Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 16 - Question: release warmth to positive growth - fluoroscopic epidemic "final exam" of the Chinese economy, "semi-annual report"
Xinhua News Agency reporter
July 16, the first day of the rush. At 9 o'clock in the morning, in front of the release hall of the State Council Office, dozens of media lined up to attend the press conference on the operation of the Chinese economy in the first half of the year.
At 10 o'clock, various Chinese and foreign media sent out the news as soon as possible-
From negative to positive! In the second quarter, the Chinese economy grew 3.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate jumped 10 percentage points from -6.8% in the first quarter.
Although China's economy still fell by 1.6% year-on-year in the first half of the year, in the context of the major economic contraction of the world's major economies, the brilliant performance of the Chinese economy has attracted global attention.
The heavy economic "semi-annual report" did not come easily. In the special year of the epidemic "big test", the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core made strategic planning and scientific decision-making, and the whole country was united to overcome difficulties and gather together to form a Chinese force that promotes sustained economic recovery.
This is the Jiqing High-speed Railway Hongdao Station under construction in Qingdao High-tech Zone, Shandong (photo taken on April 1, drone photo). Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng
Hold on! China's economy recovers steadily
"Good data" "exceeded expectations"... Mid-year economic data on the 16th screen refreshed many companies.
"Recently, there is a large demand for infrastructure. We can feel the economic vitality from the surge in our truck and engineering vehicle tire mold orders. The order of wind power components has not decreased but the workers have been working overtime." Zhang Gongyun, chairman of Shandong Haomai Group, told reporters .
This machinery manufacturing company that serves more than 20 world top 500 companies, such as GE and Siemens, and accounts for more than 30% of the global tire mold market share, actively responded to the epidemic in the first half of the year, focusing on improving product competitiveness, innovating R&D, adding 15% of orders, output value and profit Increased by 15% and 22% respectively, and increased investment by more than 500 million yuan to expand production capacity, recruiting more than 1,300 people...
The positive trend of Halma Group reflects the warmth of China's economic recovery under the "big test" of the epidemic.
On April 15, the construction personnel hoisted the box girder at the site of the 329 National Highway Smart Expressway project in Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Zongzhi
Looking back at the first half of the year, the Chinese economy has gone through a very extraordinary course.
Faced with the impact of the rare epidemic and the world economic recession, China’s economy fell by 6.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, and major indicators such as investment and consumption once fell by double digits. Many companies were hit hard and employment pressure increased...
However, in the second quarter, as the epidemic prevention situation continued to improve, the resumption of production and production, and the resumption of business and the resumption of the market accelerated, China's big rivers were moving up and down month by month.
In the eastern coastal areas, the economic operation of the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta has stabilized and rebounded, and the role of radiation has increased. The investment in the central region has rebounded significantly and the overall performance has been eye-catching. The main economic indicators of the western provinces have recovered faster than the national average.
"Under the effect of a series of policies, China's economic operation first fell and then rose and recovered steadily." At the press conference on the 16th, Liu Aihua, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics, gave such a judgment.
"Stable" and "new" are the keynotes of the "semi-annual report" of China's economy this year.
This is the "May 5th Shopping Festival" logo of a shopping mall on Huaihai Road in Shanghai (photo taken on May 5). On the evening of May 4th, Shanghai launched the first large-scale commercial promotion event, the "May 5th Shopping Festival", and many online new economic enterprises participated. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Yingshe
The main indicators are recovering growth, the economic market remains stable and inherent resilience-
In the first half of the year, the economy first fell and then rose. In June, the unemployment rate in the national urban survey was 5.7%, a slight decrease for two consecutive months. The consumer price increase was moderate, and the 3.8% increase in the first half fell 1.1 percentage points from the first quarter. Foreign exchange reserves Over US$3.1 trillion, the balance of payments is stable.
Domestic demand continues to pick up, production recovers faster, and emerging kinetic energy increases
In the second quarter, the total retail sales of social consumer goods decreased by 15.1 percentage points from the first quarter. The "618" promotion of multi-platform online shopping has accumulated more than one trillion yuan; the manufacturing PMI has stood on the line of prosperity for 4 consecutive months; cinemas in low-risk areas It will resume business orderly on July 20; new formats such as home office and online education will expand rapidly...
