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Xi'an VS Kansas City

Kansas City Investment Environment
Gross regional product $73.9billion(Year 2006) Population 451,717 (Year 2006)
Per capita income $20,753 Cost of Living Index 95.50
Economic Growth for Kansas City 2.90% Unemployment rate 5.70%
Employment By Place of Work Manufacturing 10.1%
Services 34.4%
Retail 20.1%
Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate 9.1%
Other 26.4%?
Major industries Motor vehicle manufacturing
Telecommunications
Weapons components manufacturing
Household Income? $75,000 and over 17.1%
$74,999-50,000 18.7%
$49,999-35,000 17.2%
$34,999-25,000 14.7%
$24,999-15,000 14.3%
$14,999-10,000 6.4 %
Under $10,000 11.6%

International airports Kansas City International Airport (KCI)
Interstate highways 3 interstates (I-70, I-35, I-29)
4 interstate linkages (I-435, I-635, I-470, I-670)
7 U.S. highways

Housing Median Sales Price $126,000
 
Xi'an Investment Environment
Gross Regional Product? 145.002 Billion Yuan Population 8.225 Million
Fiscal Revenue 23.697 Billion Yuan Consumer Price Index 101.6
Average Wages of Employees 20,316 Yuan Unemployment Rate 4.80%
Economic Structure 2006 Composition of GDP:
Primary Industry: 4.9% (Incresed by 7.2%)
Second Industry: 42.4% (Incresed by 14.3%)
Tertiary Industry: 52.7% (Incresed by 12.4%)
Major Industries Machinery
Electronics
Textile
National defense industrychemical industry
Food processing
Metallurgy
Pharmaceuticals
Plane manufacturing
Bioengineering
New material and energy saving technology
International Trade Total Value of Foreign? Imports and Exports ( 100 million USD) 415.4
Imports ( 100 million USD) 142.5
Exports ( 100 million USD) 272.9
Transportation International Airport: Xi'an Xianyang International Airport
Highways: 5 national highways and 12 provincial highways
Railway: Trans-Eurasia railway?
National Development Zones Xi'an Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone
Xi'an Economic and Technical Development Zone
Xi'an Qujiang River Tourist Holiday zone
Xi'an Modern Agriculture All-around Development Zone
Housing Housing Price Index: 103.6
The average housing prices in Xi'an: 4047.2 Yuan/Square Meter.