Zhejiang businessmen in China

Recently, The Report on Promoting the Mutual Development of Economy of Zhejiang Citizens in Other Provinces and Zhejiang Economy was issued by the investigation group comprised of the Policy Research Office of Zhejiang Provincial Government and the Economic Cooperation and Exchange Office of Zhejiang Provincial Government.

The report indicates that there are approximately 6 million Zhejiang citizens living in other provinces, taking up over 10 percent of the total population of Zhejiang Province (50 million); Zhejiang businessmen invest over 3,000 billion yuan in other provinces; and the sales volume of Zhejiang enterprises in other provinces hit 1,767.2 billion yuan in 2008, accounting for over 80% of Zhejiang's GDP of that year.