China News Service, Guiyang, April 20 (Reporter Liu Peng) Affected by the New Coronary Pneumonia Outbreak, the GDP of Guizhou Province fell by 1.9% in the first quarter of 2020. Although the economic growth rate was negative, the ranking remained at the forefront since 2011 Since the beginning of the year, Guizhou's economic growth rate has been at the forefront of China for 37 consecutive quarters.
The reporter learned the above information from the press conference of the main statistical data for the first quarter of 2020 in Guizhou Province on April 20.
In the first quarter of 2020, the GDP of Guizhou region was 370.404 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a decrease of 1.9% compared with the same period in 2019, which is one of the smallest in China's provinces. In the face of the impact of the epidemic, Guizhou achieved a strong economic recovery, effectively stabilizing the basic plate of economic development.
Xiao Yunhui, director of the Guizhou Statistics Bureau, said that on the one hand, Guizhou has coordinated the promotion of epidemic prevention and control, poverty alleviation, and economic and social development. It has issued 15 articles to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, 17 articles to support the service market, and the prevention and control of financial services. A series of targeted measures, such as Article 20 of Economic and Social Development, support enterprises to overcome difficulties in production and operation, labor employment, financing services, tax relief, etc., creating favorable conditions for enterprises to resume production and economic recovery. On the other hand, Guizhou's endogenous power has been significantly enhanced, and its ability to resist risks has greatly improved. In recent years, the transportation conditions in Guizhou have undergone tremendous changes, opening up the obstruction of open development; the continuous cultivation and extension of the industrial chain has enhanced the overall market competitiveness of the real economy; the rapid development of the big data industry has expanded the space for economic transformation and upgrading; industry The cultivation has achieved remarkable results, the agricultural industry revolution has advanced in depth, and the industry ’s top 100 billion-level industry revitalization actions and the “Double Thousand Project” have continued to work.
Although the impact of the epidemic's economic development is greater, there are huge opportunities in the crisis. Xiao Yunhui believes that the epidemic has a serious impact on the global industrial chain. This is a major opportunity for Guizhou to turn crises into opportunities and promote the clustering development of the industrial chain. At the same time, in response to the outbreak of the epidemic and the rapid development of many new industries and new formats, consumption patterns represented by online shopping, sharing platforms, remote offices, and online education have risen against the trend of the epidemic and maintained rapid growth. In the first quarter, the retail sales of online goods of enterprises (units) above designated size in Guizhou increased by 44.4%.
Statistics from the Guizhou Provincial Health Commission show that as of 24:00 on April 19, Guizhou has reported a total of 146 local confirmed cases, 1 imported case, and a total of 145 discharged cases and 2 dead cases. At present, the order of production and life in Guizhou has been fully restored, and the work of starting classes and resuming classes is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Xiao Yunhui said that the current international epidemic situation continues to spread, the external instability and uncertainty of Guizhou's economic development have increased significantly, and the downward pressure on the economy has further increased. Guizhou will accelerate the full recovery of the production and living order in the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, adhere to the overall tone of steady progress, fully stimulate the vitality potential of market players, promote enterprises to reach full capacity and reach production, and accelerate economic growth. (Finish)