Industry is the mainstay of Lianyungang's economy, with gross industrial output value 1999 reaching11700 million yuan, accounting for 4 1% of the city's GDP. An industrial system with chemical industry, light industry, medicine, textile, electronics, machinery, leather plastics, building materials, grain and oil, architecture and arts and crafts as its pillars has been initially formed. From 65438 to 0999, there were more than 40,000 industrial enterprises above the township level in the city. There are nearly 60 large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises. In 2005, the gross national product was 52.7 billion yuan, and by 20 10, the regional GDP will exceed10 billion yuan.
In the whole industrial system, the chemical industry takes the lead; Lianyungang soda plant is one of the three largest soda plants in China, with an annual output of 800,000 tons. Huaibei Salt Industry Group is one of the four major salt fields in China, with an annual output of 2.8 million tons.
The fields of anticancer drugs, proprietary Chinese medicines and packaging materials in the emerging pharmaceutical industry are all at the national leading level, among which Hengrui Pharma, Admiralty Packaging Materials, Kangyuan Pharmaceutical and Zheng Da Tianqing Group are all national high-tech enterprises with great development potential.
The silk weaving industry is marching towards modernization, and has initially formed an industrial system with complete categories such as cotton spinning, wool spinning, silk spinning, chemical fiber spinning, needle spinning, garment and textile machinery manufacturing, and supporting silk, weaving, dyeing and garment processing. Lianyungang Zhongshan spandex Co., Ltd., with an annual output of 3,500 tons, is the largest spandex yarn manufacturer in China and plays an important role.
In light industry, the brewing industry, led by Jiangsu Suntory Food Co., Ltd., Jiangsu tanggou Liquor Co., Ltd. and Lianyungang Wang Fu Liquor Co., Ltd., is quite famous in China, and its output and quality are among the highest in Jiangsu.