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Statistical Communiqu¨¦ of Changzhou

on the 2014 National Economic and Social Development

In 2014, the environment and conditions of international and domestic economic development went through profound changes. The economic operation was under high downward pressure. Faced with the complicated situation, Changzhou firmly stuck to the goal of constructing Southern Jiangsu Modernization Demonstration Area, persisted in the general work tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, focused on the Year of Making Breakthrough in Major Projects, and spared no effort to complete each work such as stabilizing growth, adjusting structure, promoting reform, attaching great importance to ecological environment and benefiting people¡¯s livelihood. As a result, the city¡¯s economic and social undertakings maintained stable development.

I. Overall Economy

Economic operation went smoothly in general. The gross domestic product (GDP) of the year was 490.19 billion yuan, up by 10.1% calculated at comparable price. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 13.85 billion yuan, up by 3%; that of the secondary industry was 240.81 billion yuan, up by 9.5%; and the tertiary industry was 235.53 billion yuan, up by 11.5%. The proportion of the value added of service sector to GDP was 47%. The per capita GDP reached 104,423 yuan calculated at permanent resident population, which was 16,999 US dollars according to the average exchange rate.

Fiscal revenue increased steadily. The General Public Budgetary Revenue of the year was 43.39 billion yuan, up by 6.1% over the previous year. Among that, the tax revenue was 34.84 billion yuan, up by 6.5%. General Public Budgetary Expenditure was 43.49 billion yuan, up by 4.1%. Among the total, the expenditure of education was 6.82 billion yuan, up by 2.5%; that of culture, sports and media was 700 million yuan, up by 4.0%; that of social security and employment was 4.91 billion yuan, up by 7.8%; that of health care and family planning was 3.21 billion yuan, up by 21.9%; that of urban and rural community affairs was 7.09 billion yuan, up by 17.5%.

Private economy developed steadily. In 2014, the value added of private economy reached 330.89 billion yuan, up by 10.1% calculated at comparable price, accounting for 67.5% of regional GDP. The paid taxes reached 45.80 billion yuan, up by 10.3% over the previous year, higher than the growth rate of total taxes by 1.9 percentage points. The structure of private economy was further optimized. Among the value added of private economy, the proportion of service sector increased from 41.6% of the previous year to 43.4%, increased by 1.8 percentage points.

II. Agriculture and Rural Economy

Agricultural production maintained stability. In 2014, the gross output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery of the city was 25.68 billion yuan, up by 7% over the previous year. Among the total, the output value of agriculture was 13.87 billion yuan, up by 7.0%; that of forestry was 180 million yuan, up by 4.7%; that of animal husbandry was 3.74 billion yuan, up by 0.5%; that of fishery was 6.47 billion yuan, up by 9.4%; that of the service industry of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 1.41 billion yuan, up by 15.1%. The production of main agricultural products remained stable. The per unit area yields of wheat and rapeseed both surpassed history records. The per unit area yield of rice reached 641 kg, ranking first in Jiangsu Province for the 12th consecutive year.

Modern agriculture kept developing. According to the provincial monitoring report on progress of basic modernization of agriculture, the city¡¯s score of agricultural modernization level in 2013 was 79.8, ranking third in the province, up one place from the previous year. The city newly built 88,000 mu high-standard farmland, and developed an area of 60,000 mu for agriculture/fishery with high-efficiency facility. The agricultural industrialization improved steadily. There were one new state-level staple food processing model enterprise, two new state-level One Village One Product model villages and small towns, and one new state-level agricultural product processing model cooperative. 34 city-level leading enterprises of agricultural industrialization were newly approved. The number surpassed those of the previous years.

III. Industry and Construction

Industrial economy was basically stable. In 2014, there were 4,350 traditional industrial enterprises above the designated size. The total industrial output value reached 1,103.75 billion yuan, the main business income was 1,137.90 billion yuan, the realized tax and profit was 100.61 billion yuan, of which the profit was 61.85 billion yuan. Among the seven main industries of those above the designated size, the industries of chemicals, building materials, electronics and machinery increased rapidly with respective output value of 169.69 billion yuan, 37.59 billion yuan, 62.71 billion yuan and 454.43 billion, up by 16.9%, 16.2%, 11.4% and 10.7% respectively; the output value of the industries of biopharmaceuticals, metallurgy and textile and garments was 25.97 billion yuan, 203.82 billion yuan and 91.27 billion respectively, up by 9.2%, 5.5% and 5.4%.

