A bird's-eye view of Jiading district. [Photo/WeChat account: sh-jiading]

Jiading district's added value in 2021 was 270.56 billion yuan ($42.7 billion), up 2 percent from 2019, and had a comparable growth of 6.1 percent.

The added value of the district's secondary and tertiary sectors was 159.15 billion yuan and 111.06 billion yuan, respectively, representing a similar growth of 6 percent and 6.3 percent. The structure of the three industries was adjusted to 0.1:58.8:41.1.

In 2021, the district's industrial output value above designated size was 545.43 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3 percent from that in 2020.

In terms of key industries, the district's automobile industry achieved an output value of 359.35 billion yuan, down 2.8 percent from that in 2020, and accounted for 65.9 percent of the district's total industrial output value above designated size.

In 2021, the total sales and the total retail sales of consumer goods in the district increased 8.1 percent and 6.4 percent from that in 2020 to 773.64 billlion yuan and 160.99 billion yuan, respectively.

In terms of sectors, the wholesale and retail sector achieved 154.42 billion yuan in retail sales, up 6.2 percent from that in 2020, while the accommodation and catering sector achieved 6.56 billion yuan in retail sales, up 11.5 percent.

In 2021, the district generated 297.6 billion yuan in e-commerce sales above designated size, up 23.8 percent from that in 2020, driving up the district's total consumer good sales by 8 percentage points.

Seventeen commercial complexes and two commercial streets achieved 12.18 billion yuan in retail sales of consumer goods in 2021, up 59.5 percent, accounting for 7.6 percent of the district's total.

The district's service sector revenue growth increased in 2021, with a total of 503 service industry enterprises over designated size earning 127.47 billion yuan in cumulative business income, up 32.2 percent from that in 2020.

In 2021, the fixed assets in the district reached 51.43 billion yuan, up 18.1 percent from that in 2020.

Of that, industrial investment, real estate development investment, and social undertakings investment amounted to 11.38 billion yuan, 28.41 billion yuan, and 1.41 billion yuan, respectively, an increase of 1.7 percent, 26 percent, and 33.3 percent, while investment in infrastructure decreased 45.8 percent to 1.94 billion yuan.

In 2021, the district's strategic emerging industries achieved a total industrial output value of 131.24 billion yuan, and a comparable increase of 10.3 percent, increasing the district's above-scale industrial growth by 2 percentage points and accounting for 24.1 percent of the district's total.

In 2021, the district's three pillar industries – the auto manufacturing industry, intelligent sensors and internet of things, and the high-performance medical equipment and precision medicine sector – reported a total output value of 167.87 billion yuan, growing 28.9 percent.

Driven by the supportive policies and optimistic market, the district's new-energy vehicles sector achieved 23.98 billion in output value in 2021. Its sales reached 18.88 billion yuan, up 78.8 percent from that in 2020.