Industrial Structure

In 2009, wholesale and retail business posted an added value of 8.257 billion Yuan, an increase of 15.5% over the previous year. The total retail sale of consumer goods was 37.284 billion Yuan, an increase of 15.3% over the previous year.

Specifically, the total retail sale of wholesale and retail business was 34.044 billion Yuan, an increase of 13.6% over the previous year; the total retail sale of catering service was 3.24 billion Yuan, an increase of 36.4% over the previous year.

The total retail sale of the twelve leading hypermarkets and specialty stores was 3.609 billion Yuan, and the automobile industry recorded a total retail sale of 13.67 billion Yuan, an increase of 36.3% over the previous year.

Industrial Highlights

The layout adjustment and restructuring have sped up, and the market circulation has been enhanced. The wholesale and retail volumes have reached an added value of 8.257 billion Yuan, 15.5 % higher than the previous year.

Major projects open to the public in 2009 included Zhongsheng World Shopping Mall, World Trade Hongqiao Shopping Center, Gumei Xinzhi Yi Plaza and Gumei New Times Plaza.

Major projects under construction included Cloud Nine Shopping Mall and South Business Plaza.

Commercial streets with distinct local characteristics were thriving; the Wuzhong Commercial Street reached a sales volume of 5.554 billion Yuan, Shanghai Friendship South Shopping Mall 2.748 billion Yuan, Seven-treasure Shopping Mall 1.028 billion Yuan, Seven-treasure Shopping Center 1.074 billion Yuan, Seven-treasure Old Street 125 million Yuan, Zhongsheng World Shopping Mall 658 million Yuan and Meilong Pleasure House 178 million Yuan.

Productive service

In 2009, the producer service sector registered a total added value of 15.9 billion Yuan, an increase of 25.9% over the previous year, accounting for 12.9% of that of the tertiary industry and 11.2% of the district’s total output value.

Modern Finance

By 2009, the district had 51 financial institutions, including 23 banks, 20 insurance companies and 8 securities trading institutions. As of the end of 2009, various deposits reached 201.5 billion Yuan, of which 99.1 billion Yuan was household savings deposits. Bank loans at year-end amounted to 78.2 billion Yuan, which included personal consumer loans of 24.9 billion Yuan.

Real Estate

In 2009, commodity housing sales in the year reached 3.105 million square meters, up 9.3% year-on-year, with the sales volume totaling 36.811 billion Yuan, down 56% from the previous year.

Tourism

By the end of 2009, the district had eight star-rated hotels, of which were three three-star hotels. These hotels posted an annual income of 87.28 million Yuan and received 92,000 guests.