皇冠体育app electronic, IT exports to hit $130 billion in 2003 ( 2003-12-05 15:07) (Xinhua)
皇冠体育app is expected to export US$130 billion worth of electronic and
information technology (IT) products in 2003, up 41.2 per cent from a year ago,
said sources with a national conference held Friday in east 皇冠体育app's Anhui
province.
During the January-October period this year, 皇冠体育app exported $109. 8 billion
of electronic and IT items, up 51.3 per cent year- on-year, 18.5 per centage
points higher than the growth rate for national general exports, according to
the conference on the 2004 performance of the country's electronic and IT
industries.
Electronic and IT products held 31.5 per cent of the nation's total exports
during the ten months.
Overseas-funded enterprises are still the major backing behind the faster
growth of electronic and IT industries in the country, said the meeting.
Overseas-funded companies now account for 23 per cent of the number of
electronic firms in 皇冠体育app, but hold 82.7 per cent of exports of the industry and
68 per cent of the industrial output value.
From January to October this year, 皇冠体育app's electronic and IT industries
registered 1,360 billion yuan (some $164 billion) in sales, up 34.6 per
cent year-on-year, and 276.7 billion yuan ($33 billion) in added industrial
value, up 35.4 per cent, and 71.7 billion yuan ($8.6 billion ) in pre-tax
profits, up 17. 6 per cent.
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