The staff commissioned the mask production equipment at Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group Co., Ltd. located in the Ningdong Energy Chemical Base (photo taken on March 17). Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang Pengshe
"The performance of the Chinese economy in the second quarter exceeded expectations." Reuters reported in the report on the 16th affirmed the steady recovery of the Chinese economy, saying that it benefited from a series of countermeasures issued by policymakers.
"The resilience of China's economy is reflected in its steady progress. In addition to its stable economic performance, it also lies in the strong support of a series of hedging risk measures." Liu Qiao, Dean of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, said that the current key is to implement "Six To stabilize the "six guarantees" policy is also the confidence of the Chinese economy to move forward in the second half of the year.
Go through the difficulties! "Six stability" and "six guarantees" consolidate development confidence
Order cancellations, backlogs of goods, port shutdowns... Lou Zhongping, chairman of Zhejiang Shuangtong Daily Necessities Co., Ltd., which specializes in straws, is also "a bit worried": "The overseas epidemic has a great impact, and orders have fallen sharply. Once the inventory is overflowing, Work may stop at any time."
Under the challenge, the only way to find a "new way": on the one hand, "turn around" to open up the domestic market, on the one hand, "transformation" into new areas. "Under the trend, we will not change the target of last year's annual growth of 20%." Talking about the future, Lou Zhongping's confidence will not diminish.
Enterprises are economic cells. The 125 million market players not only supported the fundamentals of the Chinese economy, but also provided hundreds of millions of jobs.
This is the construction site of the Zhuangjiang Cross-sea Bridge in Guangdong, taken on May 29 (drone photo). Xinhua News Agency reporter Lu Ye
Keeping the "green hill" will win the future.
Strengthen job stabilization and employment support, reduce taxes and fees by more than 2.5 trillion yuan throughout the year, and promote financial institutions to make reasonable profits of 1.5 trillion yuan to enterprises throughout the year, which affects transportation, catering, tourism and other industries that are greatly affected by the epidemic Enterprises give policy support... A series of policies focusing on "six stability" and "six guarantees" have been intensively introduced to solve the difficulties for market players.
"If it weren't for the policy, the shop might not be seen today!" said Zhang Ping, a manager of a Spanish restaurant in Shanghai. The epidemic caused the restaurant to be closed for a while. "During the epidemic, the value-added tax for the catering service industry was'zeroed'. By May, the tax was exempted from 53,000 yuan. In addition to the rent reduction and exemption from the landlord, we regained our vitality."
Faced with the impact of the epidemic, some enterprises struggled to save themselves, and some companies looked for "opportunities" in "crisis", like tough grasses. They struggled to cope with it. It is the Chinese economy that is nurturing new opportunities in the crisis and opening up new situations in a changing situation. Vivid footnotes.
In this response, the "fast forward button" was pressed for the development of the digital economy-
Online education, "virtual" industrial park, "unmanned economy"...On the 15th, 13 departments such as the National Development and Reform Commission showed hard measures to support the development of 15 new formats and new models, and started a new engine for the digital economy.
On June 15th, the marketing staff of Jifa Group, Jimo District, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, introduced clothing products exported to overseas markets through the Canton Fair live broadcast platform. The 127th Canton Fair kicked off on June 15. This is the first time that the Canton Fair has moved to the "cloud" as a whole. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Liang Xiaopeng)
In this kind of response, a batch of new professions stand out-
On June 20, the builders were constructing at the construction site of the Yellow River Bridge in Mengzhou, Henan. Xinhua News Agency reporter Hao Yuanshe
Online learning service technicians, live broadcast sales staff, epidemic prevention staff, grid staff... Under the changing circumstances, new occupations and new types of work continue to emerge, resonating with the new demands of the times, reflecting the huge potential of the Chinese economy.
"As the world's second largest economy, China has a huge domestic market demand and a perfect industrial chain, which will provide a solid foundation for China's economic development." Siemens Hermann, President and CEO of Greater China said.
