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Shanghai Leads China in
Development of Service Industry
Friday November 12, 12:47 PM
BEIJING, Nov 12 Asia Pulse -
Shanghai, the leading economic and financial center of
China, is also leading the country in development of
the service industry, according to a survey conducted
by the State Development and Reform Commission.
The survey is carried out in five aspects, namely,
development level, growth capability, infrastructure
facilities, public environment and comparable
advantage.
Shanghai's per capita added value from service sector
ranks first among all provinces, autonomous regions
and municipalities in the country, reaching 16,959
yuan (US$2,050) in 2003, which was more than six times
the number in Chongqing in western China. Zhejiang
Province in East China ranks first among all provinces
in terms of per capita added value, reaching 6,714
yuan, six times that of Guizhou Province in western
China. Guizhou is in the last place in terms of per
capita added value from service sector.
Beijing and Shanghai have reported higher growth for
the service sector than other regions, with Hebei
Province at the bottom. In central areas, Heilongjiang
Province has posed higher growth of added value than
other regions, with Anhui Province remaining at the
bottom. In western part, Xinjiang and Tibet report
higher growth in added value, with Guizhou at the
bottom.
The research shows big differences in the regional
development of service sector. Development of new
services is varied in central and western China.
Shanxi and Inner Mongolia in central China were at the
bottom in terms of developing new service. Shanxi
Province was even slower than Qinghai and Ningxia in
developing new services. Guangdong Province has beaten
all other provinces to rank first in terms of service
development in China.
As for employment in service sector, the proportion is
lower in most of the regions than that of added value.
Except in Beijing where the employment rate by service
sector has reached 61 per cent, employment rate by
service sector in other regions is much lower than the
proportion the service sector has taken in GDP. This
indicates that service sector has not brought its
employment advantage into full play.
Hebei and Shandong provinces are lower in the
employment proportion in the eastern part of the
country, about 10 percentage points lower than the 38
per cent for Liaoning. Henan Province is the lowest in
employment proportion in the service sector in the
central part of the country to 20 per cent, 15
percentage points lower than the highest of Jilin
Province. Chongqing and Xinjiang are higher in the
proportion in the western areas, with Yunnan at the
bottom to 18 per cent.
New services have demonstrated different
characteristics in proportion of employment as
compared with that of added value.
Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin municipalities posed
higher proportion of employment than other regions to
31 per cent, 22 per cent and 16 per cent, respectively.
Regions presenting comparatively high proportion of
employment by new services are Hainan, Inner Mongolia,
Heilongjiang and Liaoning, and those with low
proportion are Sichuan, Guizhou and Gansu. Hebei is
the lowest in the proportion to only 5 per cent in the
eastern part of the country, 26 percentage points
lower than its neighbor Beijing Municipality.
Heilongjiang leads the central part of the country in
the proportion of employment to 11 per cent, with
Jiangxi at the bottom to 4 per cent. Guizhou, Sichuan
and Guangxi are low in the proportion to stand at 3-5
per cent in the west part of the country, while
Xinjiang and Shaanxi posed high proportion to 11 per
cent and 10 per cent, respectively.
Most of the regions have not achieved high economic
returns from service sector. For income tax rate of
service enterprises, Beijing is much higher than other
regions with the income tax rate to 11.81 per cent.
Regions also presenting high enterprise income tax
rate include Shanghai, Guangdong and Zhejiang.
(XIC)
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