It was learned from the analysis conference of Chenzhou city's economic situation that its GDP of first quarter hit 38.09billion yuan, up 8.6% which was 1.6% and 0.2% higher than national and Hunan provincial level. The added value of first, second and tertiary industry was 3.34billion yuan, 19.86billion yuan and 14.89billion yuan, up 3.1%, 8.7% and 9.5% respectively. It indicated a stable start of Chenzhou city's economy.
Stable price, stable agriculture, stable employment, stable income, and etc. were the key points for the stable performance of economy. In the first quarter, the planting arrears for grain and cole were up to 13,200 hectares and 61,700 hectares, up 1.8% and 2.8% respectively. The per capita disposable income of all residents was 4,781yuan, up 10.4% which was 0.5% and 0.1% higher than national and Hunan provincial level. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 6,876yuan, up 9%, while the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 2,998yuan, up 11.5%.
There were four highlights for Chenzhou city's economic condition in first quarter of 2015: the speed of structural adjustment was accelerated; social demands was stable; the well-being condition was improved; and the social expectation was more positive. The tertiary industry contributed more to the increase of economy with a rate of 43.9%. Financial industry, tourism industry and some other industries were with some growth. The foreign trade was with sound situation that the total volume was amounted to USD540 million. USD300 million of them was for foreign trade with an increase of 23%. The well-being projects was improved rapidly and the innovative entrepreneur played an important improvement role on the economic performance.