"Various economic indexes of National Economic and Technological Development Zone maintained rapid grow in 2004, comprehensive investment environment further improved. 49 national economic and technological development zones and five industrial zones that enjoy national policy for development zones have realized GDP of 660.144 billion yuan, a year-on-year of 32.34 percent," said Chong Quan, spokesperson with Ministry of Commerce on Mar 8.

Chong added that the industrial added value of the 54 national economic and technological development zones last year stood at 485.562 billion yuan, up 34.80 percent from the year before or 23.30 percent higher than the national level; the total industrial value (current value) yielded 1,794.911 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.53 percent; tax revenue collected topped 93.304 billion yuan, 23.31 percent higher than that of the year before.

By People's Daily Online