The Chinese Communist Party authorities recently released the 7th census data, and a well-known mainland blogger pointed out in a self-media posting that the per capita GDP of first-tier star cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen is even lower than that of Taiwan.
According to comprehensive mainland media reports, a well-known financial blogger “Ning Nanshan”, who often analyzes China’s economic situation, has been quoted by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying in his article. He wrote on the 21st that the per capita GDP in 2020 of four first-tier cities in China, Beijing (about US$23,910), Shanghai (about US$22,560), Guangzhou (about US$19,400) and Shenzhen (US$22,846), is lower than that of Taiwan (about US$20,000), according to the figures of the seventh national census recently released by the Chinese Communist Party. GDP is surprisingly all lower than Taiwan’s (about $28,383).
The article points out that there are many second-tier cities in China that have developed well and have per capita GDPs that are not inferior to those of first-tier cities, but none of them – Wuxi, Nanjing, Suzhou, Zhuhai, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Changzhou – can surpass Taiwan.
The author says this is “more or less unsatisfactory”, adding that after more than 40 years of growth since China’s so-called reform and opening up, “it is obvious that no city has a GDP per capita higher than Taiwan’s, which is unacceptable to us”.
According to the article, the cities of Shenzhen, Wuxi and Suzhou, which have been considered to have surpassed Taiwan in terms of GDP per capita in the past, have all been surpassed by Taiwan in terms of GDP per capita again due to a huge increase in population after the seventh census. “This year, due to Taiwan’s semiconductor exports burst single, electronic product exports are also very hot, the economic growth rate is also very fast, is expected to exceed 5%, the annual per capita is likely to exceed 30,000 U.S. dollars.”
It’s worth noting that the Communist authorities’ GDP figures themselves have long been criticized for alleged falsification. On such a basis, it is still no match for Taiwan, causing netizens to exclaim: “Poor Chinese people,” and “No, isn’t Xi very fond of spreading money and pretending to be rich?”
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