China News Service, May 15. According to the National Bureau of Statistics website, the national economy continued to improve in April, and the main indicators showed positive changes.
The National Bureau of Statistics pointed out that in April, the whole country promoted the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development in a coordinated manner. The domestic epidemic prevention and control situation continued to consolidate. Work resumed and production resumed. Overall stability, new kinetic energy has grown against the trend, and economic activity has increased. The main indicators have continued to improve since March.
Industrial production changed from decreasing to increasing, and the growth rate of manufacturing industry rebounded obviously
In April, the added value of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 3.9% year-on-year, and fell by 1.1% in March; the chain increased by 2.27%. From January to April, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size fell by 4.9% year-on-year, which was 3.5 percentage points narrower than that from January to March. In April, by economic type, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 0.5%; joint-stock enterprises increased by 4.0%; foreign-invested, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-invested enterprises increased by 3.9%; and private enterprises increased by 7.0%. In terms of three categories, the added value of the mining industry increased by 0.3%; the manufacturing industry increased by 5.0%, down by 1.8% in March; and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 0.2%. High-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing are growing rapidly. In April, the added value of high-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing increased by 10.5% and 9.3% respectively, which was 6.6 and 5.4 percentage points faster than the above-scale industries. From the perspective of product output, the output of optical cables, excavation and earth shovel transportation machinery, integrated circuits, industrial robots, and microcomputer equipment increased by 43.8%, 40.8%, 29.2%, 26.6%, and 26.2% respectively year-on-year.
The decline in the service industry narrowed, and the modern service industry grew well
In April, the national service industry production index fell by 4.5% year-on-year, a decrease of 4.6 percentage points from March. From January to April, the service industry production index fell by 9.9% year-on-year, a decrease of 1.8 percentage points from January to March. In terms of major industries, in April, information transmission, software and information technology services, finance, and real estate grew by 5.2%, 4.4%, and 1.1% year-on-year, respectively; transportation, warehousing and postal services, wholesale and retail, accommodation and The catering industry decreased by 5.0%, 6.6%, and 33.7% year-on-year, respectively, and the declines were narrowed by 9.7, 8.1, and 15.4 percentage points from March. From January to March, the operating income of service enterprises above designated size decreased by 11.5% year-on-year, of which information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 4.0%. In April, the service industry business activity index was 52.1%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points from March. Business activity in most industries recovered steadily. In the 21 industries surveyed, the business activity index of 14 industries was higher than 50.0%. The service industry new orders index was 51.9%, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from March; the business activity expectations index was 59.2%, an increase of 2.4 percentage points.
Market sales have picked up, and the proportion of physical goods online retailing continues to increase
In April, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 2,871.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%, a decrease of 8.3 percentage points from March; a month-on-month increase of 0.32%. From January to April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 1,067.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 16.2%, and the decrease was 2.8 percentage points narrower than that of January-March. In April, according to the location of the operating unit, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,455.8 billion yuan, down 7.5% year-on-year; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 362 billion yuan, down 7.7%. By consumption type, catering revenue was 230.7 billion yuan, down 31.1%; merchandise retail was 2.5871 trillion yuan, down 4.6%. The basic living commodities grew rapidly. In April, among the retail sales of commodities above designated size, grain, oil, food and beverages increased by 18.2% and 12.9% year-on-year respectively. The sales of consumption-upgrading commodities improved. In April, communications equipment and cultural office supplies increased by 12.2% and 6.5%, respectively, an increase of 5.7 and 0.4 percentage points from March. Online retailing was relatively active. From January to April, the national online retail sales amounted to 3.0698 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%, and a decrease of 0.8% from January to March. Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 8.6%, which was 2.7 faster than that from January to March. Percentage point, accounting for 24.1% of total retail sales of consumer goods, an increase of 0.5 percentage point from January to March.
