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CHINA: GDP BY PROVINCE,
2003, IN BILLION RMB
Over 20,000
10,000 to 20,000
7,500 to 10,000
5,000 to 7,500
Under 5,000
Beijing
Heilongjiang
Shanghai
Tianjin
Liaoning
Jilin
Xinjiang Uyghur A.R.
Nei Mongol
A.R.
Gansu
Hebei
Shandong
Ningxia Hui
A.R.
Shanxi
Jiangsu
Qinghai
Gansu
Henan
Shaanxi
Zhejiang
Anhui
Xizang A.R.
(Tibet)
Hubei
Sichuan
Fujian
Chongqing
Jiangxi
Hunan
Guangdong
Guizhou
Yunnan
Guangxi
Huang
A.R.
Hainan
Source:
China Statistical Yearbook 2003
Figure 11-11
Which provinces have the highest GDPs? How do these correlate with the location of China' s
SEZs? Which cities have the highest GDPs and why is this the case?
From H. J. de Blij and P . O.
Muller,
Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts,
14th Edition, 2010, p. 495. Originally rendered in
color. Reprinted with permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
One way to address regional inequities is to improve
the communication and transportation network that will
facilitate economic interchange and supply “reinforcing
bars” to territorial cohesion. The world has not seen a
national road-building effort such as China' s since Presi-
dent Eisenhower supported the United States' National
Interstate system' s construction in the 1950s. China
adopted a 30-year National Expressway Network Plan in
2001 and by 2004 it had became second in the world in
total expressway mileage and third in total road mileage.
The vast majority of China' s population moves by
train—more than six times the world average. Moreover,
China moves more freight by rail than any other country .
The country has added some 10,540 miles (17,000 km)
of new track and upgraded 8,060 miles (13,000 km) of
existing track. Another 4,340 miles (7,000 km) of new
lines are being laid to accommodate high-speed passen-
ger trains that have a top speed of 198 miles (320 km)
per hour. With high-speed connections between Shang-
hai and Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, and Shenzhen
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