Statistics

Population: 5.38 million, 2.99 million in the city.

Area: 18,400 square kilometres.

Status: ranks 13th among China's 187 large cities.

Total foreign joint ventures approved in 1993: 696, up 72.7 per cent from 1992.

Total investment agreed by foreign joint ventures in 1993: US$449 million, up 68.7 per cent from 1992.

Total foreign funds used in 1993: $68 million, up 215.8 per cent from 1992.