In 2009 China's gold output reached 313.98 tons, growth of 11.34% over the previous year, industrial output value was 137.532 billion yuan, an increase of 18.56% for three consecutive years to maintain the world. Gold production provinces in the top five followed by Shandong, Henan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, the country's total production output of 59.48%.
According to the China Gold Association, the person in charge in 1949, the China's gold output was only 4.07 tons, to 1975, is also only 13.8 tons, the total stock of domestic gold little. 70s of last century began, to address the extreme shortage of foreign exchange difficulties, the state adopted a series of gold production to support the policy change in the human shoulder pulling backward mode of production, the development of gold industry has entered the fast lane. In 1995 China's gold production exceeded 100 tons in 2003 to reach 200 tons starting in 2007, more than South Africa ranks first in the world by 2009 has been maintained for 3 consecutive years, the world's largest gold-producing country status. Prior to that, since 1905, South Africa has remained the world's gold-producing first position.
China's gold production capacity and enhance our national economic security and financial security. At present, gold-producing counties (cities) amounted to more than 500 gold industry in more than 100 counties (cities) to become a pillar industry and an important source of revenue, especially for the many remote and poor areas, gold, industrial development in job placement to promote local economic development and social stability play an important role.
In recent years, China's gold industry has formed a large enterprise groups led to a large gold-producing base for supporting the healthy development pattern. In 2009, ranking the top 10 large-scale gold production of 148.55 tons of gold, accounting for 47.31% of total output, to maintain the country's total gold reserves over 60% of total reserves. Been adjusted and optimized industrial structure, to a number of small enterprises Guantingbingzhuan China's gold production enterprises from 2002 to 1200 fell more than 700 more than in 2009, gold industry "small and scattered," the situation is changing .
