The GDP of Hai'an amounted to 104.79 billion yuan ($14.62 billion) in the first nine months of this year, up 1.2 percent year-on-year, official statistics show.

The added value of the city's primary and secondary industries reached 4.12 billion yuan and 57.58 billion yuan, a rise of 4.1 percent and 2.4 percent respectively.

The industrial taxable turnover in Hai'an reached 167.64 billion yuan, the highest in Nantong.

Stable growth was seen in the city's service sector, which saw its taxable turnover grow to 43.1 billion yuan from January to September, a jump of 1.2 percent year-on-year.

Hai'an also posted a steady growth in consumption over the past nine months. The city's retail sales of social consumption goods during this period amounted to 30.56 billion yuan, a rise of 2.3 percent year-on-year.

The general public budget revenue in Hai'an totaled 5.82 billion yuan, up 1.83 percent year-on-year.

Workers in a factory in Hai'an, a county-level city in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: hafbwx]