Strong exports saw Shanghai's gross domestic product (GDP) expand by 11.1 percent to 912.5 billion yuan (114 billion dollars) in 2005, the official Xinhua news agency said.

In 2004, the city's GDP rose 13.5 percent to 744 billion yuan.

However, no adjustment for the city's 2004 figures have been officially released following a recent central government revaluation that added 284 billion dollars to the national economy.

China's most populous city saw exports total 91 billion US dollars, up 23.8 percent from 2004, as the city claimed it overtook Singapore to become the world's top cargo port in terms of throughput.

Imports made up 93.5 billion dollars, an increase of 8.1 percent, the report said.

Investment in major infrastructure projects, such as the Yangshan Deep Water port, totalled 354 billion yuan last year, a rise of 14.5 percent.

Shanghai's primary industries, including sectors such as cars, steel and construction, were worth 414 billion yuan, up 12.5 percent from 2004.

In a speech to the city's annual People's Congress this month, Mayor Han Zheng said he was targeting GDP growth of at least nine percent.

Han reiterated that he wanted to make Shanghai into one of the globe's pre-eminent financial, trade and shipping centres by 2010.

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