China News Service, April 9 (Xinhua) According to the website of the China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, production accelerated after the Spring Festival and the policy combination continued to be effective after the "Two Sessions". The momentum of economic recovery continued to increase, the production and operation of enterprises continued to improve, and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises The index is back up again. The development index of small and medium-sized enterprises in the first quarter was 89.3, an increase of 0.2 points from the previous quarter, higher than the same period in 2022, and the same as the same period in 2023, but still below the prosperity threshold of 100. Among them, the sub-industry index rose by 3, flat by 4 and fell by 4, and the sub-indices rose across the board. In March, the small and medium-sized enterprise development index was 89.3, an increase of 0.2 points from the previous month.
Image source: China Small and Medium Enterprises Association website
The pace of resumption of work and production of enterprises has accelerated, and the operating rate of small and medium-sized enterprises increased significantly in the first quarter. A survey of the operating rates of sample enterprises showed that at the end of March, 47.5% of enterprises were fully operational, an increase of 15.1 percentage points from the end of last year; 11.4% of enterprises had an operating rate between 75% and 100%, a decrease of 1.7 percentage points; Those with an operating rate between 50% and 75% accounted for 17.7%, a decrease of 3.8 percentage points; those with an operating rate less than 50% accounted for 15.1%, a decrease of 7.3 percentage points; those that had not started operating accounted for 8.2%, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points.
The sub-industry indexes rose by 3, flat by 1 and fell by 4. In the first quarter, the industry, real estate and information transmission computer service and software industry indexes increased by 0.4, 0.1 and 0.3 points respectively from the previous quarter. The wholesale and retail industry index remained unchanged. The construction industry, transportation, postal and warehousing industry, social service industry and accommodation and catering industry indexes They dropped by 0.2, 0.1, 0.3 and 0.2 points respectively from the previous quarter, and the social service industry index dropped significantly. The eight sub-industry indices are all below the critical value of 100.
Index status by industry
Sub-indices rose across the board. In the first quarter, the macroeconomic feeling index, comprehensive operating index, market index, cost index, capital index, labor index, input index and benefit index all stopped falling and rebounded, rising by 0.2, 0.2, 0.3, 0.1, 0.3, 0.1, and 0.2 respectively from the previous quarter. and 0.1 points. The capital index and labor index are above the prosperity threshold of 100, the macroeconomic feeling index, comprehensive operating index, market index, input index and benefit index are all below the prosperity threshold of 100, and the benefit index has always been at its lowest level.
Sub-index status
In terms of regions, in the first quarter, the development index of small and medium-sized enterprises in the eastern, central, western and northeastern regions were 90.0, 90.0, 88.1 and 81.0 respectively. The indexes in the eastern, central and western regions increased by 0.3, 0.1 and 0.3 points respectively from the previous quarter. The index in the northeastern region increased by 0.3, 0.1 and 0.3 points respectively from the previous quarter. flat.