Up northGDP per capitaThat's $30,000
Overall, the ranking of GDP in the provinces remained generally stable in 2024, with the top three countries still being dominated by guangdong, jiangsu and shandong, while tibet, xinjiang and jiangsu showed a good performance in terms of GDP growth。
It is worth noting that in terms of GDP per capita, the cities of beijing and shanghai are above $30,000 and close to japan's figure of 328,000. This was the first time that per capita GDP in the interior of the country had surpassed the $30,000 mark and was a landmark achievement。
It also focuses attention once again on the concept of per capita GDP, which is an important indicator of the definition of developed countries by major international organizations, reflecting the wealth and wealth of a country or regionEconomic developmentHorizontal。
For example, in the united nations list of 37 developed countries, GDP per capita exceeded $20,000, while china's latest figure for 2024 was $13451, some distance from the threshold of developed countries. It is also a fact that many provinces with a large population and a relatively low per capita GDP of less than $10,000 are in dire need of development。
The most recent statistics show that the per capita GDP gap between rich and poor provinces in the country can be more than 4. 5 times greater, but this is not the full truth about the gap between rich and poor. If we separate data for over 300 municipalities and autonomous regions of the country, we find more interesting data and facts。
24 municipal GDP per capita over developed country standards
There is no specific global definition of the per capita GDP standard in developed countries. For comparison purposes, we have classified croatia, the country with the lowest per capita GDP in 37 developed countries ($21347 in 2023), as a standard。
A closer look at the list reveals that most of them are south-east coastal cities, such as tinless, shenzhen, suzhou, changzhou ... And that their main industries are usually advanced manufacturing industries oriented towards high-technology, e. G. Electronics, automobiles, new energy sources, etc. Their geographical location has natural ports and logistics corridors that facilitate the export and import of foreign-owned plants and products, while cities, such as the long triangle, the pearl triangle and the sea sea economic zone, gather a wealth of labour, sound industrial chains and supply chains, and create a virtuous cycle of efficiency and cost。
The rapid growth of these coastal cities in times of day, land, human condition and context has become a very representative rich area of china, and it is therefore not surprising that they are on this list。
However, we can also capture some “unusual” cities, such as the number one, which is not the most popularly perceived city with a strong presence, not only with a small resident population but also in provinces with an underdeveloped inland economy, but that have achieved the national average of one or two GDPs per capita, depending on another “food by god”。
According to statistics, the city of ordos accounts for 1/6 and 1/3 of china's known reserves, with 20 per cent and 15 per cent of china's production, respectively, all of which are among the top cities of china's land level; not only is the potential for wind and solar energy development in the city at 140 million kilowatts, the real meaning of which is “mine at home”。
With the exception of ordos, the energy- and mineral-based industries are not in the minority, such as the famous coal-mining lands of the west elm, the winning oil fields of the east camp ... Their economic development is dependent on natural resources。
While large amounts of wealth can be accumulated from resources, models of development that lack sti and technological progress are less sustainable, less economically stable and vulnerable to external factors. For example, the city of ordos, which has the highest per capita GDP, as the largest coal producer in the country, consistently grew by more than 20 per cent during the gold period of the coal industry in the early twenty-first century。
With china’s energy restructuring, however, demand for coal stagnates and prices fall, and the economic development of ordos becomes difficult and even regressive。
Although coal prices have risen again in recent years, allowing the GDP of ordos to return to high rates of growth, it is clear that the local government has come to appreciate the volatility of resource-oriented development and has embarked on an economic transformation that will boost the development of new industries such as green energy。
That brings us to the development trajectory of countries in the middle east, such as saudi arabia, that are rich, and whose per capita GDP, although well above the standards of developed countries, is not included in the list of developed countries。
In addition to political factors, the economies of the oil-producing countries in the middle east, which are heavily dependent on the import and export of resources and do not have their own core technological and industrial systems, are more affected by external factors, which may be the weakness of simple GDP figures。
The gap between rich and poor in the region is 12 times greater
While it is gratifying that per capita GDP meets developed country standards, the richest cities do not represent the overall level of regional development. While demonstrating development gains, we also need to recognize that significant disparities remain between rich and poor across regions。
In the same GDP per capita score sheet, we have calculated the ratio between the poorest and the richest regions in the 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the interior, with the largest disparities between rich and poor being xinjiang, qinghai, gansu, guangdong, inner mongolia and shaanxi, and the difference between the richest cities of xinjiang and the poorest districts of the country, the difference between GDP per capita can be 12 times that of the developed countries and the poorest countries。
These areas are usually characterized by two characteristics: either wealthier regions, such as ordos and kramay; or poverty in poor areas, such as the jade tree district in qinghai province, where per capita GDP is the last in all cities。
An example of a more balanced economic development in the region is the provinces of jiangsu and zhejiang, which not only have a strong population but also have a strong per capita GDP, but also a relatively small gap between the rich and the poor in the province, with the highest-ranking city, nosei, and the lowest-ranking residential city in jiangsu, all within one third of the national average。
This is due to the diversification of the region's economic structure, not only advanced manufacturing and high-tech industries, represented by suzhou and tin, but also a large number of traditional agriculture and light industries, allowing different regions to develop according to their geographical location and resource advantages, and refusing to ignore the past。
As high-level developing countries, while some of our rich regions have surpassed developed countries in values, the gap between medium-sized developed countries with per capita GDP of 20,000 and super-developed countries with per capita GDP is as wide as the gap, and the degree of development of non-economic science and technology, education, social welfare, etc. Cannot be judged by a single value。
For any country or region, a single “sapling” of a given “single” is only more apparent, but uneven overall development inevitably leads to a lack of subsequent growth momentum。
The widening gap in per capita GDP is not only a matter of economic dimensions, but also of social equity and stability, as well as the optimal allocation of resources and economic sustainability of the region。
