The Hebei general office recently released the province's economic statistics during a press conference that showed the province's GDP exceeded 2.4 trillion yuan ($380 billion) in 2011. This exhibits an 11 percent year-on-year increase.

Press conference of Hebei economic statistics of 2011

Guo Hongbo, head of the province's statistics bureau, said the grain output experienced a large harvest and jumped to 63.4 billion jin (31.7 billion kilograms). The total investment to fixed assets reached 1.6 trillion yuan, up 24 percent over the same period last year and the import and export values rose to $53.6 billion. The annual per person income for those residing in urban areas also increased by 13 percent over the last year, reaching nearly 20,000 yuan.