Nantong lights up at night. [Photo/Nantong Daily]

The GDP of Nantong in East China's Jiangsu province registered a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent in 2022, reaching nearly 1.14 trillion yuan ($168.80 billion), according to the Nantong municipal bureau of statistics.

The added value of the primary industry grew 3.8 percent year-on-year to 51 billion yuan, that of the secondary industry expanded by 2.9 percent year-on-year to 561.11 billion yuan, and that of the tertiary industry increased by 1 percent year-on-year to 525.85 billion yuan.

The added value of industries above designated size experienced a year-on-year increase of 5.1 percent, while the output value of the core digital powered manufacturing industry grew 19 percent year-on-year.

From January to November last year, the operating revenue of service providers above designated size amounted to 106.71 billion yuan, up 7.2 percent year-on-year, while that of the information transmission software and information technology service sector expanded by 17.9 percent year-on-year.

The city's total retail sales of consumer goods totaled 395.69 billion yuan last year, a year-on-year increase of 0.5 percent.

Fixed asset investment declined 2.9 percent year-on-year, while investment in infrastructure increased 30.1 percent from the previous year.

The per capita disposable income of Nantong residents reached 49,093 yuan, up 4.7 percent year-on-year. The per capita disposable income of urban and rural residents in the city amounted to 59,605 yuan and 30,819 yuan respectively, posting year-on-year increases of 4 percent and 5.8 percent.