The ten major industrial chains developed fast. Development of the ten major industrial chains was accelerated. The production and profit both presented a trend of rapid growth. In the whole year, the industrial enterprises above the designated size of the ten major industrial chains completed an output value of 352.02 billion yuan, up by 13.3% over the previous year. The main business income was 346.99 billion yuan, up by 12.9%. The realized taxation of tax and profit was 34.84 billion yuan, of which the profit was 22.27 billion yuan, both increased by 19.4%.

Construction industry developed steadily. The annual construction output value of construction enterprises was 128.40 billion yuan, up by 10.8% over the previous year. The floor space under construction was 107.48 million ㎡, up by 6.1%. The floor space completed was 38.113 million ㎡, up by 8.1%. Calculated at construction output value, the overall labor productivity of construction industry reached 288,000 yuan per person, up by 1.1%.

IV. Investment in Fixed Assets

Investment in fixed assets maintained stable. In 2014, the completed investment in fixed assets was 331.01 billion yuan, up by 16.1% over the previous year. Among that, industrial investment was 168.02 billion yuan, up by 11.1%; the investment in the service industry was 162.15 billion yuan, up by 22.1%. Of the investment in service industry, that in real estate development was 68.15 billion yuan, almost the same to that of the previous year. There were 3,579 newly started projects (excluding real estate ones), increasing by 442 ones over the previous year. Among these projects, 274 were above 100-million-yuan projects, increasing by 43 ones. Newly started projects completed a total investment of 176.10 billion yuan, up by 18.6%. The growth rate is 2.5 percentage points higher than that of the city¡¯s total fixed assets investment, accounting for 59.9% of the contribution to the increase of investment in fixed assets.

V. Domestic Trade

Consumer market maintained stable. In 2014, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 180.54 billion yuan, up by 13.1%. In the context of different industries, wholesale business and retail business were main power stimulating the steady growth of consumer market, realizing total retail sales of 16.599 billion yuan, up by 13.7%, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than the growth of the total retail sales of consumer goods. The total retail sales of consumer goods of hotel industry and catering industry were 1.42 billion yuan and 13.13 billion yuan respectively, up by 2.9% and 5.9%. In 2014, the retail sales of wholesale, retail, hotel and catering units above designated size reached 104.60 billion yuan, up by 14.7%. In the context of commodity categories, the consumption of cultural, sports and entertaining goods grew rapidly. In the whole year, the retail sales of cultural and office goods was 3.71 billion yuan, and that of the sports and entertaining goods was 400 million yuan, up by 42.0% and 38.8% respectively.

VI. Open Economy

Foreign trade recovered slightly. In 2014, the total volume of Changzhou¡¯s imports and exports reached 28.81 billion US dollars, down by 1.4% over the previous year. Of this total, the value of exports was 21.38 billion US dollars, up by 5%. The growth was 2.9 percentage points higher than that of the previous year. In the context of export destination, the export to America and the EU presented a trend of recovery. The value of exports to America was 4.60 billion US dollars, up by 14.9%; and that to the EU market was 3.62 billion US dollars, up by 5.6%. The growth was respectively 7.7 percentage points and 16.3 percentage points higher than that of the previous year. In the context of export products, the export of hi-tech products increased rapidly with a total export value of 3.19 billion US dollars, up by 26.4%.

Utilization of foreign capital kept improving. In 2014, the materialized registered foreign capital was 3.12 billion US dollars, up by 0.3 % over the previous year. Breakthrough was made in key foreign investment projects. In the whole year, there were 49 new projects with investment of over 30 million US dollars each, among which four projects had investment over 500 million US dollars each. A batch of high-end manufacturing key projects were introduced, including CND GENOVA insulin project, Bonar high performance materials project, AeroJones Aviation project and Wujin Longwang Biotech flavor and fragrance project. The momentum of increasing investment by key enterprises was strong. There were 18 projects with increased investment of over 30 million US dollars each, of which three projects had new investment over 100 million US dollars each. There was one new investment project of Fortune 500, three new regional headquarters of international companies and one foreign-invested functional institution.

