The summary table reports figures first for the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, Guangdong Province, the Yangtze River Delta region, the Chinese Mainland, and the Greater Pearl River Delta region, including Hong Kong and Macao. Explanations of the various figures follow. Throughout the summary table and explanations, all data for the year 2006 for Chinese Mainland jurisdictions are preliminary data from official sources. Final figures may differ. 

	PRD	Guangdong	YRD	China	Hong Kong	Macao	Greater PRD (PRD+HK+MA)
Land Area 2005(sq.km)	(a)41,516	179,757	109,647	9,600,000	1,104	28.6	(a)42,648
Interim Census (PRC) or actual population (HK, Macao) 2005 (mn persons)(b)	45.47	91.94	93.23	1,307.56	6.84	0.48	52.79
Registered population (PRC) or actual population (HK, Macao) 2006(mn persons)	28.17	N/A	83.21	1,314.48	6.90	0.51	35.58
Permanent population (PRC) or actual population (HK, Macao) 2006(mn persons)	46.34	93.04	N/A	1,314.48	6.90	0.51	53.75
GDP 2006(US$ billion)	269.27	325.69	496.58	2,626.29	188.76	14.30	472.32
Primary Industry 2006(%)	2.8%	6.1%	3.7%	11.8%	(c)0.0%	(c)0.0%	(c)1.5%
Secondary Industry 2006(%)	51.4%	51.7%	55.0%	48.7%	(c)9.2%	(c)14.2%	(c)31.8%
Tertiary Industry 2006(%)	45.7%	42.2%	41.3%	39.5%	(c)90.7%	(c)85.8%	(c)66.7%
GDP per capita (US$)
Official figure 2006	(c)5,127	3,509	(c)4,959	(c)1,714	27,527	28,436	N/A
GDP 2006 / Interim Census population 2005	5,922	3,542	5,326	2,009	27,605	29,519	8,947
GDP 2006 / registered population 2006	9,559	N/A	5,968	1,998	27,353	27,843	13,274
GDP 2006 / permanent population 2006	5,811	3,500	N/A	1,998	27,353	27,843	8,787
Real GDP growth rate 1980-2006	(d)16.28%	13.85%	(e)12.72%	9.80%	5.41%	6.63%	(d)12.71%
Real GDP growth rate 1990-2006	(d)17.34%	14.51%	(e)13.65%	10.10%	4.59%	6.37%	(d)11.46%
Retail sales of consumer goods 2006(US$ billion)	83.01	114.35	154.91	958.30	28.15	1.33	112.49
Gross industrial output 2005 (US$ billion) (f)	(a)382.53	438.86	768.29	3,072.28	20.92	1.99	(a)405.44
Value added of gross industrial output 2005 (%) (f)	(a)26.01%	26.20%	23.56%	28.69%	28.99%	24.67%	(a)26.15%
Imports 2006(US$ billion)	218.24	225.27	270.36	791.60	333.31	4.57	(g)556.11
Imports 2005(US$ billion)	(a)183.73	189.83	226.51	659.95	298.65	3.91	(a,g)486.29
Estimated imports from economies other than Hong Kong, Macao, and China 2005 (US$ billion)			(h,l)223.56				(j)245.30
Exports 2006(US$ billion)	288.92	301.95	355.39	969.10	315.52	2.56	(g)607.00
Exports 2005(US$ billion)	(a)227.12	238.17	275.96	761.95	288.48	2.47	(a,g)518.08
Estimated exports to economies other than Hong Kong, Macao, and China 2005 (US$ billion)			(k,l)252.26				(m)306.20
Utilised FDI 2005(US$ billion)	(a)11.51	12.36	26.58	60.33	33.53	1.32	(a,g)46.36
Estimated FDI from sources other than Hong Kong, Macao, China 2005(US$ billion)			(n)19.97				(o)30.67

Notes:

* All 2006 data for Chinese Mainland jurisdictions are preliminary data based on official sources. For Hong Kong, 2006 figures for GDP, real GDP growth, and official per capita GDP are categorised as provisional by the HKSAR Census and Statistics Department, and the 2005 GDP breakdown by sector and foreign direct investment are subject to future revision. For Macao, the 2006 figure for population is categorised as provisional by the Macao Statistics and Census Service (DSEC), and the 2005 GDP breakdown by sector
is subject to future revision. All the data and calculations for the YRD are based on the 16 city definition adopted in August 2003, including Shanghai municipality; the cities in Jiangsu Province of Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Yangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong, and Taizhou; and the cities in Zhejiang Province of Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing, Zhoushan, and Taizhou.

