Recently, the zhejiang Province Bureau of Statistics for the province's service industry to a report released shows that in the province's 20 county economy in the service industry in Yiwu, the proportion of tertiary industry champion, up 53.4%, exceeding the provincial average of 10.4 %, higher than the national average of 14.4%.
Services sector is an important industry in the modern economy, its level of development is a measure of the level of development of modern economy and society an important symbol. As early as in 2007, Yiwu, the contribution of services to GDP has exceeded the first and second industries. At present, Yiwu has become the traditional and new services simultaneously pattern, transportation and warehousing, wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering industry and other traditional services continue steady growth, a number of new service industries such as finance, trade shows, etc. growth has accelerated noticeably.
The main focus on the development of services, Yiwu Market, formed in the Yiwu market has emerged around the logistics, commerce and trade, exhibition, restaurant, scientific research and comprehensive technology services, consulting and financial intermediary services such as industrial clusters. Up to now, Yiwu has registered more than 100,000 units in the service sector, employing more than 500,000 people, the added value of more than 20 billion yuan.
In addition, Yiwu statistical data show that in 2009, Yiwu total retail sales of social consumer goods, 24.49 billion yuan, an increase of 15.7%. Due to policy effects, cars, gold and silver jewelry, household appliances sales of the rapid growth to become a major force in driving the growth of consumption, according to trade enterprises above designated statistics, annual car sales of 5.61 billion yuan, an increase of 26%. Gold and Silver Jewelry sales rose 23.6%. Year, the total sales of home appliances to the countryside 24080 units, sales of 56.99 million yuan. Intime Department Store, Hangzhou Binjiang Building, International Council of Shopping stationed in Yiwu, the two retail giants, and promoted the restructuring of Retailing and improvement.