Economic and social development

According to preliminary estimation, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the province in 2023 was 4,705.06 billion yuan, up by 5.8 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 349.66 billion yuan, up by 3.9 percent, that of the secondary industry was 1,887.18 billion yuan, up by 6.1 percent, and that of the tertiary industry was 2,468.22 billion yuan, up by 5.8 percent. The industrial value added was 1,402.11 billion yuan, up by 6.2 percent. The ratio of the three industries was adjusted from 7.9:40.2:51.9 to 7.4:40.1:52.5. The estimated overall labor productivity reached 147,934 yuan per person in 2023, an increase of 8,339 yuan per person over the previous year. Based on the number of permanent residents, the per capita GDP was 76,830 yuan (10,903 US dollars), up by 5.7 percent.

At the end of 2023, the number of permanent residents in Anhui reached 61.21 million, a decrease of 60,000 over that at the end of 2022. The urbanization rate of permanent residents was 61.51 percent, up by 1.36 percentage points.

The newly increased employed people in urban areas numbered 722,000 in 2023, and 309,000 new jobs were offered for the reemployment. The total number of migrant workers across the province reached 19.888 million. Specifically, the number of migrant workers who left their hometowns and worked in other places was 13.023 million.

The consumer prices in 2023 went up by 0.2 percent over the previous year. Specifically, the price of food, tobacco and liquor was up by 0.5 percent. The producer prices of industrial products went down by 3.4 percent, the purchasing prices of industrial producers down by 4.9 percent. The producer prices of farm products dropped by 3.3 percent. 

New driving forces was strengthened. Among the industries above the designated size, the value added of the high technology manufacturing industry increased by 11.2 percent over the previous year, accounting for 49.1 percent of that of all industrial enterprises above the designated size. The value added of the manufacture of equipment was up by 13.3 percent, accounting for 38.7 percent of that of all enterprises above the designated size. The output value of the strategic emerging industries went up by 12.2 percent, accounting for 42.9 percent of that of all industrial enterprises. Among market sales, the online retail sales reached 398.54 billion yuan, up by 14.5 percent, of which, that of physical goods reached 340.69 billion yuan, up by 12 percent. Of the investment in fixed assets, high technology industrial investment increased by 24.4 percent, 20.4 percentage points higher than the overall investment. The business revenue of the whole industrial chain of vehicles in 2023 reached 1.16 trillion yuan, up by 28.5 percent over the previous year. The number of newly registered business entities was 1.411 million, with 1,211 enterprises newly registered per day on average. At the end of 2023, the total number of business entities reached 8.017 million.