Some people say that the geographical location of Anhui Province is destined to be "different", which is close to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, that is, the three places with the best economic development near the mainland region, in 2016, 8 cities in Anhui Province, such as Hefei, Wuhu, Ma'anshan and Anqing, joined the Yangtze River Delta for the first time, and after 3 years, the whole territory of Anhui Province was included in the Yangtze River Delta. In the next two or three years, the Yangtze River Delta region also accelerated the integration of the development of the Yangtze River Delta region, on February 19, 2021, jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and Yangtze River Delta three provinces and one city household registration residents in the Yangtze River Delta region to achieve "one place, online migration". On December 8 last year, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Implementation Plan for The Twinning and Cooperation of Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Cities to Help Northern Anhui Cities.
The progress of Anhui Province in economic development in recent years is also visible to the naked eye. In 2021, it will break through the 4 trillion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 4,295.92 billion yuan, and the nominal GDP growth rate will be 11.06%. So how are the 16 cities under its jurisdiction performing? As the provincial capital, Hefei still leads the province with an overwhelming advantage. In 2021, a total of 1,141.28 billion yuan was achieved, with a nominal growth rate of 13.61%, which has caught up with Quanzhou and ranked 19th in terms of the whole country. And from the perspective of growth rate, it is expected to surpass Jinan and rank 18th. The province's provincial sub-central cities - Wuhu and in recent years, the two dark horse cities of Chuzhou and Fuyang are close behind, all three of which are more than 300 billion yuan, of which Wuhu is 430.263 billion yuan.
Although Fuyang continues to be in fourth place, its growth rate is not ideal. Only 9.49%, 1.57 percentage points lower than the provincial average of 11.06%. If you look at the growth rate, not only Fuyang, but also the growth rate of 6 major cities like Anqing, Suzhou, Bengbu, Bozhou, Huainan and Huaibei is below the average line of Anhui Province.
Anqing, once the political center of Anhui Province, has lost its position as the capital of the province, and its economic development has lost its "vitality." Anqing, once one of the "Five Tigers of the Yangtze River", has completely lost its qualification to compare with the other "Four Tigers" in Chongqing, Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai. In the past three years, Anqing's growth rate has not exceeded 8%, and after experiencing the economic upward adjustment due to the four general economies in 2018, it has once again fallen into a development trough. In 2021, its growth rate continued to be poor, only 7.67%, 3.39 percentage points lower than the provincial average.
Bengbu, this time lived, not because of anything, but the economy. "Bengbu lived", for a time became a popular meme, which is very embarrassing. Why? In 2021, Bengbu's growth rate is only -4.5%, which is the only negative growth city in Anhui Province. Under the premise that Lu'an City (166.95 billion yuan) was far ahead of Lu'an City (166.95 billion yuan) with 208.27 billion yuan in 2020, Lu'an City's total GDP of 192.35 billion yuan was close to Bengbu's 198.9 billion yuan, a gap of only 6.55 billion yuan.
After Bengbu, the GDP of 9 major cities, including Bengbu, is below 200 billion yuan, of which Bengbu, Bozhou, Lu'an and Xuancheng are more than 180 billion yuan, the overall gap is not large, Huainan, Huaibei, Tongling, Chizhou four major cities are less than 150 billion yuan. The happiest thing is that the total GDP of Chizhou exceeded 100 billion yuan, reaching 100.42 billion yuan. This also makes the tourist city of Huangshan the only city in Anhui Province with less than 100 billion yuan. Judging from the current development speed of Huangshan City, it is fully expected to exceed 100 billion yuan this year, at which time, the entire Anhui Province will all enter the 100 billion mark.