Economic development in Turin

Turin and its metropolitan area rank third in Italy's economy, after Rome and Milan. In 2004, the GDP of Turin was 25.439 billion euros (accounting for 2.2% of the whole country), while the total of the whole city circle was 4,465,438+46 million euros (accounting for 3.8% of the whole country). The per capita income of the city reached 29,400 euros, and the urban circle reached 27,300 euros. According to the data of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the taxable income of Turin is 65.438+02.455 billion euros, ranking third in Italy. Turin and Turin are also in the forefront of Italy's export list, and are the second largest provinces in Italy, accounting for 5.2% of the country.

There are many famous Italian enterprises in Turin because of the existence of Fiat, the automobile manufacturer, and the chocolate and dessert industries. In fact, apart from the establishment of Fiat in Turin, many enterprises (most of which are headquartered in other cities) have set up in Turin. Such as telecom company Piedmont Hydropower Company SIP, later Telecom Italia, Seat Yellow Pages, later RAI, Lavazza, Azimut Yacht, Cirio, Industrial Insurance Company, Wang's Mutual Insurance, Bull Insurance, Italian Design Studio, Gia, Italgas, Pininfarina, Farid (the leading company in Europe that produces garbage collection tools), Caffarel (founded in 65438+) Rossi, Aurora, Bourbon, Brookfield, Fisico, InVichta, Kappa, Superga, Jaggi, Carloppi Genatelli, Christatinetti, Lansetti and De Fonseca. There are also some important national banks: the Bank of Sao Paulo in Turin (now the United Bank of Sao Paulo) and the Savings Bank of Turin (now the United Credit Bank).

In 2006, there were 2,365,438+0,645 registered enterprises in Turin (65,438+065,438+02,255 located in Turin), accounting for almost 50% of the registered enterprises in Piedmont and 4% of the registered enterprises in Italy. In recent years, this number has been increasing, especially in the construction, tourism and service industries. Among them, the bosses of 2 1987 enterprises are all immigrants, mostly non-EU immigrants.

In recent years, Turin has experienced a long stage of industrial transformation. On the one hand, Fiat is in crisis; On the other hand, many domestic enterprises transfer their production lines to developing countries. In 1980s, Turin experienced the pain of transition from industry to tertiary industry, but it still maintained its position as one of the major industrial centers in Italy and even Europe. Due to the rebound of Fiat Group's automobile exports, Italian GDP growth in 2006 was very high, which also led to the recovery of supporting enterprises (in addition to Fiat, Iveco and Lancia's factories and offices, but also Pininfarina, Bertone and Giorgetto in Turin) and related insurance companies. GM also broke the commercial and production agreement with Fiat and decided to keep an important research base in Turin to test diesel engines.

Industry in Turin developed rapidly after World War II, especially automobile manufacturing. Now it is one of the largest industrial centers in Italy and a large modern enterprise. Italy's automobile city is also the largest automobile producing area in Europe, accounting for 90% of Italy's total output. The output of Fiat Auto Company ranks first in China. On the basis of cheap hydropower in the Alps, we will focus on developing technology-intensive industries, including engines, machine tools, electronics, electrical appliances, chemistry, bearings, airplanes, precision instruments, meters, and arms industries. Important weapons manufacturing centers in Italy and Germany during World War II. Electric furnace steelmaking industry is relatively developed. The nearby city of ivrea is the production center of typewriters and electronic computers. There are also important industries, such as rubber, paper making, leather and printing. The chocolate and various wines produced are also famous for a long time.