GDP growth rate: 11.6 percent

Average GDP per capita: 14,397 yuan

GDP ratio (1st, 2nd, and tertiary industry): 10.6: 52.1: 37.3

Revenue: 148.37 billion yuan (US$12.86 billion) in 2002, up 39.3 percent from the previous year.

Industrial added value and growth rate: 482.01 billion yuan (US$46.48 billion) in 2002, up 14 percent from the previous year.

Agricultural production

In 2002, the total grain production of the province was 29.07 million tons; cotton, 363,000 tons; oilseed, 2.17 million tons; and aquatic products 3.34 million tons.

Foreign trade

The total value of imports and exports in 2002 was US$70.3 billion yuan, up 36.9 percent.

Foreign investment

In 2002, a total US$10.83 billion foreign investment was used in the province, up 76.3 percent from the previous year.

Friendship cities

Jiangsu and the cities directly under the provincial government and cities at the county level have established friendly relations with 139 provinces, states and cities of 31 countries.

Pillar industries

Machinery, electronics, petroleum chemical industry and automobile.