The data witnessed the economic highlights in the first quarter and ran out of high-quality development "acceleration" in many fields.
CCTV News:The Press Office of the State Council held a press conference today (April 16th), and the relevant person in charge of the National Bureau of Statistics released the main data of the national economy in the first quarter. Judging from the core indicators, China’s economy continued to pick up and made a good start. According to preliminary accounting, in the first quarter of this year, the GDP was 29,629.9 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 5.3% at constant prices. In terms of industries, the added value of the primary industry was 1,153.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%; The added value of the secondary industry was 10,984.6 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 17,491.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0%.
The economic growth rate of 5.3% is both realistic and supportive.
Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said at today’s press conference that the GDP in the first quarter increased by 5.3% year-on-year, which is both realistic and well supported.
Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that a year-on-year GDP growth of 5.3% was realistic. From the perspective of accounting, it is mainly driven by the recovery of industry and the improvement of service industry.
In the first quarter, the industrial added value increased by 6.1% year-on-year, which was significantly higher than the same period of last year and the fourth quarter. According to preliminary calculation, the contribution rate to GDP growth is 37.3%, which has boosted GDP growth by nearly two points. From the service industry, the service industry maintained a good development trend in the first quarter, contributing 55.7% to economic growth. The contribution of industry and service industry to GDP growth exceeds 90%.
At the same time, GDP growth of 5.3% year-on-year is still supported.
In addition, the growth of physical quantity index also matches the GDP growth. In the first quarter, the electricity consumption of the whole society increased by 9.6%, the freight volume increased by 5.3%, the port cargo throughput increased by 6.1%, and the broad money (M2) balance increased by 8.3% at the end of March.
Total demand picks up, and residents’ prices are expected to maintain a moderate rebound.
Sheng Laiyun said that in the long run, the economy continues to improve, total demand is picking up, and residents’ prices are expected to pick up moderately.
When talking about the trend of consumer prices in the first quarter, Sheng Laiyun introduced that the consumer price index in March increased by 0.1% year-on-year, down 0.6 percentage points from the previous month’s increase, mainly due to the seasonal decline in prices after the Spring Festival, and the prices of services such as food and tourism dropped significantly.
But on the whole, from a quarterly perspective, the consumer price index is generally stable. After deducting energy and food prices, the core CPI index is 0.7%, which is basically the same as that in the fourth quarter of last year.
Sheng Laiyun said that from the future trend, consumer prices will slowly pick up at a low level. On the one hand, the economy continues to improve and the total demand is picking up, which is a very important fundamental factor to support the CPI recovery. In addition, the prices of some agricultural products have also reached the inflection point of price adjustment, such as the price of live pigs. In addition, the next holiday consumption, including the "May Day" festival, will continue to drive the tourism-related travel consumer prices to pick up.
The upward trend of industrial economy will continue.
Sheng Laiyun also introduced that under the influence of various factors, the industry recovered well in the first quarter, and from the perspective of the development of the post-trend, the industrial economy will continue to rebound to a good trend.
Sheng Laiyun introduced that the industry recovered well in the first quarter, first of all, it was promoted by policies, and the confidence of enterprise development was increasing. In March, the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) of manufacturing industry was 50.8%, up 1.7 percentage points from the previous month, among which the PMI of large, medium and small enterprises was above the critical value of 50%.
At the same time, there were positive changes in both internal and external demand in the first quarter. Exports in the first quarter were better than expected. export delivery value’s industrial products registered a positive 0.8% in the first quarter of this year, up 3 percentage points from the fourth quarter of last year. From the perspective of domestic demand, the added value of consumer goods in the first quarter of this year increased by 4.2% year-on-year, rising by more than 4 percentage points. In addition, the industrial recovery is also related to the promotion of some recent policies.
Sheng Laiyun said that from the perspective of the post-trend, several reasons that support the industrial recovery will continue to play a role in the future, so comprehensive judgment shows that the industrial economy will continue to recover.
In the first quarter, the number of passengers sent by national railways exceeded 1 billion.
The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. today that in the first quarter, the national railways sent 1.014 billion passengers, with an average of 11.147 million passengers per day, up 28.5% year-on-year, and many passenger transport indicators reached the best level in history.
In the first quarter, the national railways operated an average of 10,486 passenger trains every day, up 15.5% year-on-year. During the peak hours of passenger flow such as Spring Festival travel rush and New Year’s Day holiday, according to the data of pre-sale and standby ticket purchase of 12,306 tickets, the railway adopted the methods of adding temporary passenger trains, reconnecting emus, adding ordinary passenger trains, etc., and timely added passenger trains in popular areas, directions and time periods to meet the travel needs of passengers to the greatest extent. The number of passengers sent by Spring Festival travel rush reached 480 million, a record high.
In addition, in the first quarter, the 12306 ticketing system was upgraded and expanded, the standby ticketing function was optimized, and new functions such as pre-filling of ticketing information, notification of starting sales subscription, and reservation of ticketing area for student workers were introduced. The maximum number of tickets sold per day was 20.916 million, and the maximum number of views was 89.83 billion.
In view of the peak passenger flow during the upcoming May 1 ST and Dragon Boat Festival holidays in the second quarter, the railway side indicated that it would pay close attention to the changes of passenger flow, dynamically optimize the supply of passenger products, and expand the scope and range of fare concessions.
In the first quarter, the passenger and cargo traffic of civil aviation reached a new high in the same period.
According to the latest data released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, in the first quarter of this year, the production of civil aviation transportation started well, and the passenger traffic and cargo and mail traffic both reached the highest value in the first quarter of the previous year. In terms of passenger transport, the passenger transport volume in the first quarter was close to 180 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 37.7%; In terms of freight transportation, a total of 2.007 million tons of cargo and mail transportation were completed in the first quarter, up 34.4% year-on-year.
29,000 enterprises participated in the 135th Canton Fair.
The 135th China Import and Export Fair was held in Guangzhou on April 15th. The number of overseas buyers attending the offline meeting has reached 60,178, from 205 countries and regions around the world, with an increase of 18.5% over the same period of last year.
This year’s Canton Fair will hold offline exhibitions in three phases from April 15th to May 5th. The total exhibition area is 1.55 million square meters, the total number of booths is about 74,000, and there are 29,000 exhibitors, and the number of exhibitors has reached a new high. With the theme of "advanced manufacturing", the first exhibition focused on new products in the fields of electronic home appliances, new energy vehicles and smart travel. More than half of the exhibitors in this Canton Fair have transformed their production and operation by applying digital technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data analysis, and improved the quality and competitiveness of their products with new quality productivity.
In addition, there are 197 enterprises from 30 countries and regions participating in the first import exhibition of the Canton Fair, of which the "Belt and Road" joint national enterprises account for about 74%. This year’s Canton Fair also set up a cross-border e-commerce and overseas warehouse exhibition area for the first time, with a total of 158 enterprises participating. On the first day of the opening ceremony, overseas buyers attended the meeting enthusiastically.