China News Service, September 15th. The National Bureau of Statistics released data on the 15th, showing that in August, all regions and departments scientifically coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. Production demand continued to rise, employment prices were generally stable, and development momentum was further enhanced. Economic operations continued to recover steadily.

Among them, from January to August, the national industrial added value above designated size increased by 0.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate turned from negative to positive; the total retail sales of consumer goods in August was 3,357.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%, and the growth rate turned from negative to positive for the first time this year.

Data map: Beijing residents purchase in supermarkets.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

1. The recovery of industrial production has accelerated, and the cumulative growth rate has turned from negative to positive

　　In August, the added value of the industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide increased by 5.6% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.8 percentage points faster than that in July; the month-on-month increase was 1.02%.

From January to August, the value-added of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 0.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate turned from negative to positive.

In August, in terms of economic types, the value added of state-owned holding companies increased by 5.2% year-on-year; joint-stock companies increased by 5.8%, foreign, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested companies increased by 5.3%; private companies increased by 5.7%.

Divided into three categories, the value added of the mining industry increased by 1.6% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 6.0%, and the electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 5.8%.

In August, the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry and high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 10.8% and 7.6% respectively year-on-year, which was 5.2 and 2.0 percentage points faster than that of the above-scale industries.

In terms of product output, the output of mining, shoveling and transporting machinery, industrial robots, smart phones, integrated circuits, and microcomputer equipment increased by 34.1%, 32.5%, 12.1%, 12.1%, and 12.0% respectively.

　　From January to July, the national industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a total profit of 312.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.1%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 4.7 percentage points from January to June. In July, the total profit achieved by industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 19.6% year-on-year. The speed was 8.1 percentage points faster than in June.

2. Production of the service industry has grown steadily, and the life service industry has continued to pick up

　　In August, the national service industry production index increased by 4.0% year-on-year, an increase of 0.5% from July.

From January to August, the service industry production index fell by 3.6% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 1.1 percentage points from January to July.

In terms of major industries, in August, the production indexes of information transmission, software and information technology services, real estate, transportation, warehousing and postal industries increased by 13.8%, 9.4%, and 3.3% year-on-year, respectively, which were 0.1 and 1.6% faster than in July. , 1.2 percentage points.

In August, the service industry business activity index was 54.3%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from July.

In terms of industry, the business activity index of transportation, telecommunications and other industries has been above 60.0% for 4 consecutive months; the accommodation, catering, culture, sports and entertainment industries are showing signs of recovery, and the business activity index is higher than 57.0%; leasing and business services business The activity index rose to more than 50.0%.

　　From January to July, the operating income of service industry enterprises above designated size fell by 3.8% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.9 percentage points from January to June. Among them, the operating income of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 10.3%.

3. Market sales turned from decline to rise, and online sales continued to increase

　　In August, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 3,357.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.5%, and the growth rate changed from negative to positive for the first time in the year; a month-on-month increase of 1.25%.

From January to August, the total retail sales of consumer goods totaled 2,38029 trillion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 8.6%, and the rate of decline narrowed 1.3 percentage points from January to July.

In August, according to the location of the business unit, the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 2,927.3 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5% year-on-year; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 429.8 billion yuan, an increase of 0.7%.

In terms of consumption types, catering revenue was 361.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 7.0%; retail sales of goods was 29951 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5%.

The sales of upgraded consumer goods grew rapidly.

In August, communications equipment, cosmetics, gold, silver and jewelry, and automotive commodities increased by 25.1%, 19.0%, 15.3%, and 11.8% respectively.

Online retail continues to increase.

From January to August, the national online retail sales amounted to 7032.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, 0.5 percentage points higher than that from January to July; of which, the online retail sales of physical goods increased by 15.8%, 0.1 percentage points higher than that from January to July, accounting for The proportion of total retail sales of consumer goods was 24.6%.

4. The decline in fixed asset investment has significantly narrowed, and the investment structure continues to be optimized

　　From January to August, the national investment in fixed assets (excluding rural households) fell by 0.3% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 1.3 percentage points from January to July; the month-on-month increase in August was 4.18%.

In terms of sectors, infrastructure investment fell by 0.3% year-on-year, manufacturing investment fell by 8.1%, and the rate of decline was 0.7 and 2.1 percentage points smaller than that in the first seven months; real estate development investment increased by 4.6%, 1.2 percentage points faster than that in the first seven months .

The sales area of ​​commercial housing nationwide was 9.8486 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 3.3%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 2.5 percentage points from January to July.

