participating in basic medical insurance: including insured employees and insured retirees.
10. Number of people participating in basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents: Due to policy adjustment, the new rural cooperative medical insurance has been fully integrated into basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents since 2017.
11. Inhalable particulate matter: refers to the particles suspended in the air with aerodynamic equivalent diameter less than or equal to 10 microns.
12. Poor Class V: Surface water quality is categorized into five classes based on the environmental functions and protection goals of surface water bodies, in ascending order of importance: Class I is primarily used for source water and national nature reserves; Class II is primarily used for the primary protection zones of centralized drinking water sources, habitats of rare aquatic species, spawning grounds for fish and shrimp, and feeding grounds for juvenile fish; Class III is primarily used for secondary protection zones of centralized drinking water sources, wintering grounds for fish and shrimp, migration channels, aquaculture areas, and swimming areas; Class IV is primarily used for general industrial water use and recreational water use that does not involve direct human contact; Class V is primarily used for agricultural water use and general scenic water bodies. Surface water quality that is inferior to Class V, which means it has lost its functional use, is referred to as Poor Class V.
13. The Ministry of Water Resources and the National Development and Reform Commission have determined that the year of comparison between water consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP and water consumption per 10,000 yuan of industrial added value is 2020.