Foreign cooperation was further promoted. In the whole year, there were 64 outbound investment projects. The amount of contractual Chinese investment was 470 million US dollars, up by 9% over the previous year. The amount of contract on service out-sourcing reached 320 million US dollars, of which the amount of offshore contract was 150 million US dollars; the implemented amount of contract on service out-sourcing was 270 million US dollars, of which the implemented amount of offshore contract was 150 million US dollars.

The comprehensive strength of development zones was enhanced. In 2014, the public fiscal budget revenue of Changzhou¡¯s development zones reached 28.23 billion yuan. The input in industry was 117.60 billion yuan. The input in infrastructure was 24.27 billion yuan. The materialized registered foreign capital was 2.63 billion US dollars. The newly agreed registered foreign capital was 2.56 billion US dollars. There were 30 new foreign invested projects with registered foreign capital of over 30 million US dollars each, 14 of them were manufacturing projects.

International exchanges became more active. During the whole year, the city received and invited 1,151 person-times of 177 foreign delegations, of which 108 person-times of six delegations were provincial levels or above. The city received 32 groups of diplomatic envoys in China with 202 person-times, 35 delegations from international sister cities with 205 person-times, and one group of foreign journalist with one person-time. In 2014, Changzhou was approved by the Chinese People¡¯s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries to establish sister-city relationship with Essen City of Germany and the City of Niagara Falls of Canada, and officially signed the agreement on establishment of sister-city relationship with Stavropol City of Russia and Randers City of Denmark. The number of approved sister cities reached 23. The total number of sister cities of cities/districts under jurisdiction reached 15.

VII. Transportation, Post and Telecommunications, and Tourism

Transport capacity improved steadily. At the end of 2014, the total road mileage of the city reached 8,906 kilometers, of which the expressway mileage was 268 kilometers. In the whole year, the operational passenger traffic reached 84.58 million persons, and the total freight traffic reached 130 million tons, up by 0.7% and 9.6% respectively over the previous year. The highway passenger traffic reached 67.69 million persons, up by 0.1%. The highway passenger flows were 4.2 billion person-kilometers, up by 0.5%. The highway freight traffic reached 110 million tons, up by 11.3%; the freight flows were 11.119 billion ton-kilometers, up by 11.5%. The railway (Changzhou Station, Qishuyan Station, and Changzhou North Station) passenger traffic reached 13.33 million persons, up by 9.4%. Changzhou Airport realized the opening of first class port. Its annual passenger throughput reached 1.861 million person-times, up by 21.9%. The volume of freight handled by Changzhou Port totaled 33.14 million tons, up by 8.1%. The car ownership kept increasing. At the end of 2014, the number of cars for civilian use stood at 873,000, of which private-owned vehicles numbered 726,000, up by 14.1% and 17.1% respectively.

Telecommunications industry maintained stable. In 2014, the income of telecommunication services was 5.39 billion yuan, down by 3.2% over the previous year. At the end of 2014, there were 1.444 million fixed telephone subscribers of local network, and 4.913 million mobile phone users, of which 1.421 million were 3G users reached and 600,000 were 4G users. The number of internet users reached 1.594 million, up by 13.7%, of which wide-band users were 1.490 million, up by 14.3%. The total income of post services was 1.97 billion yuan, up by 17.7%

