Yangzhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province, an important part of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and one of the 27 cities in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, has a high degree of fame and influence. At the same time, Yangzhou is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, the cultural capital of East Asia, and a scenic tourism city with traditional characteristics, so it attracts a large number of tourists to travel and sightsee all year round, which plays a greater role in promoting the local economy. In addition, as one of the important economic cities in Jiangsu Province, although yangzhou's economic volume is not large in the province, the city's economy and society have basically maintained stable and healthy development in recent years, and a number of economic indicators have been stable and improving, driving the regional gross domestic product (GDP) to continue to rise.
Taking 2020 as an example, although the new crown epidemic has indeed caused a certain impact on Yangzhou's macroeconomic development, the annual GDP exceeded the 600 billion mark for the first time, an increase of 3.5% year-on-year, the economic operation showed a stable recovery trend, the main economic indicators actively rebounded, the industrial structure continued to adjust and optimize, the market vitality and momentum gradually increased, the development tenacity was displayed, the overall performance of the city's macro economy was better than expected, and the city's economic strength stepped onto a new level, which means that it has reached a record high.
Of course, in the past 2021, Yangzhou achieved a GDP of nearly 670 billion yuan, and the specific data was 669.643 billion yuan, still ranking seventh in the province, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year. The growth rate is 1.2 percentage points lower than the average of the province, the nominal GDP increase is as high as 64.81 billion yuan, the pace of recovery of major economic industries is gradually accelerating, the production demand continues to expand, the quality and efficiency are steadily improved, the economic structure continues to be adjusted and optimized, the market demand grows steadily, the development tenacity is highlighted, the development quality is stable and good, the city's economic and social development is steadily improving, and the macroeconomic performance is significantly better than that of the previous year, especially the remarkable points have increased significantly compared with the previous year, boosting the GDP increase by nearly 65 billion yuan, and the economic strength has been greatly improved.
In terms of sub-industries, the added value of the city's primary industry was 31.718 billion yuan, an increase of 3% year-on-year; the added value of the secondary industry was 320.737 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2% year-on-year; the added value of the tertiary industry was 317.187 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% year-on-year. The proportion of the tertiary industrial structure was adjusted to 4.7:47.9:47.4, obviously the industrial structure continued to be optimized, and the added value of the secondary industry increased by 1.8 percentage points compared with the proportion of the city's economy last year, while the added value of the tertiary industry was reduced by 1.5 percentage points, which is closely related to the high level of support for economic growth by industry.
Secondly, among the main economic indicators, Yangzhou will complete fiscal revenue of about 34.4 billion yuan in 2021, and the fiscal operation has maintained positive growth, and the overall growth trend has been stable, that is, the city's "financial strength" has slowly increased. Specifically, the city's general public budget revenue was 34.407 billion yuan, an increase of 2% year-on-year, an increase of only 680 million yuan over the previous year, although the increase was small, but the overall operation was in a reasonable range. Among them, tax revenue was 27.457 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% year-on-year; tax revenue accounted for 79.8%, 1.4 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
In addition, among the other economic indicators of the city, agricultural development is basically stable; the industrial economy is under pressure, and the industrial added value of the regulations increased by 13% year-on-year. The recovery trend of the service industry continued, and the growth rate of operating income in the service industry was generally downward, but it gradually recovered in the fourth quarter. In addition, the three major demands of investment, consumption and foreign trade grew steadily, of which the consumer market slowly rebounded, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods were 148.092 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year; foreign trade was comprehensively improved, and the total import and export volume was 96.91 billion yuan, an increase of 25.3% year-on-year, becoming one of the few economic indicators in Yangzhou to show double-digit growth throughout the year. Finally, the quality and efficiency of development are stable and improving, and the vitality of the city continues to increase.
In summary, Jiangsu Yangzhou's GDP in 2021 is close to 670 billion yuan, ranking seventh in the province, between Xuzhou and Yancheng, an increase of 7.4%, a number of indicators run in a reasonable range, the completion of fiscal revenue of about 34.4 billion yuan, production demand gradually expanded, the overall development of major industries is stable, the quality and efficiency are steadily improved, the industrial structure adjustment is optimized, the development momentum continues to increase, and the city's economy continues to pick up and improve, and the economic strength continues to improve.