China News Agency, Beijing, May 15 (Reporter Pang Wuji) As the "two wheels" to boost domestic demand, in April, China's fixed asset investment and social consumer goods retailing indicators have continued to pick up, the cumulative growth rate in the first four months There has also been a narrowing of declines.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China on the 15th shows that in April, China's total retail sales of consumer goods fell by 7.5% year-on-year, and the decline was narrowed by 8.3 percentage points from March. From January to April, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 10.658 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year decrease of 16.2%, a decrease of 2.8 percentage points from January to March.
In April, the consumption structure showed three major characteristics: basic life commodities grew rapidly. Among the retail sales of units above designated size in the month, grains, oils, foods and beverages increased by 18.2% and 12.9% year-on-year respectively; Momentum, including communications equipment, cultural and office supplies, maintained double-digit growth; sales of some important commodities picked up, such as: automobile sales remained flat in April.
From the perspective of investment data, from January to April, national fixed asset investment (excluding farmers) was 13,682.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.3%, and the decrease was 5.8 percentage points narrower than that of January-March.
In terms of different fields, investment in infrastructure fell by 11.8% year-on-year, investment in manufacturing fell by 18.8%, and investment in real estate development fell by 3.3%, which were 7.9, 6.4, and 4.4 percentage points narrower than those in January-March.
Liu Aihua, director of the Department of Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economy and spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics, pointed out that the current strategy of expanding domestic demand should be adhered to when there are relatively large uncertainties in external demand. In terms of consumption, we must continue to promote online consumption to maintain growth, and at the same time, actively promote offline consumption to make up for it as soon as possible.
Judging from the main investment indicators, there are currently signs of improvement, and many investment activities are improving. The next step will be to strengthen the construction of public health governance capabilities and increase the level of the industrial chain around the shortcomings exposed by the epidemic. To enhance the foundation of industrial development and better play the key role of investment. (Finish)