In 2010, faced with the complicated and volatile domestic and international economic environment and various grand challenges, under the firm leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the people of all nationalities of China, guided by Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents," implemented earnestly the scientific approach for the economic and social development, continuously carried out the package of plans aiming at dealing with the international financial crisis, speeded up the transformation of economic development mode and the strategic adjustment of economic structure, national economic performance maintained steady and rapid development and all social undertakings achieved new progress.

 I. General Outlook

In 2010, the gross domestic product (GDP)[2] of the year was 39,798.3 billion yuan, up by 10.3 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 4,049.7 billion yuan, up by 4.3 percent, that of the secondary industry was 18,648.1 billion yuan, up by 12.2 percent and the tertiary industry was 17,100.5 billion yuan, up by 9.5 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 10.2 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 46.8 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 43.0 percent.

 The consumer price of the first quarter went up by 2.2 percent year on year, increased by 2.9 percent for the second quarter, increased by 3.5 percent for the third quarter and up by 4.7 percent for the fourth quarter, and the general level of the consumer prices in 2010 in China was up by 3.3 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the prices for food went up by 7.2 percent. The prices for investment in fixed assets increased by 3.6 percent. The producer prices for manufactured goods were up by 5.5 percent. The purchasing prices for raw materials, fuels and power went up by 9.6 percent. The producer prices for farm products were up by 10.9 percent.

The monthly changes of sales prices (year-on-year) for housing and new commercial residential buildings in 70 large and medium-sized cities showed the pattern of picking up first and then slowing down.

In 2010, the newly increased employed people in urban areas in China numbered 11.68 million, an increase of 660,000 over 2009. The urban unemployment rate through unemployment registration was 4.1 percent at the end of 2010, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points than that of 2009. The total migrant workers in 2010 were 242.23 million, up by 5.4 percent over that of 2009. Of which, the number of migrant workers[3] leaving hometown and working in other provinces was 153.35 million, increased by 5.5 percent; the number working in local provinces reached 88.88 million, up by 5.2 percent.

At the end of 2010, China's foreign exchange reserves reached $2,847.3 billion, an increase of $448.1 billion as compared with that at the end of the pervious year. At the end of the year, the exchange rate was 6.6227 yuan to $1, an appreciation by 3 percent over that at the end of 2009.

In 2010, the total fiscal revenue reached 8,308.0 billion yuan, up by 21.3 percent or an increase of 1,456.2 billion yuan over that in the previous year. Of this total, the taxes collected in the whole year reached 7,320.2 billion yuan, up by 23.0 percent or an increase of 1,368.0 billion yuan over 2009.

II. Agriculture

In 2010, the sown area of grain was 109.87 million hectares, an increase of 890,000 hectares as compared with that in the previous year; the sown area of cotton was 4.85 million hectares, a decline of 100,000 hectares; the sown area of oil-bearing crops was 13.97 million hectares, an increase of 320,000 hectares; the sown area of sugar crops was 1.92 million hectares, an increase of 30,000 hectares.

The total output of grain in 2010 was 546.41 million tons, an increase of 15.59 million tons or up by 2.9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the output of summer crops was 123.10 million tons, decreased by 0.3 percent, and that of the early rice was 31.32 million tons, decreased by 6.1 percent over the previous year. The output of autumn grain was 391.99 million tons, an increase of 4.8 percent.

In 2010, the output of cotton was 5.97 million tons, a decrease of 6.3 percent over the previous year; that of oil-bearing crops was 32.39 million tons, up by 2.7 percent; that of sugar crops was 120.45 million tons, a drop of 1.9 percent; that of tobacco was 2.71 million tons, a decrease of 3.9 percent; and that of tea was 1.45 million tons, up by 6.4 percent.

