in the year of crisis, Changchun’s industrial enterprises made a list of heartening achievements, witnessing new breakthroughs in six fields including economic scale, quality, investment, restructuring, product innovation and regional industry.

A new breakthrough of RMB 500 billion was made in the scale of industrial economy. In 2009, Changchun’s gross industrial output value exceeded RMB 500 billion, of which the value made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale accounted for RMB 440 billion, and the added value made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale accounted for RMB 110 billion, up 22.2% and 15% respectively. The newly added number of industrial enterprises was 326, making the total number increased to 1362. Among the sub-provincial cities, Changchun’s growth rate of output value made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale was increased by four positions to the third place. And the proportion of Changchun’s industrial output value made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale was increased by four percentage points, accounting for 46% of the total of Jilin Province.

A breakthrough of RMB 48 billion was made in the quality of industrial economy. The industrial enterprises above the designated scale realized a total profit and tax of RMB 48 billion, up 28.3%. A total of RMB 26 billion profits were made, increased by 38.3%, and net growth of profits was RMB 7.2 billion. The total amount of industrial efficiency was increased by a unprecedented record of 11 percentage points to a proportion accounting for 60% of the total of Jilin Province. 
　　
A breakthrough of RMB 109 billion was made in the total amount of industrial investment. Changchun’s total industrial investment was increased by 34.1%, 2.1 percentage points higher than the growth rate of the overall social fixed-asset investment, to RMB 109 billion, accounting for 45.4% of the total amount of investment in social fixed assets. Changchun’s industrial investment accounted for nearly one third of the total of Jilin Province, and the key industrial projects which were of significance to the development of Changchun were all put in place.    
　　
A 39% breakthrough was made industrial restructuring. The automobile industry maintained its leading role, making a total output value of RMB 277.12 billion, up 18.3%, with 1.22 million units of cars manufactured in the production bases in or out of Changchun. The proportion of the output value made by the auto and auto parts sectors in the total amount made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale was adjusted to 61%, down 10 percentage points from 2007. The industries with traditional advantages including agricultural processing, rail passenger cars, equipment manufacturing developed at a fast speed, and emerging sectors including optoelectronic information, new energy, and new material witnessed a booming rise. The proportion of local industrial enterprises in the city’s industrial enterprises above the designated scale was increased to 39% from the 2007’s level. 

A breakthrough of RMB 199.5 billion was made in product innovation. In 2009, another nine province-level enterprise technology centers was established, making the total number of enterprise technology centers above the province level reach 50. And 510 kinds of new products were developed, realizing a total value of RMB 199.5 billion, which increased the output value made by the new products to 45.3%. New models including Besturn B50, Ruiyi Mazda, New Bora and Gulf as well as Audi A4L went into at a fast speed. In addition, new products in such fields as lithium hydronium cell, farah-class capacitor, biological vaccine and OLED were in high market demand.    

A 22.4% breakthrough was made in the development of regional economy. A batch of key projects were put in place one after another in Yushu City, Nong’an City, Dehui City, Jiutai City, Shuangyang District, Kuancheng District and Lvyuan District. A growth momentum was maintained in county(district) industry, with the growth rate, higher than city’s average level, increased to 22.4%. The city’s development zones (industrial areas) developed very fast, with RMB 347.88 billion output value made by the industrial enterprises above the designated scale, an increase of 21.5% or a proportion of 79.1% in the city’s total amount. In addition, a total of RMB 106.58 billion added value was made, up 19.9% or accounting for 96.9% of the city’s total amount.

Driven by the “six breakthroughs”, the contribution capacity of industry to the city’s socioeconomic development improved steadily.

And the pillar position of industry in the city’s economy was further consolidated. In 2009, the industry’s contribution rate to the city’s GDP reached 43.7%, generating 6.6 percentage points in GDP growth. The industry accounted for 42.2% in the city’s GDP.

Industry maintained as a major source of the local fiscal revenues. All industries realized a total profit and tax of RMB 24.1 billion, up 26.8%. The industrial revenues was increased by 2.5 percentage points, accounting for 53.6% of the total.
 
The main channel function of industry in employment worked continuously, with 52,000 employment positions created by the newly established industrial enterprises above the designated scale, accounting for 37% in the city’s total number of the newly offered job positions.