Tourist industry developed rapidly. In 2014, the revenue from tourism totaled 65.43 billion yuan, up by 14.5% over the previous year. Among that, the revenue from domestic tourism was 64.0 billion yuan, and the foreign exchange earnings from tourism were 100 million US dollars, up by 14.8% and 13.0% respectively. The number of tourists totaled 50.014 million person-times, up by 12.7%. Of the total, domestic tourists were 49.893 million person-times, and inbound tourists staying overnight were 120,000 person-times, up by 12.7% and 9.5% respectively. A batch of new tourist projects such as Dino Water Town, Children¡¯s Park and Adventure Harbor of Universal Dinosaur Town, Water Park of Joyland, and Tianmu Lake Water Park, inject new impetus to the development of tourism. Tourism public service ability kept improving. The Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort Distribution Centre, the Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort ¡°Smart Tourism¡± One-Stop Travel Network, Changzhou Tourist Distribution Centre and the First Phase of Changzhou Smart Tourism were completed and put into operation. Till the end of 2014, there were two National AAAAA Scenic Spots, 10 National AAAA Scenic Spots and three Provincial Tourist Resorts; 17 National Demonstration Sites of Industrial and Agricultural Tourism, 22 Jiangsu Provincial 4-star Rural Scenic Spots, three Jiangsu Provincial industrial Scenic Spots and six Jiangsu Provincial Bases for Self-driving Travel. There were 129 travel agencies; of which one was listed into China¡¯s Top 100 travel agencies and two were listed into Jiangsu¡¯s Top 20 travel agencies. There were 68 star hotels, of which nine were 5-star ones and 24 were 4-star ones.

VIII. Financial Industry

Finance ran steadily. At the end of 2014, balance of deposits in renminbi/Chinese yuan of financial institutions all over the city totaled 675.86 billion yuan with an increase of 41.05 billion from the beginning of year, up by 6.5%. Balance of loans in renminbi of financial institutions reached 478.97 billion yuan with an increase of 47.14 billion yuan from the beginning of year, up by 10.9%. Of the total increased loans, the short term loans were increased by 6.83 billion yuan; the medium and long term loans were increased by 27.57 billion yuan from the beginning of year, up by 2.9% and 15.0% respectively. At the end of 2014, the total amount of guaranteed loans for financing was 11.24 billion yuan. The guaranteed liability balance was 11.46 billion yuan. The balance of loans in renminbi of small-loan companies was 11.42 billion yuan.

Insurance services grew steadily. At the end of 2014, there were 65 insurance companies all over the city. Among them, 28 were property insurance companies and 37 were life insurance companies. In 2014, the total premium reached 13.54 billion yuan, up by 14.3% on year-on-year basis. Of this total, life insurance premium amounted to 8.97 billion yuan, up 13.5%; and property insurance premium 4.57 billion, up 15.9%. The insurance indemnity payment was 2.94 billion yuan, up by 13.3% over the previous year. Of this total, life insurance indemnity was 360 million yuan, up 39%; and property insurance indemnity 2.58 billion yuan, up 10.5%.

Securities trading showed a positive trend. In 2014, the total securities trading of all the securities companies in the city reached 978.02 billion yuan, up by 89.1% over the previous year. Of this total, A-shares trading amounted to 770.14 billion yuan, up by 59.4%; B-shares reached 690 million yuan, down by 37%. The volume of funds trading was 32.31 billion yuan, up by 130.6%; and that of bonds trading 174.89 billion yuan, up by 824.7%. Till the end of 2014, there were 36 listed companies in the city. Among them, 22 were listed in domestic market and 14 were listed overseas. The total amount of raised money accumulated to 34 billion yuan.

IX. Scientific and Technological Innovation

Scientific and technological innovation was in rapid progress. The number of patent applications of the whole year reached 37,833. Of this total, there were 11,668 invention patents and 18,152 patent licensing including 1,696 invention patent licensing, producing 13.9 invention patent applications for every 10,000 residents in Changzhou. 126 new hi-tech enterprises were established all over the city, making the total number of that reaching 986. 1,826 private enterprises were officially named scientific and technological companies in the year, the total number of which amounted to 8,499. The output value of hi-tech enterprises above the designated size exceeded 480.6 billion yuan, accounting for 42.9% of the total output value of industrial enterprises above the designated size. The city won 529 scientific and technological projects at or above provincial level. The fund being obtained surpassed 520 million yuan. 1,053 new industry-university-research cooperation projects were added. Changzhou won the title of ¡°National Model City in Scientific and Technological Progress¡± for the 14th consecutive year. In 2013, the expenditure on R&D activities of the whole society accounted for 2.57% of local GDP.

