Hebei's Industries

1. Agriculture

2. Industry

3. Services

Hubei’s service sector is developing rapidly and steadily. In recent years, it has kept up a two-digit growth rate and in 2006, the sector realized an added-value output of RMB299.3 billion, up 11% from the previous year. Retail and tourism are the key industries that have aided the sector’s growth the most.

In the same year, retail sales of consumer goods in Hubei expanded 15.1% to RMB341.2 billion. The total sales revenue of retail enterprises (with above designated size) increased 17.5% year-on-year to RMB47.4 billion. Many overseas retail enterprises such as the New World Development Group, Tak Shun Group, Carrefour, Wal-Mart and Metro were also attracted to invest in Hubei. The rich tourism resources in the province have brought RMB 51.4 billion worth of income from 84.6 million domestic tourists and US$320 million worth of revenue from 1.06 million overseas tourists. These revenue figures represent a 14.1% and 15.8% year-on-year increase respectively.