Urban industry

2. General profile of Beijing urban industry
Current development of Beijing urban industry

A. General view
By December 31, 2003, 1580 enterprises had been established dealing with business of the nine major sectors of urban industry, accounting for 37.6 percent of all industrial enterprises upon a certain scale and with independent accounting. Employees in these enterprises reached 311,000, or 30.9 percent of all industrial enterprises upon a certain scale and with independent accounting. Their sales revenue was 54.81 billion Yuan, or 14.7 percent of all industrial enterprises upon a certain scale and with independent accounting.

B. Structure
Urban industry is now following a new pattern of development with food and beverage, clothing and textile, and printing and packaging as the mainstay.
In 2003, current-price output value of Beijing??s food and beverage sector was 24.9 billion Yuan, accounting for 43 percent of the total of the city??s urban industry. Clothing and textile sector was 11.52 billion Yuan, or 21 percent of the industry??s total, and printing and packaging sector was 8.4 billion Yuan, or 15 percent of the industry??s total.

Ratio of current-price output value of the nine sectors of urban industry in 2003

food and beverage, clothing and textile, furniture and home furnishing, printing and packaging, arts and crafts, recreation and sports products, plastic products, cleansing and cosmetics, household electric appliances

C. Layout