Construction of innovative platform was accelerated. Sino-Israeli Changzhou Innovation Park became the first international technological cooperation park co-established by Israeli and Chinese governments. The Talents Centre of Ministry of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Science and Technology Department and Changzhou Municipal People¡¯s Government co-built the Changzhou National Technological Pioneers Innovation Centre. The Provincial Scientific and Technological Service Demonstration Zone in Science and Education Town and Jiangsu Provincial Technology Innovation Centre for Intelligent Equipment Industry were newly established. Three subordinates of Jiangsu Industrial Research Institute were also built. The construction of 20 city-level key public R&D institutions were improved and upgraded. There were 74 new R&D institutions of enterprises at or above provincial level. Altogether 1,051 projects of Two Stations and Three Centers completed construction. There were two new state-level incubators, two new province-level incubators and 14 new city-level incubators and accelerators. The new incubators and accelerators covered an area of over 1,134,000 ㎡, with the accumulated area reaching over 7,000,000 ㎡ and about 5,400 enterprises involved.The gross revenue of the enterprises in national innovative scientific parks reached 152.96 billion yuan with net profits of 9.46 billion yuan, while the expenditure on scientific and technological activities was 6.17 billion yuan.

X. Education, Culture, Public Health and Sports

Modernization of education was deepened. By the end of 2014, there were 644 schools at all levels in the city with 760,000 students and 55,000 teaching and administrative staff. In 2013, the index of educational modernization in Changzhou scored 80.33 points, ranking third in the province. The construction of key projects such as layout adjustment and school safety was pushed forward steadily. Through the whole year, 44 projects of constructing primary and middle schools were implemented; 8 kindergartens were newly built or rebuild/expanded. Preschool education made new achievements. Wujin, Xinbei, Tianning, Zhonglou and Qishuyan Districts received the provincial assessment on construction of demonstration districts for preschool education reform and development. Compulsory education was more balanced with better quality. Wujin and Qishuyan successfully passed the provincial assessment on Model District of High-Quality and Balanced Compulsory Education. The city¡¯s public schools enrolled over 90.22% of the accompanying children of migrant workers. The project of improving the quality of high schools continued to be implemented. In 2014, the rate of admission by colleges of the second rank reached 71.46%, up by 9% over the previous year. Vocational education underwent innovative development. Three of the first-batch projects of building provincial high-level model training bases were completed. The accumulated number of provincial-level educational brands and characteristic specialties were increased to 37. As for vocational school students who took the special college entrance exam for undergraduate programs, the rate of admission reached 60.94%. In this respect, Changzhou ranked first in the province for the 15th consecutive year. Lifelong education focuses on convenience and practicability. Through the whole year, the city established five city-level model streets and towns for community education, seven city-level standardized community education centers, seven province-level standardized community education centres and one provincial high-level base for enriching people with integration of agriculture, technology and education; and approved 82 city-level standardized residents schools. The achievement in education, science and research was outstanding. In 2014, Changzhou won three first prizes and 11 second prizes from the national appraisal of teaching achievements, taking the lead among all the prefecture-level cities nationwide. Education services were accessible to ordinary residents. Over 20,000 person-times directly benefited from the Changzhou Open Class on the scene. Over 16,000 person-times of students benefited from the program of Free Guidance by Excellent Teachers. Nearly 60,000 people received Mental Health Service. The student funding system was improved. In 2014, the city allocated 227 million yuan of governmental fund for student subsidies, and raised social love education fund of 12.55 million yuan to support student grants.