 The total output of meat for the year reached 79.25 million tons, up by 3.6 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the output of pork was 50.70 million tons, up by 3.7 percent, and that of beef and mutton was 6.53 million and 3.98 million tons, up by 2.7 percent and 2.2 percent respectively. At the end of the year, 464.40 million pigs were registered in the total stocks, down by 1.2 percent, and 667.00 million pigs were slaughtered, up by 3.3 percent. The total output of eggs was 27.65 million tons, up by 0.8 percent. The production of milk was 35.70 million tons, up by 1.5 percent.

 The total output of aquatic products was 53.66 million tons, up by 4.9 percent. Of this total, the output of cultured aquatic products was 38.50 million tons, up by 6.3 percent, and that of fished aquatic products was 15.16 million tons, up by 1.4 percent over the previous year.

 The total production of timber for the year 2010 reached 72.84 million cubic meters, an increase of 3.1 percent year on year.

 Over 1.634 million hectares of farmland were increased with effective irrigation systems and another additional 1.975 million hectares of farmland were guaranteed by water-saving irrigation systems.

 III. Industry and Construction

In 2010, the total value added of the industrial sector was 16,003.0 billion yuan, up by 12.1 percent over the previous year. The value added of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 15.7 percent. Of the industrial enterprises above the designated size, the value added of the state-owned and state-holding enterprises grew by 13.7 percent; that of the collective enterprises went up by 9.4 percent; that of the share-holding enterprises increased by 16.8 percent; that of the enterprises by foreign investors and investors from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan soared by 14.5 percent and 20.0 percent growth for private enterprises. The growth of the light industry was 13.6 percent and that of the heavy industry was 16.5 percent.

In 2010, of the industrial enterprises above designated size, the growth of value added for processing of food from agricultural products was 15.0 percent over the previous year; for textile industry was 11.6 percent; for manufacture of general machinery 21.7 percent; for manufacture of special purpose machinery 20.6 percent; for manufacture of transport equipment 22.4 percent, of which, 24.8 percent for automobile manufacturing, and 25.4 percent for manufacture of railway transport equipment; for manufacture of communication equipment, computers and other electronic equipment 16.9 percent and for manufacture of electrical machinery and equipment 18.7 percent. The growth of the value added for the major six high energy consuming industries[4] was 13.5 percent, of which, that of the manufacture of non-metallic mineral products was 20.3 percent; manufacture of raw chemical materials and chemical products 15.5 percent; smelting and pressing of ferrous metals 13.2 percent; smelting and pressing of non-ferrous metals 11.6 percent; production and supply of electric power and heat power 11.0 percent and 9.6 percent for processing of petroleum, coking, processing of nuclear fuel. The value added growth for the hi-tech industry was 16.6 percent over the previous year.

The profits made by the industrial enterprises above the designated size in the first 11 months of 2010 were 3,882.8 billion yuan, an increase of 49.4 percent over the same period of last year.

In 2010, the value added of construction enterprises in China was 2,645.1 billion yuan, up by 12.6 percent over the previous year. The profits made by construction enterprises qualified for general contracts and specialized contracts reached 342.2 billion yuan, up by 25.9 percent, of which the profits made by the state-owned and state-holding enterprises were 99.0 billion yuan, up by 35.0 percent.

 IV. Investment in Fixed Assets

 The completed investment in fixed assets of the country in 2010 was 27,814.0 billion yuan, up by 23.8 percent over the previous year. The real growth was 19.5 percent after deducting the price factors. Of the total investment, that in urban areas was 24,141.5 billon yuan, up by 24.5 percent, and that in rural areas reached 3,672.5 billion yuan, up by 19.7 percent. The investment in eastern areas[6] was 11,597.0 billion yuan, up by 21.4 percent over the previous year; in central areas was 6,289.4 billion yuan, a growth of 26.2 percent; in western areas 6,187.5 billion yuan, a growth of 24.5 percent; and in northeastern areas 3,072.6 billion yuan, up by 29.5 percent.

 In the urban areas, the investment in the primary industry was 396.6 billion yuan, up by 18.2 percent; that in the secondary industry was 10,104.8 billion yuan, up by 23.2 percent; and that in the tertiary industry was 13,640.1 billion yuan, up by 25.6 percent.