After 20 years' efforts, Yantai Development Zone has turned this goal into reality: in 2000, the economic strength of Yantai Development Zone ranked 13 among 49 national development zones, and by 2002, more than 5 national development zones ranked among the top eight. According to the latest comprehensive evaluation of 49 national development zones published by the Ministry of Commerce in 2003, Yantai Development Zone ranks seventh.
Especially in recent years. On the basis of 4.5 billion yuan in 2000, the GDP in 2003 reached 654.38+04 billion yuan, with a total of 30 billion yuan in three years, which was 654.38+0.3 times of the previous 654.38+06. The average growth rate in three years is 45.8%, which is higher than the national development zone 16 percentage point and higher than the city's 3 1 percentage point.
The rapid economic development of Yantai Development Zone benefits from the adjustment of industrial structure. They firmly grasped the opportunity of the new round of international industrial transfer and the construction of manufacturing base on the peninsula, made timely decisions, and changed from developing six pillar industries to developing two leading industries of machinery, automobiles and electronic information, making them bigger and stronger, and enhancing the core competitiveness of the region.