Cultural undertakings enjoyed prosperity and development. Based on tradition, high-quality cultural products were presented with innovation. The TV play Qingguo Lane won the 13th Five ¡®One¡¯ Project Award, the 27th China Golden Eagle TV Art Award, Sino-US Film Festival¡¯s Golden Angel TV Art Award and the Best TV Play Award of the 30th Jiangsu Provincial Golden Phoenix TV Art Awards. 10 pieces of works such as the comedy Family Photo won the 9th Jiangsu Provincial Five ¡®One¡¯ Project Award. Altogether 12 pieces of works of the city had won the national Five ¡®One¡¯ Project Award. In this regards, Changzhou ranked first among all the prefecture-level cities in the country. More and more cultural projects benefited the people. The program called Civilized Community with Happiness Every Day was carried out. There were 4,272 cultural performances presented by cultural teams around the city and 6,945 square shows. 129 volunteer art coaching teams tutored over 5,000 residents in 46 communities. The cities and districts under jurisdiction established 48 Happy Every Day art teams. The grand cultural event Wonderful Dragon City • Culture 100 was held. It covered 111 activities of over 20 categories including refined art, traditional opera and exhibition of intangible cultural heritages. Over one million person-times of citizens benefited from these activities. Public cultural venues such as libraries, museums, cultural centers and art galleries received over five million person-times of citizens over the whole year. Over 200 art exhibitions and training courses were held. Cultural protection work made a breakthrough. The application of the Changzhou Section of China Grand Canal for world cultural heritage was successfully approved. It became the city¡¯s first world cultural heritage site. In 2014, the city¡¯s cultural industry realized an added value of 27.62 billion yuan, accounting for 5.63% of GDP.

Medical and health services made constant improvement. At the end of 2014, there were 1,182 medical and health institutions at all levels with altogether 23,634 beds and 28,100 medical staff. Among these medical staff, 11,381 people were practicing doctors (and assistants), and 11,706 people were registered nurses. There were 2.42 practicing doctors (and assistants) for every 1,000 people all over the city. The work on benefiting the people through health services was further promoted. The city-level per capita expenditure on basic public health service reached 60 yuan, up by 20% over the previous year. The coverage of the new rural cooperation medical system was 100%. Its fund-raising standard reached 515 yuan per person. At county level and village level, the reimbursement rate of hospitalization expenses under policy reached 81%, surpassing the provincial standard by six percentage points. The consultation rate of urban residents at community health service institution reached 51.2%, and that of rural residents at community health service institution inside county was 85.6%. The signing rate of target population with family doctors reached 81%, while that of ordinary residents was 28.6%. The rate of the establishment of residents¡¯ electronic health records reached 80%. All major hospitals and community health institutions could share the residents¡¯ health records and their hospital enrollment information. The new birth policy of allowing the family to have a second child if either parent is single child was implemented smoothly.

Sports undertakings kept developing. There were 165 sports sites in the city, of which 26 were stadiums, 26 were gymnasiums and 113 were interior or outdoor swimming pools. In 2014, five international championships, 17 national tournaments and three provincial events were held in Changzhou. Competitive sports flourished. The number of gold medals, the number of total medals and the total scores won by Changzhou sports delegation in the 18th Jiangsu Provincial Games topped the list in Jiangsu province. Seven athletes participated in the Youth Olympic Games and won seven gold medals. 11 athletes participated in the Asian Games and won 11 medals including six gold medals. Mass sports developed rapidly in the progress of building a demonstration area of public sports service system. Qishuyan Fitness Center and Xinbei Chunjiang Fitness Center were opened respectively on April 29 and May 30, 2014. 308 fitness sites were newly built or renovated. Changzhou first implemented the government procurement system of public sports service in Jiangsu, through which 22 projects in five major categories were bought, including business training, community events, fitness activities, management services and facility construction. The "Medicare & Fitness Card" program was carried out. Urban workers whose basic medical insurance account balance is 3,000 yuan or above can use this card in the designated gyms. In 2014, 5,600 person-times have made payments by this card, spending a total of 2.3 million yuan. The "CCTV Sports Personality • National Fitness Program in Changzhou" was held in the city.

XI. Population, People¡¯s Livelihood and Social Security

Population size maintained stable. At the end of 2014, the population of permanent residents was 4.696 million, up by 0.1%. Of this total, the urban population was 3.226 million. The rate of urbanization reached 68.7%. The registered population was 3.686 million, increased by 27,000 people over that of the end of 2013, up by 0.7%. Of this total, the population of male was 1.829 million, up by 0.6%; that of female was 1.857 million, up by 0.9%. The population aged 60 and over was 780,000, accounting for 21.2% of the total registered population. The birth rate of registered population was 10.3¡ë, and the death rate was 6.8¡ë. The natural growth rate was 3.5¡ë.

