Chinanews, Shanghai, Feb. 27 – Information from the Yangtze River Delta Region Research Center at the Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Statistics shows that in 2006, the total GDP of 16 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region reached 3.95 trillion yuan, 556.3 billion yuan more than 2005, the China Business News reported.

 

In 2006, China’s national GDP reached 20.94 trillion yuan and GDP output registered in the Yangtze River Delta region accounted for 18.9% of the total national GDP value. The average economic growth rate of the 16 cities in the Yangtze River Delta region reached 14.7%, indicating that the region has become an important driving force of China’s economic growth.

 

In terms of the total supply and demand, Shanghai remains the leading commercial city in the region. Shanghai has become the first city in China with GDP figure exceeding the one-trillion-yuan mark. Meanwhile, the total output value of 8 cities in Jiangsu Province has exceeded 1.7 trillion yuan and that of 7 cities in Zhejiang Province has surpassed 1.1 trillion yuan.