According to preliminary accounting，the GDP of Anhui province in 2007 was 734.57 billion Yuan (RMB), up 13.9% over the previous year a. The added value of primary industry was 121.47 billion Yuan, up 4.1% since last year; that of secondary industry, 328.26 billion Yuan, up 19.3%; and that of tertiary industry, 284.84 billion Yuan, up by 12.3% since 2007. The ratio of the three industries was 16.5∶44.7∶38.8. Calculated in the resident population, GDP per capita amounted to 12,015 Yuan (1,580 $US), an increase of 1,960 Yuan over the previous year. The social productivity was 19,436 Yuan per capita, an increase of 2,842 Yuan over the previous year.

        At the end of 2007, the number of employed persons in Anhui Province was 38.18 million, with an increase of 0.77 million , of which 16.379 million are in primary industry, a decrease of 1.013 million over the previous year; 9.049 million in secondary industry, an increase of 0.629 million; 12.734 million in tertiary industry, an increase of 1.091 million. The number of working people was 3.218 million, an increase of 9 thousand, and that of staff and self-employed laborer in urban and township private enterprises was 4.853 million. New jobs were offered for 0.503 million urban labor and 0.25 million for the reemployment. By the end of year, the urban unemployment rate through registration was 4.06%.
        The major contradictions and problems in the national economy and social development include: the serious structural contradiction, the displeasure transformation of extensive style of economic growth and the weak strength of the economy in rural areas.