In 20 18, Jiangsu's GDP exceeded 9 trillion yuan for the first time, reaching 9.26 trillion yuan, ranking second in the country. In the same year, Zhejiang's GDP was GDP5.54 trillion yuan, ranking fourth in the country, and the total amount was 40% less than that of Jiangsu. The population of Zhejiang province is only 30% less than that of Jiangsu, which means that the world's per capita GDP is lower than that of Jiangsu.
The economic scale of Jiangsu province is obviously larger than that of Zhejiang, so its financial resources are definitely stronger than that of Zhejiang. With the general public budget revenue as reference. In 20 18, the general public budget revenue of Zhejiang province was 659.8 billion yuan, while that of Jiangsu province was only 863 billion yuan. Compared with the same period last year, Jiangsu is ahead, and Zhejiang is about 200 billion yuan.
It can be clearly seen from the above two items that the economic scale of Jiangsu Province far exceeds that of Zhejiang Province, and the fiscal revenue of local governments also exceeds that of Zhejiang Province. If the main body of wealth is the government, then Jiangsu is stronger than Zhejiang.
From the perspective of ordinary people, Zhejiang Province is undoubtedly the province with the highest living standard of residents in the country (excluding municipalities directly under the Central Government). This can be seen from official data. Last year, the per capita disposable income of Zhejiang residents was 45 840 yuan, ranking 1 among all provinces and regions in China. Among them, the per capita disposable income in rural areas is 27,302 yuan, ranking 1 in all provinces and regions of China for 34 consecutive years.
Last year, the per capita disposable income of Jiangsu Province was 38,096 yuan, which was more than 7,000 yuan lower than that of Zhejiang Province. Among them, the per capita disposable income of rural residents is 20845 yuan, which is about 6500 yuan lower than that of Zhejiang. This gap is still quite large.
As for why the income of residents in Zhejiang Province is higher than that in Jiangsu Province. I think one of the main reasons is that many enterprises in Jiangsu are foreign-funded enterprises, and the local people only get the income from working, and the huge profits obtained by enterprises have been transferred away.
However, Zhejiang province is an enterprise owned by the whole people, and the enterprise has been globalized. Although the local economy is not as big as Jiangsu Province, it can transfer a lot of income from outside the province. According to statistics, groups doing business abroad can "recreate a Zhejiang province" every year.
In China, the strength of Zhejiang businessmen is only comparable to that of Guangdong businessmen, while that of Soviet businessmen is not an order of magnitude. The representatives of Jiangsu businessmen are Liu Chuanzhi, Zhang, Liu, Yu, etc. They are famous all over the country, but compared with Zhejiang businessmen (Ma Yun, Guo Guangchang, Li Shufu and Zong), they are smaller in scale and weaker in strength.