Guangdong GDP will surpass "four little dragons of Asia"

时间：2007-07-24 00:57:23

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Chinanews, Guangzhou, July 23 – Based on the economic achievement made during the first half of this year, Guangdong Provincial1 Statistics Bureau estimates that Guandong's GDP for the whole year might reach 390 billion US dollars, more than the average GDP figure (380.6 billion US dollars) achieved by "the four little dragons of Asia", the Nanfang Daily reported.

 

In 1998, Guangdong's GDP reached 103 billion US dollars, exceeding the GDP figure of Singapore (82.8 billion US dollars). In 2003, the GDP in the southern Chinese province hit 191.4 billion US dollars, more than the GDP figure of Hong Kong (158 billion US dollars). It is expected that Guangdong's GDP in 2007 will surpass that of Taiwan (376.6 billion US dollars). If this comes true, Guangdong's total economic volume by then will have surpassed three of the four little dragons of Asia in fifteen years and is catching2 up with South Korea.

 

Information shows that since 2005, great changes have taken place in Guangdong in its efforts of trying to catch up with South Korea. In that year, Guangdong's GDP growth reached 45 billion US dollars, exceeding related GDP growth in South Korea (34.5 billion US dollars). This further narrowed the economic gap between the two.

 

Both Guangdong and the four little dragons have limited land mass and their economy is largely driven by export. This year, the export volume of Guangdong is expected to reach 379 billion US dollars, to surpass that of South Korea and Hong Kong.

 

It should be noted3, however, that apart from total GDP, Guangdong still lags far behind the four little dragons in terms of per capita GDP, per capita expenditure4, industrial structure and urbanization level.

 

Statistics show that in 2005, the per capita GDP in Guangdong was 2,980 US dollars, or one-fifth of the related figures in South Korea and Taiwan and less than one-eighth of the related figures in Hong Kong and Singapore. Such per capita GDP level was only equivalent to the GDP level of South Korea and Taiwan twenty years ago and that of Hong Kong and Singapore thirty years ago.　

 
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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 catching cwVztY     
adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住
参考例句：
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
3 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的，知名的
参考例句：
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
4 expenditure XPbzM     
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
参考例句：
  • The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
  • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

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