Yunnan's GDP grows 4% in 2020

Workers make baseballs at a factory in Yunnan province in May. It's one of the local poverty-reduction programs to better safeguard people's livelihoods, one of the issues the country emphasizes for steady economic momentum. (Photo/Xinhua)

The gross domestic product (GDP) of Yunnan province grew 4 percent year-on-year to 2.45 trillion yuan ($377.79 billion) in 2020, according to the ongoing annual session of the provincial people's congress.

The per capita disposable income of residents in urban and rural areas increased by 3.5 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively, last year, said Wang Yubo, acting governor of Yunnan, in his government work report delivered at the session that opened Tuesday.

Yunnan's GDP growth target for 2021 was set at above 8 percent, according to the report.