(a) Calculated from base sources eliminating the portions of Huizhou and Zhaoqing not part of the official definition of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.

(b) Year-end 2005 figure. YRD figure is slightly understated because figures for YRD cities in Jiangsu province are for 1 November 2005. The Fifth National Census for the Chinese Mainland was carried out in 2000 and the most recent Interim Census in 2005.

(c) 2005 figure.

(d) Real GDP for 1980, 1990, and 2006 for the PRD are derived from implicit deflator for Guangdong Province.

(e) Real GDP for 1980, 1990, and 2006 for the YRD are derived from implicit deflator for Shanghai.

(f) For Chinese Mainland jurisdictions figures are for firms with state-owned enterprises and non-state-owned enterprises with annual sales of more than RMB 5 million.

(g) Simple summation of figures from Hong Kong, Macao, and the PRD are used for the Greater Pearl River Delta region. Note that these figures include intra-regional trade and investment, so should be adjusted.

(h) YRD imports with imports from Hong Kong subtracted out for better comparability with (j). No YRD import figures from Macao available.

(i) YRD imports from Hong Kong with estimates from their respective portions in total imports of Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

(j) Greater PRD imports from economies other than Hong Kong, Macao, and China calculated for better comparability with (h). Total was calculated as (PRD total imports + HK total imports + Macao total imports) - (HK imports from China + HK exports to PRD
+ HK imports from Macao + Macao imports from HK + Macao imports from China + Macao exports to PRD). HK’s and Macao’s exports to PRD were estimated as 80% of their exports to China.

(k) YRD exports with exports to Hong Kong subtracted out for better comparability with (m). No YRD export figures to Macao available.

(l) YRD exports to Hong Kong with estimates from their respective portions in total exports of Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

(m) Greater PRD exports to economies other than Hong Kong, Macao, and China calculated for better comparability with (k). Total was calculated as (PRD total exports + HK total exports + Macao total exports) - (HK exports to China + HK imports from PRD + HK exports to Macao + Macao exports to HK + Macao exports to China + Macao imports from PRD). HK’s and Macao’s imports from PRD
were estimated from their respective portions in total Guangdong exports.

(n) The Hong Kong and Macao portion of FDI into YRD was estimated from their respective portions of FDI into Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

(o) Estimated by subtracting the Hong Kong and Macao sourced FDI into the PRD, Hong Kong sourced FDI into Macao, Macao sourced FDI into Hong Kong, and the estimated Chinese portion of FDI into Hong Kong and Macao.

The exchange rates used in the table are 2006: US$1 = HK$7.8 = RMB 7.97 = MOP 8.00; 2005: US$1 = HK$7.8 = RMB 8.19 = MOP 8.01; 1990: US$1 = HK$7.8 = RMB 4.7832 = MOP 8.02; and 1980: US$1 = HK$5.14 = RMB 1.5435 = MOP 6.27.

Sources: Statistical Yearbooks of China, Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and local jurisdictions in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu; Statistics Bureaux of China, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and local jurisdictions in Guangdong, Jiangsu, and
Zhejiang; Census and Statistics of Hong Kong; Statistics and Census of Macao; Hong Kong Yearbook 2006; People’s Bank of China; Report of Guangdong One-percent Sample Survey on Population 2005; estimates by Enright, Scott & Associates Ltd.

This is an extract from "The Greater Pearl River Delta" report commissioned by InvestHK and written by Michael J Enright, Edith E Scott and Enright, Scott & Associates.