How is Dali’s economy?

Dali City is the political, economic and cultural center of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. In 1984, it was approved by the State Council as a city open to the outside world. In 1996, the GDP was 3.288 billion yuan. There are 501 industrial enterprises in the city, basically forming a local national industrial system in multiple categories such as electric power, food, textiles, machinery, building materials, papermaking, printing, chemical fiber, pharmaceuticals, tobacco processing, leather and plastics. In 1996, the city's total industrial output value was 2.725 billion yuan, and the total output value of township enterprises was 2.357 billion yuan. The existing agricultural land area is 8,598 hectares, the effective irrigation area is 7,523 hectares, and the area with guaranteed yields under drought and flood is 7,222 hectares. The city's annual agricultural output value is 305 million yuan, the total rural economic income is 2.7 billion yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers is 1,923 yuan. The city has developed transportation and advanced communication facilities. Rural roads within the territory are basically connected, and water transportation is extremely convenient. Two national highways 320 and 214 pass through the city, becoming a land transportation hub connecting the eight prefectures in western Yunnan and connecting to Sichuan, Tibet, and Southeast Asia. The national bridge; Dali Airport has been completed and opened to navigation, and routes to Kunming and Tianjin have been opened; the Guangtong-Dali railway, the extension of the "Kunchu" second-level automobile line, the Chuxiong-Dali first-level automobile line, and the Dali-Lijiang quasi- The secondary highway was completed and opened to traffic in 1998. In 1996, the freight volume was 119,500 tons and the passenger volume was 244,500 passengers. Communication transmission is developing in the direction of digitalization. Communication hubs such as radio paging stations, optical cable transmission systems, and mobile communication systems have been built. The city's program-controlled telephone exchanges have a total capacity of 72,000 lines, which can make direct calls to various provinces and cities in China and around the world.

Dali has historically been a distribution center for materials in western Yunnan. At present, it has formed a complementary situation of professional market and comprehensive market, urban market and agricultural market. The scale of commodity transactions continues to expand. In 1996, the total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole society completed 11.33 billion. Dali is one of the hot tourist center cities in the Southwest Tourism Economic Circle planning area designated by the State Council, and is also a key tourism city in Yunnan Province. In recent years, as Dali's popularity continues to increase, domestic and foreign tourists have increased day by day. In 1996, it received 3.06 million domestic and foreign tourists (including 42,800 overseas tourists), with total tourism social income of 617 million yuan, and direct tourism income. 122 million yuan. Investments in urban infrastructure construction and old city renovation have gradually increased. The annual tap water supply is 13.52 million tons, the urban tap water penetration rate is 92%, and the urban green coverage rate is 17.8%. The urban area of ??Dali has been formed to maintain the chessboard layout of the ancient city, with Xiaguan The urban area has a unique style that focuses on building a modern city. Various social undertakings have been developed in a coordinated manner. Urban areas and 70% of towns and villages have basically achieved "universal nine-year compulsory education". The proportion of primary school students going to junior high schools has reached 94%, and illiteracy among young and middle-aged people has been basically eliminated. Radio and television coverage has reached 100%; every 10,000 people have The number of hospital beds is 192. In 1996, it was named an advanced cultural city by the Yunnan Provincial Department of Culture, and won the titles of "National Science and Technology Advanced City" and "National Double Support Model City".