The reporter recently learned from Huizhou ZhongKai Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone (HZZK High-tech Zone) that in the first three quarters of this year, the gross domestic product of HZZK High-tech Zone reached 55.67 billion yuan, ranking the third in the city, with a year-on-year growth of 18.3% and a two-year average growth of 7.6%. The growth rate ranked first in the city, and the overall economy maintained rapid growth.
Since this year, under the strong leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, HZZK High-tech Zone has continued to consolidate and strengthen the achievements of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. From January to September, the industrial economy and fixed asset investment in the region maintained rapid growth, consumer demand continued to recover, other major indicators continued to improve, and the economic operation maintained a steady recovery.
From the perspective of the three industries, the added value of the primary industry reached 580 million yuan, an increase of 7.7%, with an average growth of 5.4% over the past two years. The added value of the secondary industry was 40.12 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4%, with an average growth of 7.3% over the past two years. The added value of the tertiary industry was 14.98 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 18.3% and 8.9% on average in two years. The ratio of the three industrial structures was 1.0:72.1:26.9.
The industrial production continued to grow rapidly
HZZK High-tech Zone, a zone based on industry, continued to see rapid growth in industrial production in the first three quarters of 2021.Data show that from January to September, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the zone increased by 20.3% year on year, ranking the second in the city in terms of total volume and the first in the growth rate. The two-year average growth rate was 7.6%, which is 15.7% higher than the same period in 2019. Among them, the added value of the electronics enterprises above designated size increased by 19.6% year-on-year, accounting for 58.9% of the added value of the enterprises above designated size, an increase of 1 percentage point compared with the same period last year.
At the same time, the gross output of industrial enterprises above designated size saw year-on-year rise of 29.8%, ranking the first in the city in terms of total volume and second in terms of growth rate. The two-year average growth rate was 11.5%, up 24.3% from the same period in 2019. Among them, the total output value of the top 30 key enterprises increased by 31.7% year on year, driving the gross output of industrial enterprises above designated size of the whole zone to increase by 19.3 percentage points.
It is worth mentioning that 511 of the 686 industrial enterprises above designated size in HZZK High-tech Zone have achieved positive output growth, with a positive growth rate of 74.5%, among which 203 have increased by more than 50% year on year. The overall production of enterprises is improving.
Fixed asset investment keeps at high level
In terms of investment, the fixed asset investment of HZZK High-tech Zone remains high. The provincial and municipal key projects in the zone are promoted smoothly, and the investment completion rate exceeds the time schedule. From January to September, the completed investment increased by 30.3% year-on-year, ranking the second in the city in terms of total volume and the first in growth rate. The two-year average growth rate was 24.7%, up 55.6% from the same period in 2019.
Among them, industrial investment increased by 42.8% year on year, ranking first in total volume and fourth in growth rate in the city. And it saw an average growth rate of 36.2% over the past two years and an increase of 85.6% over the same period in 2019. Real estate investment increased by 20.2% year on year, with an average growth rate of 17.1% over the past two years, accounting for 39.8% of fixed assets investment, down 0.1 percentage points from last month. Investment in infrastructure grew 33.4% year on year, up 5.2 percentage points from the previous month.
The consumer market continues to recover
In terms of consumption, the scale and type of consumption are on the rise, except for the decline in retail sales in large shopping malls. From January to September, HZZK High-tech Zone completed a total retail sales of consumer goods of 10.56 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4% year on year, ranking third in the city in terms of growth rate. And it saw the average growth of 2.4% over the past two years and 4.8% over the same period in 2019.
In terms of consumption scale, enterprises above designated size achieved 2.26 billion yuan, an increase of 23.7% year on year and an average growth rate of 7.6% in two years. Enterprises below designated size completed 8.30 billion yuan, up 14.6% year on year, with an average growth rate of 1.1% in two years.
In terms of consumption type, the retail sales of petroleum and related products reached 940 million yuan, up 13.2% year on year and up 5.7% on average over the two years. The retail sales of automobiles reached 460 million yuan, up 29.2% year on year and up 15.6% on average in two years. Retail sales of large shopping malls reached 330 million yuan (including branches), down 11.9% year on year and down 14.3% on average over the past two years.
Fiscal and tax revenue grew rapidly
Fiscal and tax revenue grew rapidly. From January to September, general public budget income of HZZK High-tech Zone totaled 3.08 billion yuan, up 35.9% year on year, up 11.6% in two years on average, and up 24.5% compared with the same period in 2019.
Among them, tax revenue was 2.13 billion yuan, up 38.6% year on year, accounting for 69.2% of general public budget income, an increase of 1.8 percentage points over the same period last year. Non-tax revenue reached 960 million yuan, up 30.4% year on year.
In terms of expenditure, the general public budget expenditure of the zone was 2.98 billion yuan, up 4.4% year on year, up 1.2% on average over the past two years, and up 2.4% compared with 2019. Among them, the expenditure on eight items of finance was 2.53 billion yuan, up 2.7% year on year, accounting for 84.9% of the general public budget expenditure of the zone.
In addition, from January to September, the total tax revenue of HZZK High-tech Zone reached 12.99 billion yuan, up 39.7% year on year, up 6.0% on two-year average, and up 12.3% compared with the same period in 2019.
The growth rate of power consumption dropped slightly
In the first three quarters, power consumption in HZZK High-tech Zone increased compared with last year, but the growth rate fell slightly compared with the first eight months of this year. From January to September, the power consumption of the whole zone was 5.33 billion KWH, up 17.2% year on year, which down 1.9 percentage points from the previous month, with a two-year average increase of 12.1%.
Among them, industrial power consumption was 4.17 billion KWH, up 15.2% year on year, and up 10.9% on average over the two years; Commercial electricity consumption was 150 million KWH, up 40.3% year on year and up 16.8% on average over the past two years.