Shandong economy witnesses steady growth in Q1-Q3
China DailyA US cargo ship docks at the Qingdao Port, Shandong province. Official statistics show that from January to September, the province's GDP reached 6.04 trillion yuan, up 9.9 percent year-on-year based on comparable prices and an average growth of 5.8 percent in the two years. The added value of its primary industry reached 412.99 billion yuan, up 7.7 percent year-on-year and an average growth of 4.6 percent in two years. The added value of the secondary industry was 2.34 trillion yuan, up 8.9 percent year-on-year and up 5.3 percent on average in the past two years. In the first three quarters of this year, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2.38 trillion yuan, up 18.6 percent year-on-year and up 6.4 percent on average over the past two years.