In recent decades, the location and natural resources of
Shunyi have made it ideal for development. The first comprehensive
economic investigation of Beijing found that the per capita
GDP of Shunyi had reached 3900 dollars, and that its economic
structure (agriculture:industry:tertiary sector) had changed from
24:44:32 (1996) to 10:57:33 (Shunyi Statistical Bureau, 2006).