Investment in fixed assets improved, and the decline in investment in high-tech industries narrowed significantly
From January to April, national fixed asset investment (excluding farm households) was 13,482.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.3%, a decrease of 5.8 percentage points from January to March; April increased by 6.19% from the previous month. In terms of different fields, infrastructure investment fell by 11.8% year-on-year, manufacturing investment fell by 18.8%, and real estate development investment fell by 3.3%, which were 7.9, 6.4, and 4.4 percentage points narrower than those from January to March. The sales area of commercial housing nationwide was 339.73 million square meters, a decrease of 19.3%; the sales of commercial housing was 31866.3 billion yuan, a decrease of 18.6%, and the declines were 7.0 and 6.1 percentage points narrower than those in the first three months. In view of different industries, the investment in the primary industry decreased by 5.4%, the investment in the secondary industry decreased by 16.0%, and the investment in the tertiary industry decreased by 7.8%, which were narrowed by 8.4, 5.9, and 5.7 percentage points respectively from January to March. Investment in high-tech industries fell by 3.0%, a decrease of less than 7.3 percentage points of total investment, and a decrease of 9.1 percentage points from January to March. Among them, investment in high-tech manufacturing and high-tech service industries decreased by 3.6% and 1.7%, respectively. In the high-tech manufacturing industry, investment in computer and office equipment manufacturing increased by 15.4%. In the high-tech service industry, investment in scientific and technological achievement transformation services, e-commerce services, and professional technical services increased by 28.0%, 25.6%, and 12.5%, respectively. Investment in the social sector fell by 3.1%, 5.7 percentage points narrower than in January-March. Among them, the year-on-year growth rate of investment in the health and education sectors changed from negative to positive, increasing by 4.7% and 2.9% respectively.
The rise in consumer prices continued to fall, and the decline in factory producer prices expanded
In April, the national consumer price rose by 3.3% year-on-year, which was 1.0 percentage points lower than that of March; the month-on-month decrease was 0.9%. From January to April, national consumer prices rose by 4.5% year-on-year. In terms of categories, in April, food, tobacco and alcohol prices rose by 11.3% year-on-year, clothing fell by 0.4%, housing fell by 0.3%, household goods and services rose by 0.1%, transportation and communications fell by 4.9%, education, culture and entertainment rose by 2.0%, medical Health care rose 2.2%, and other supplies and services rose 4.8%. In the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol, food rose by 1.2%, fresh vegetables fell by 3.7%, pork increased by 96.9%, and fresh fruits dropped by 10.5%. After deducting food and energy prices, the core CPI rose 1.1%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from March.
In April, the producer prices of industrial producers nationwide fell by 3.1% year-on-year, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from March, and a decrease of 1.3% month-on-month. The purchase price of industrial producers fell by 3.8% year-on-year and by 2.3% month-on-month. From January to April, the ex-factory prices of industrial producers and the purchase prices of industrial producers fell by 1.2% and 1.5% year-on-year respectively.
The unemployment rate in urban surveys nationwide rose slightly, and the employment of major groups was generally stable
From January to April, 3.54 million jobs were added to cities and towns across the country, a decrease of 1.05 million compared with the same period last year. In April, the national unemployment rate in urban surveys was 6.0%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points from March. Among them, the unemployment rates of 16-24 year olds and 25-59 year olds were 13.8% and 5.5% respectively, which were 0.5% higher than March. 0.1 percentage point. The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 major cities and towns was 5.8%, an increase of 0.1 percentage point from March. In April, the average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country was 44.3 hours, 0.5 hours less than in March.
The year-on-year increase in exports of goods, the trade structure continues to optimize
In April, the total value of imports and exports of goods was 2,496.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.7%, which was a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from March. Among them, exports were 1407.4 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2%, a decrease of 3.5% in March; imports were 1089.2 billion yuan, a decrease of 10.2%. The balance of imports and exports, trade surplus of 318.1 billion yuan. From January to April, the total import and export of goods was 907.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 4.9%. Among them, exports were 473.5 billion yuan, down 6.4%; imports were 432.8 billion yuan, down 3.2%. The structure of trade methods continued to be optimized. From January to April, general trade imports and exports accounted for 59.8% of total imports and exports, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the same period last year. The import and export of private enterprises accounted for 43.2% of total imports and exports, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period last year.
The National Bureau of Statistics said that overall, the main economic indicators have improved in April, and China's economic operation is gradually recovering towards normalization. At the same time, it should be noted that the current overseas epidemic situation is still spreading and spreading, and the stable recovery of the domestic economy still faces many challenges.