As an important component of the traditional industrial bases in Northeast China, Jilin Province made great contributions to the economic construction of the whole country. The implementation of the strategy of revitalizing Northeast China and other traditional industrial bases by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council provides Jilin Province with an important opportunity for further speeding the development. In face of the new opportunity, Jilin Province proposes to adhere to the guidance by the scientific development concept, make great efforts to advance systematic and mechanism innovation, industrial and scientific and technical innovation, look on international and domestic markets and two resources, base itself upon the existing foundation, bring comparative advantages into play, stick to the road of new type of industrialization and promote and realize leap forward development.

　　Overall Goals

　　To build Jilin’s traditional industrial bases into new type of major industrial bases of the country from 2003 to 2010 or in a longer period of time, specifically, to realize the strategic adjustment goal of the state-owned economy, to establish a sound system and mechanism of the market economy, to complete the task of industrial layout and base construction, to effectively ease the urban and rural employment problem, to perfect the social security system, to noticeably improve the living standards of the people and to achieve the coordinated development of the economy, society, people, resources and environment. Till 2010, the GDP of the province is expected to reach 480 billion RMB yuan, with an average annual increase of around 10%. The structural proportion among the three industries will be adjusted to 13: 50: 37. The financial revenue will increase in step with the GDP. The governable income per capita for urban inhabitants will increase over 10% annually. The net income per capita for farmers will maintain an annual increase of over 7%. Accumulative new employment of the whole society will be 2.7 million people.

　　Industrial Layout

　　Till 2010, the accumulative investment of Jilin Province will have exceeded 1,000 billion RMB yuan with implementation of 600 major projects, focusing on the construction of the five industrial bases, namely, auto, petrochemicals, agricultural products processing, modern Chinese medicine, bio-pharmacy, photoelectron information and other new and high technologies.

　　In the construction of the auto industrial base, Jilin Province will give its full support to grow FAW even bigger and stronger, vigorously develop auto parts industry and actively develop auto trade and its services. The expansion project of FAW vehicles with a total investment of 17 billion RMB yuan has already been in operation, which will help to build production bases of FAW-VW’s 660,000 sedans, FAW’s 100,000 sedans and 100,000 trucks. Till 2010, the auto output of the whole province will reach 1.5 million, the sales revenue of the auto industry will rise from 117.7 billion RMB yuan in 2003 to 320 billion RMB yuan, and the local content of auto parts will rise to around 50%.

　　In the construction of petrochemical base, Jilin Province will takeJilin Petro-Chem Co., Petro Chinaand Jilin Oilfield as the head, stick to the road of multiple material resources, fine and deep processing of products and industrial extension, optimize the structure, expand the scale and raise the efficiency. A batch of major projects, represented by 600,000-ton ethylene ofJilin Petro-Chem Co., Petro China and increase of crude oil production by 1 million of Jilin Oilfield, will be implemented. Jilin Province will make full use of reproducible resources, build the project of deep oil shale ‘s deep processing and its comprehensive utilization and actively develop coal chemical industry. Till 2010, the sales revenue of petrochemical industry will grow to 100 billion RMB yuan from 42.3 billion RMB yuan of the year 2003.

　　In the construction of agricultural products processing base, Jilin Province will rely on its abundant agricultural products resources and ecological advantage to develop three major industries, including the deep processing of corn and soybean, the deep processing of livestock, poultry and dairy products and the ecological food on the Changbaishan Mountains. A number of projects will be implemented, such as two 4 million-ton corn deep processing projects of China Resources and Changchun Dacheng, 200 million chicks of Deda, 1.8 million hogs of Jilin Huazheng, comprehensive processing of 500,000 million cattle of Changchun Haoyue, etc. We will try to create the brand of“Changbaishan Mountains”, develop industries of ginseng, mineral water and wild mountain delicacies and build the “Development Project of Ecological Food on the Changbaishan Mountains”. Till 2010, the sales revenue of agricultural products processing industry will rise to 200 billion RMB yuan from 43 billion RMB yuan in 2003.

