Eight industries: textiles and clothing, craft toys, chemical plastics, food and medicine, machinery and equipment, printing and packaging, electronic information, audio-visual materials.
E-commerce: 20 1 1 At the end of the year, Shantou was selected as the first batch of e-commerce demonstration cities in China.
Port economy: Shantou is one of the 25 major coastal ports identified by the state.
Shantou plate: According to the statistics of 20 13, there are 2 1 listed companies in Shantou, ranking 12 among the prefecture-level cities in China and the third in Guangdong.
As of March 2009, 42 kinds of minerals have been discovered in Shantou City, including 180 mineral deposits.