There are 362 enterprises altogether for state-owned enterprises, large and medium-sized enterprises and non-state owned enterprises with market income exceeding 5 million Yuan. The major industrial sectors are metallurgy, building materials, textile, chemical, electronics, machinery and food manufacturing.
Qinhuangdao has gained the reputation of “a Glass City”. The production ability of flat glass is 11.58 million cases. Yaohua Glass Group, which is well known in the world, has a history of nearly 70 years. the flat glass production is 1/10 of the total output in China. Its products are sold to more than 60 countries and regions.
Agriculture in Qinhuangdao spreads mainly in the four counties. The cultivated land accounts to 2.946 million Mu, which produces 88.1 million tons of a year. The main crops are corn, rice, sorghum and sweet potatoes. Peanut is the main oil-bearing crop. Livestock breeding mainly are pigs, oxen, sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks and geese. Aquatic products consist of three categories: sea fishing, seawater breeding and freshwater breeding. The village and township enterprises are under rapid development and thus has become the pillar of rural economics. In 1999 the city's over 50,000 township enterprises turned out a gross product of 20.3 billion Yuan.