AndrewJin
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First of all, it's truth that Linyi is relatively underdeveloped compared to other parts of Shandong Province (the highest GDP per capita in Shandong reaches 20000+ dollars in several cities).
Secondly, a prefecture-level city in China, which is under direct administration of a province, is a total different notion from cities abroad. A prefecture-level city is composed of
1) several urban districts, forming the "metro"; these urban districts are similar to cities abroad
2) several county or county-level cities. They are usually in the outskirt, each is composed of a main town and numerous towns/townships surrounding the main town. These are basically countryside-domniated regions (county-level city has higher urbanisation than county).
(below district, is sub-district; below county/county-level city, is sub-district in the main town, and townships or towns in the countryside)
So, when we calculate GDP per capita, we actually include all the population from both the more urban "districts" and "more countryside"counties/county-level cities. Given this idea, GDP per capital of each prefecture is conversing both city dwellers and a large number of countryside citizens.
In the case of Linyi City, it has 3 districts & 9 counties.
When the population of counties is big, the average GDP will be relatively low.
(well, there are also highly developed county/county-level cities such as Kunshan, Jiangying, etc, gdp per capita much higher than Shanghai and Beijing)
But overall, Yinyi City lags behind compared to the majority of China's prefectures.
It is transitioning from a heavy-indutry based economy to a high-tech/service industry based economy.
My previous example of the newly opened scenic park in Feixian County of Linyi City is an excellent attempt.
Urbanisation at the county/township level and creating jobs in situ rather than relocating jobs in the already developed urban districts is the key!
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One of the counties of Linyi City
The main town of Yishui County, Linyi City
GDP: 33.5 billion yuan (2014), 12%
Per capita: $4500 (2014)
Ratio of agri/manufacturing/service:10.55:45:44.45
Grow of come: urban15%, countryside18%
Retail growth: 13.6&
Import/export growth 64.2%
Energy per 10000yuan GDP decrease 4.73%
Direct expenditure on citizens' affairs: 2.97 billion yuan
New housing in the countryside: 9256 units (2014)
Refurbishment of old housing in the countryside: 4145 units (2014)
Low-priced housing at the towns:
New village roads/upgrading roads: 952km (2014)
Pave old roads in the main town: 92 roads
New forests: 35.3km2 (2014)
New jobs in the towns: 12,000
Local students to key universities: 52.6% increase
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(there are numerous index about this county at the year end, on which local officers will get praised/promoted or punished/demoted. Every index has a proportion in their final "exam")
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