Employment and start-ups were steadily pushed forward. In 2014, 135,000 people were newly employed. 7,289 people were supported for start-ups, creating jobs for 40,000 people. Over 10,000 people among the group in difficulties received help and found new jobs. The registered urban unemployment rate had been kept at 1.9% by the end of the year. Through the whole year, 62,000 jobs were provided to college graduates. 61,000 urban and rural workers took skill trainings for employment. There were 26,262 new high-skilled workers. 689 people among every 10,000 people of labor force were high-skilled workers.

Income of residents increased steadily. In 2014, the per capita disposable income of the city¡¯s residents was 32,662 yuan, up by 9.2% over the previous year. In the context of permanent residence, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 39,483 yuan, up by 8.8%; that of rural residents was 20,133 yuan, up by 10.8%. The per capita expenditure of the city¡¯s residents was 20,608 yuan, up by 7.4%, that of urban residents was 23,590 yuan, up by 6.8%; that of rural residents 13,529 yuan, up by 9.4%. At the end of 2014, the per capita housing floor area of urban residents was 43.7 ㎡, that of rural residents was 59.7 ㎡.

Price level remained stable. In 2014, the CPI was 102.2. Among the eight categories of consumer goods, only the price of cigarettes and alcohols decreased by 2.1%. The CPI of the other seven categories, namely clothes, household facilities and articles and maintenance services, housing, food, health care and personal products, entertaining, educational and cultural products and services, and transportation and communication, was 104.2, 103.6, 103.0, 102.7, 102.1, 100.6 and 100.1 respectively.

Work on housing security was carried out orderly. In 2014, 22,447 units of affordable housing started construction. 24,018 units basically finished construction. Since Changzhou took the lead in implementing socialized purchasing and storage of affordable housing in Jiangsu in 2012, it had accelerated the speed of raising house resource and realized full coverage of housing security for medium and low income families with difficulties in housing in central urban area. The reconstruction work on dangerous and old houses, urban village and low-lying areas were pushed forward. Through the whole year, 3,152 units were rebuilt with a rebuilding area of 567,200 ㎡. The reconstruction of low-lying areas in 20 residential districts in central urban area was completed.

Social security level was improved steadily. The expanded collection of social insurance was actively promoted. The numbers of people joining enterprise employees endowment insurance, medical insurance for urban workers, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance and maternity insurance were respectively 1.305 million, 1.815 million, 1.052 million, 1.10 million and 969,000. The comprehensive coverage of endowment insurance, medical insurance and unemployment insurance reached 98%. The basic pension for enterprise retirees was adjusted for the 10th consecutive year. The monthly per capita pension level was increased by 12.4% over the previous year. The basic insurance pension for urban and rural residents was increased to 170 yuan every month per person. Within the context of the policy on employee¡¯s medical insurance and the medical insurance for urban and rural residents, the payment rates of hospitalized medical insurance fund were over 80% and 70% respectively. The insurance treatment of unemployment, work-related injury and maternity was improved steadily. The supplement on implementing Jiangsu Provincial Enforcement Suggestion on Connection of Urban and Rural Endowment Insurance Systems was unveiled in order to realize the accessible connection of urban and rural endowment insurance systems.

Capability of social assistance was further enhanced. The city had established the elderly care system consisting of home-based care, institutional care, community care and information care. In 2014. There were 37546 beds for elderly care. 1,433 nursing beds were newly made or remade. The number of nursing beds in downtown accounted for 40% of the total number of beds for aged care. Calling devices were installed in 50,000 elderly households. Work on urban and rural minimal assurance was steadily pushed forward. The allowance standards for urban and rural minimal assurance and urban families at the margin of minimal assurance were respectively increased to 620 yuan each person per month and 1,500 yuan each family per year. The security payments of the year accumulated to 170 million yuan. All kinds of people¡¯s mediation units at all levels and the mediation centers at two levels mediated 15,782 disputes, of which 15,731 cases were successfully dissolved. The success rate of social dispute mediation was 99.7%. The value of the issued welfare lottery tickets over the whole year was 1.06 billion yuan.