Fight hard! Rely on reform and start a new situation
Under the impact, we will strengthen our confidence in development, and we must retain a clear mind during the recovery.
In the "second half" of 2020, the Chinese economy still faces many uncertainties.
Looking at the international situation, external risk challenges have increased significantly-
The global epidemic is still spreading rapidly, and the world economy is in a deep recession. Major international organizations have lowered their global economic growth forecasts. The World Bank predicts that the global economy will decline by 5.2% this year, which is "the worst economic recession since World War II."
Villagers in Jianxi Village, Huquan Town, Guangling County, Shanxi Province weave crafts in the poverty alleviation workshop (photographed on March 13). Xinhua News Agency reporter Cao Yangshe
Looking at the country, the basis for the continued economic recovery is not yet stable--
Although the economic growth rate in the second quarter turned positive, the year-on-year growth in the first half of the year was still negative. The recovery pressure in some industries is greater. There is still a "temperature difference" between the supply and demand sides. Small enterprises have greater difficulties in production and operation, and employment pressure is still very prominent.
"Some indicators are still declining, and the loss from the impact of the epidemic needs to be compensated." Liu Aihua said that it will take hard work to push China's economy back to normal.
2020 is the year of building a well-off society in an all-round way and ending the 13th Five-Year Plan. It is also the year of a decisive battle against poverty. Superimposing the influence of uncertain factors such as the epidemic situation and fighting the hard battle in the "second half" can not be tolerated.
At extraordinary times, do your best.
The more difficulties we face, the more we need the impetus for reform.
In midsummer, the ground heat wave in Qiongzhou surged.
A few days ago, the opening ceremony of the second batch of construction projects in Hainan Free Trade Port was held simultaneously in 18 cities, counties (districts) in Hainan. 121 projects with a total investment of 28.1 billion yuan covered areas such as infrastructure upgrading and public services. Industrial projects were launched quickly, and the construction of free trade ports was further advanced.
From the construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port to the Canton Fair for the first time, the overall move to the "cloud", and then the release of the 2020 version of the negative list of foreign investment access, faced with the impact of the epidemic, some measures are intensively deployed, China's determination to deepen reform and opening up is unwavering.
On April 13th, Ma Zihan, a student of Beijing Chaoyang Normal School Affiliated Primary School (Xibahe Campus), attended the school's Monday theme class at home. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong photo
This is the scene of the commencement ceremony of the construction project of the Hainan Free Trade Port (the second batch) taken on July 13 (photograph of drone). Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Chengshe
"The fundamentals of China's long-term economic growth have not changed, nor will they change." Chairman Xi Jinping wrote to the member representatives of the "Global CEO Committee" on July 15 that we will continue to deepen reform, expand opening up, and fully implement " The major policy measures of "Six Stability" and "Six Guarantees" provide a more complete business environment for the investment and development of Chinese and foreign enterprises, and open up new opportunities and new prospects.
Conform to the expectations of the people, gather forces from all sides, and continually gather positive energy for a decisive victory over a comprehensive well-off society and a decisive battle against poverty.
Over the past few days, dozens of workers are sorting and packaging tens of thousands of produced gloves in a poverty alleviation workshop in Angu Village, Xinshui Town, Daning County, Shanxi Province. Soon after, these gloves will be exported abroad.
"I really didn't expect that the government could build the factory on the doorstep. I could walk to the factory a few steps away from the left-behind women to a fixed-income worker," said Ma Fangai, a poor household.
At present, Shanxi Province has identified 968 poverty alleviation workshops, absorbing more than 20,000 poor laborers to increase employment income in the near future, and play the role of "training one person, employment one person, and poverty alleviation household".
A well-off society in an all-round way is a well-off society with comprehensive development. At present, there are 52 poverty-stricken counties and 2707 poverty-stricken villages not listed. The closer to the final victory, the more it is necessary to gather forces from all sides, concentrate on development, and fight as aggressively as possible.
On April 14, the staff of Jiangsu (Gaoyou) Jinfeida Power Tools Co., Ltd. worked in the gear and tooth shaft machining workshop. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Boshe
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