Since the "Tenth Five-Year Plan"，Shunyi District has been grasping the historic opportunities of China's entry into the WTO and Beijing's preparations for the Olympics, carrying out the development strategy of IT industrialization, paying special attention to construction of the operational mechanism characterized by internationalization of the air port, spreading of the international atmosphere of the air port into the whole district, and amalgamation of all sectors in development, so, by optimizing the regional development environment, attracting investors as many as possible, expanding the economic gross amount, and optimizing the economic structure, the comprehensive economic strength of the whole district has been enhanced markedly. Especially, as a result of great efforts of many years, the air port hi-tech industry community based on the Airport Industrious Zone and Beijing Tianzhu Export Processing Zone, the modern manufacturing industry community based on Linhe Industrial Zone and Beijing Auto Production Base, the urban-typed beverage and foodstuff industry community represented by some famous enterprises such as Yanjing, Huiyuan, Kunpeng, etc., the modern service industry community based on Airport Logistics Base, Chaobai River Tourist Industry Belt and Wenyu River Green Ecologic Corridor, and the modern agricultural industry community represented by the demonstration area of "Three Highs", have been developing very fast, already becoming the supporting forces for the economic growth of the whole district.

In 2003，the whole district realized a GDP of RMB 18.3 billion，increasing by 37.8% over the last year, its per capita gross domestic product reached 4000 U.S. dollars，and its ratio of the three industries (first, secondary and tertiary industries) reached 12.5：55.6：31.9.Therein：The first industry realized an added value of RMB 2.29 billion，with an increase rate of 4.7% from the last year；The secondary industry realized an added value of RMB 10.19 billion，with an increase rate of 76.6% from the last year: therein, the added value of industry was RMB 8.92 billion，with an increase rate of 84.3% from the last year；The tertiary industry realized an added value of RMB 5.83 billion，with an increase rate of 9.4% from the last year. The whole district's income from fiscal levy was RMB 3.39 billion，with an increase rate of 44.2% from the last year. The income from local public finance was RMB 0.86 billion，with an increase rate of 37.2% from the last year. The fiscal expenditure was RMB 2.06 billion，with an increase rate of 25.9% from the last year. Various kinds of taxes amounted to RMB 3.28 billion，with an increase rate of 52.5% from the last year. Therein, state tax amounted to RMB 2.13 billion，with an increase rate of 72.9% from the last year；The tax on land amounted to RMB 1.15 billion，with an increase rate of 25% from the last year.