Charity undertakings developed healthily. The received fund raised by all kinds of charity institutions at all levels was 128 million yuan. 87.70 million yuan of different assistant fund was given out/expended, benefiting over 72,900 person-times of people in financial difficulties. Of this total, the Municipal Charity Federation including four branches raised 40.46 million yuan, and gave out 18.12 million yuan, helping 25,900 person-times of people in financial difficulties. In the appraisal of the 3rd session of China Charitable Cities, Changzhou, Jintan and Liyang were all classified among Top 100 China Charitable Cities, while Changzhou reclaimed the 7-star (highest level) honorary title.

XII. Urban and Rural Construction and Public Utilities

Infrastructure continued to be improved. The construction of urban infrastructure was accelerated. The implementation of projects like Changzhou-Liyang Expressway, Provincial Road 122, Changzhou Section of Provincial Road 238, Jinwu Road and eastward extension of Yanzheng West Road was speeded up. Subway Line 1 started construction. The northward extension of Qingyang Elevated Road and Qinglong interchange of Shanghai-Chongqing Expressway were opened to traffic. Urban roads reconstruction projects including Taoyuan Road, Xintang North Road and Hehai East Road were completed and put into use. The construction of water conservancy projects was carried out steadily. The extension and expansion project of Xingou River over fulfilled its annual task. The dredging of 13 medium and small rivers went well. The flood-prevention facilities surrounding downtown area and Licheng Town of Liyang completed construction and was put into use. Water conservancy construction in rural area such as constructing standard dykes was pushed forward smoothly. Information infrastructure was improved. The general coverage of wireless network reached 98%. A 4G communication network covering the whole city was built.

Public transportation service was further improved. At the end of 2014, there were 268 bus routes in the city. Customized Bus routes were open. New energy buses were put into use. There were 2,978 operating vehicles for public transport and 3,680 operating taxis. The bus travel sharing rate of urban citizens was 28.7%, with bus routes open to 100% towns and villages.

Public service level was upgraded. In 2014, the electricity consumption of the whole society reached 39.51 billion kilo-watt hours, up by 1.0% over the previous year. Of this total, the electricity consumption for living of urban and rural residents was 3.24 billion kilo-watt hours, lowered by 13.3%. The coverage of water supply was 100%. The rate of gasification was 100%. At the end of 2014, there were 203,000 street lights in the city, up by 11.5%. The quantity of cleared household refuse in the city reached 0.618 million tons. The decontamination rate of household refuse was 100%. The domestic sewage treatment rate reached 98.4%.

XIII. Ecological Construction and Environmental Protection

Afforestation level was further promoted. At the end of 2014, the city had 8813 Parkes, Gardens and Green Areas, 2,036 hectares of parks. The per capita urban park green land reached 13.2 ㎡. Green coverage achieved 43.0%. The construction of eco-green city was advanced. 176 ecological protection projects were completed, adding 17,272 mu green lands. Changzhou Hi-Tech Industrial Zone, Wuji Hi-Tech Zone and Wujin Economic Development Zone passed the acceptance inspection of establishing national-level (state-level) ecological industry demonstration zone. Five state-level eco-towns and 30 province-level eco-villages were newly added.

Solid progress was made in pollution control and emission reduction. Reduction of pollution emission and comprehensive treatment of environment was vigorously promoted. Upgrading and reconstruction of 52 enterprises of thermoelectricity, cement, steel, ferroalloy and steel rolling was completed. 594 coal-fired boilers and kilns were switched to clean energy or obsoleted. The volatile organic compounds of 42 enterprises were dealt with. The construction of urban sewage treatment plants and assorted pipe network was accelerated. 158 km of sewage pipe network was newly added. The comprehensive treatment of 6 small watersheds and 35 small rivers as well as the desilting of 22 river channels was completed. The task of reducing the total amount of pollutant emission was fulfilled. The emission of COD, ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide was respectively reduced by 5.34%, 2.98%, 1.45% and 16.44% over the previous year. In 2014, the air quality was at or above level-2 standard for 231 days, accounting for 63.8% of the total days of the year.

Notes: All the statistic data in this Communiqu¨¦ are calculated at current price, excluding those noted to be calculated at comparable price.