China News Service Nanchang, April 21 (Li Yunhan) On the 21st, the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics released the economic performance of Jiangxi in the first quarter. In the first quarter, the GDP of Jiangxi was 534.34 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%. At the same time, the recovery of industrial production in the province has accelerated and foreign trade has grown against the trend.
Zeng Yongsheng, a member of the Party Leadership Group and chief statistician of the Jiangxi Provincial Statistics Bureau, said that the current situation of Jiangxi's epidemic prevention and control continues to improve, important progress has been made in resuming production and production, and the order of economic and social operations has accelerated. Mainly reflected in the basically stable agricultural production, the accelerated recovery of industrial production, the obvious rebound in investment, the gradual recovery of the consumer market, the contrarian growth of foreign trade, the decline in the growth of fiscal revenue and expenditure, the rapid growth of financial deposits and loans, the overall stable price index, and employment income 9 aspects including overall stability.
According to the unified accounting results of regional GDP, the gross value of Jiangxi in the first quarter was 534.34 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 3.8%. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 34.45 billion yuan, down 0.5% year-on-year; the added value of the second industry was 219.93 billion yuan, down 6.7% year-on-year; the added value of the tertiary industry was 279.97 billion yuan, down 1.2% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, the added value of industries above designated size in Jiangxi was calculated at comparable prices, a year-on-year decrease of 6.1%, and the rate of decrease narrowed by 8.3 percentage points from January to February. Among the 38 major industries, the decline in 35 value added narrowed, accounting for 92.1%. Among them, the manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment, the production and supply of water, and the manufacturing of chemical fiber have achieved growth, respectively increasing by 24.1%, 1.8%, and 1.4%.
In terms of foreign trade, the total value of Jiangxi ’s foreign trade imports and exports in the first quarter was 86.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. Among them, exports were 59.27 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6%; imports were 26.91 billion yuan, an increase of 26.1%, respectively higher than China's average level of 23.0 and 26.8 percentage points. Among exports, Jiangxi exported 12.55 billion yuan to ASEAN, an increase of 12.2%; exports to the United States 8.12 billion yuan, an increase of 17.4%; exports to the EU 7.03 billion yuan, a decrease of 7.2%.
According to statistics, in the first quarter, Jiangxi's fixed asset investment fell by 4.3% year-on-year, a decrease of 13.2 percentage points from January to February. Among them, the investment in the primary industry increased by 40.5%, the investment in the secondary industry decreased by 7.1%, and the investment in the tertiary industry decreased by 3.3%.
The data shows that in the first quarter, Jiangxi's total fiscal revenue was 118.51 billion yuan, a decrease of 4.5%, an increase of 14.1 percentage points year-on-year; general public budget expenditure was 167.96 billion yuan, a decrease of 5.1%, an increase of 17.6 percentage points year-on-year.
Zeng Yongsheng believed that in the first quarter, the new coronary pneumonia epidemic had a big impact on the economy of Jiangxi. The short-term impact has already appeared, but the long-term economic fundamentals have not changed. With Jiangxi's overall efforts to promote epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development efforts, the effects of policies continue to appear, the pace of resumption of production and production of enterprises has accelerated, and the people's living order has become increasingly normal.