　　In the construction of modern Chinese medicine and bio-pharmacy base, we will base on the medicinal resources of the Changbaishan Mountains and the advantage in the biological technology to develop modern Chinese medicines and bio-pharmacies, improve the capability of independent research and development, further develop the two medicine towns of Tonghua and Dunhua, support the development of a batch of pharmacy enterprises like Tonghua Dongbao and Yanbian Aodong, build some national research and development centers for pharmacy engineering to develop and introduce technologies. Till 2010, the sales revenue of the province’s pharmaceutical industry will amount to over 50 billion RMB yuan.

　　In the construction of new and high tech industrial base, we will stress the development of photoelectron information, software, new type of materials and modern agricultural technologies, with the Changchun National Photoelectron Industrial Base as the core, construct engineering and research centers for LCD displays, special engineering plastics, etc., and build Changchun Optical Valley and specialty industrial groups of new and high technologies. Till 2010, the sales revenue of the new and high tech industry will stand at 180 billion RMB yuan.

　　While facilitating the construction of the five industrial bases, Jilin Province will also foster specialty industries including energy, metallurgy, building materials, textile and tourism to extend the industrial chain, form industrial groups so as to support and promote the fast development of the whole province.

　　Centering upon the construction of the national new type of industrial base, Jilin Province will enhance the construction of energy, transportation, water conservancy and urban infrastructure, implement a batch of major expansion projects for power plants, facilitate the development of clear energy such as wind power, hydropower, etc., and start the preparatory work for nuclear power. Till 2010, the total installed capacity will exceed 13 million kilowatt. Jilin Province will also build the high-grade highway of Changchun-Hunchun, quicken the construction of Dongbiandao Railway running across the east of the Northeast, complete the construction of Changchun Longjia International Airport and Changbaishan Tourist Airport, intensify the construction of urban infrastructure and to improve the environment quality and the urban functions.

　　Good Start

　　In 2004, under the correct leadership of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council, with the joint efforts of the whole population in the province, the revitalization of Jilin’s traditional industrial bases achieved a good start. The province realized an output value of 295.82 billion RMB yuan, an increase of 12.2% over the previous year that was a rather high increase in the last seven years. The GDP per capita historically exceeded 10,000 RMB yuan. The financial revenue from all channels based on the regular budget was 32.9 billion RMB yuan, increasing by 13.7%. The agriculture scored a new breakthrough with the total grain output reached a historical high of 25.1 billion kilos, an increase of 1.25 billion kilos. The added value realized by industrial enterprises above the scale amounted to 99.43 billion RMB yuan, increasing by 18.6%, with a net profit of 17.87 billion RMB yuan after balancing the profit and loss. The social retailing volume of consumptions was 125.26 billion RMB yuan, an increase of 12.8%. The total foreign trade volume was US$ 6.79, increasing by 10.5%. The inflow of capital from outside of the province was 12.1 billion RMB yuan and the foreign direct investment was US$ 450, increasing by 30.9% and 42.3% respectively. The new urban employment was 390,000 people and the urban registered unemployment rate was controlled around 4.5%. The governable income per capita for urban dwellers was 7,841 RMB yuan whereas the net income per capita for rural dwellers was 3,000 RMB yuan, an increase of 11.9% and 18.6% respectively.

　　In face of the future and the development, Jilin Province will firmly grasp the strategic opportunity of revitalizing traditional industrial bases and firmly hold the development as the top priority. Guided by the concept of scientific development, with reform and innovation as the driving force and speeding up development as the core, we will vigorously put forward the process of industrialization, urbanization and agricultural modernization. With fully stored energy, we will enhance the development measures, quicken the development pace, “strive for projects upward and facilitate township development downward, promote foreign investment and foster domestic enterprises”, and try to speed up the development from “walking fast” to “running fast”. With this faster, better and bigger development, we will revitalize Jilin into a strong province with prosperous people and a harmonious society.