Shaanxi-China Permanent Virtual Exhibition and Business Directory
Shaanxi has a total area of 205,800 square kilometres. Population stood at 37,720,000 at the end of 2009. Located in central China and landlocked, it is adjacent to 8 other provinces.Shaanxi has abundant reserves of coal, natural gas, petroleum, salt and other non-metal minerals.
Shenmu and Fugu are major production bases of fine quality coal in China. Together with its rich metallic and non-metallic mineral reserves, Shaanxi's estimated reserves of mineral resources ranked first in the nation.
In 2008, GDP of Shaanxi Province totalled 685.132 billion Yuan, up 15.6% compared with the previous year. The per capita GDP reached 18,246 Yuan, up 15.2% compared with the previous year.
Total sum of foreign trade of the province reached 8.368 billion dollars, up 21.5%. Of which, import value reached 2.961 billion dollars, up 33.6%, and export value reached 5.407 billion dollars, up 15.7%.
The favourable balance of trade reached 2.446 billion dollars.A total of 156 foreign invested projects had been approved, with the total sum of foreign capitals used reached 1.37 billion dollars (including re-investment of foreign invested enterprises), up 14.6%.