In terms of industries, investment in the primary industry increased by 11.5% year-on-year, 3.8 percentage points faster than that from January to July; investment in the secondary industry fell by 4.8%, and the rate of decline narrowed by 2.6 percentage points from January to July; investment in the tertiary industry increased by 1.4% , Which was 0.6 percentage points faster than that from January to July.

Investment in high-tech industries increased by 8.2%, 0.2 percentage points faster than that from January to July; among them, investment in high-tech manufacturing and high-tech service industries increased by 8.8% and 7.2% respectively.

In the high-tech manufacturing industry, the investment in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and the electronics and communication equipment manufacturing industry increased by 18.3% and 7.8% respectively; in the high-tech service industry, the investment in the e-commerce service industry and the technology achievement transformation service industry increased by 29.7% and 18.2% respectively.

Investment in the social sector increased by 8.1%, of which investment in health and education increased by 17.7% and 11.8% respectively.

From January to August, the planned total investment in newly-started projects increased by 12.1% year-on-year, and the funds in place increased by 3.7%.

5. Import and export of goods maintained growth, and trade structure adjustment and optimization

　　In August, the total value of imports and exports of goods was 2883.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%.

Among them, exports were 1,650.2 billion yuan, an increase of 11.6%; imports were 1,233.6 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.5%.

The import and export balance, the trade surplus was 416.6 billion yuan.

From January to August, the total value of imports and exports of goods was 20,488.8 billion yuan, down 0.6% year-on-year.

Among them, exports were 11,488.3 billion yuan, an increase of 0.8%, and the cumulative growth rate during the year achieved positive growth for the first time; imports were 900.5 billion yuan, a decrease of 2.3%.

Trade methods continue to adjust.

Exports of high-tech products and mechanical and electrical products increased by 5.5% and 2.1% respectively.

General trade imports and exports accounted for 60.3% of total imports and exports, an increase of 0.7% over the same period last year.

The import and export of private enterprises accounted for 45.9% of the total import and export volume, an increase of 3.9% over the same period last year.

6. The urban surveyed unemployment rate dropped slightly, and the employment situation was generally stable

　　From January to August, 7.81 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, a decrease of 2.03 million compared with the same period last year.

In August, the nationwide surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas was 5.6%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from the previous month; among them, the surveyed unemployment rate for the 25-59 age group was 4.8%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from July.

The urban survey unemployment rate in 31 major cities was 5.7%, a decrease of 0.1% from July.

In August, the average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises nationwide was 46.8 hours, the same as in July.

7. The growth rate of consumer prices dropped, and the decline rate of factory prices for industrial producers continued to narrow

　　In August, the national consumer prices rose by 2.4% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points lower than that in July, and 0.4% month-on-month.

From January to August, the national consumer prices rose by 3.5% year-on-year, which was 0.2 percentage points lower than that from January to July.

In terms of categories, in August, food, tobacco and alcohol prices rose by 8.8% year-on-year, clothing fell by 0.5%, housing fell by 0.7%, daily necessities and services fell by 0.1%, transportation and communications fell by 3.9%, education, culture, and entertainment prices were flat, and health care Increased 1.5%, and other supplies and services rose 6.1%.

In food, tobacco and alcohol prices, pork rose by 52.6%, fresh vegetables rose by 11.7%, grain rose by 1.5%, and fresh fruit fell by 19.8%.

After deducting food and energy prices, the core CPI rose 0.5%, the same as in July.

　　In August, the national factory prices for industrial producers fell by 2.0% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.4 percentage points from July; it rose by 0.3% month-on-month.

The purchase price of industrial producers fell by 2.5% year-on-year, and the rate of decline narrowed by 0.8 percentage points from July; it rose by 0.6% month-on-month.

From January to August, the national factory price of industrial producers and the purchase price of industrial producers dropped by 2.0% and 2.7% respectively.

8. Stable financial operations and enhanced market confidence

　　At the end of August, the stock of social financing was 277 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%; among them, the balance of RMB loans to the real economy was 166 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.3%.

The balance of broad money (M2) was 214 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%; the balance of narrow money (M1) was 60 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.0%, and the growth rate was 1.1 percentage points higher than the end of July; the balance of money in circulation (M0) was 80,000 Billion yuan, an increase of 9.4%.

At the end of August, the balance of RMB loans was 167 trillion yuan, an increase of 13.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate remained the same as at the end of July.

In August, RMB loans increased by 1.28 trillion yuan, an increase of 69.4 billion yuan year-on-year.

　　In August, the composite PMI output index was 54.5%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points from July.

Among them, the manufacturing purchasing manager index is 51.0%, and the non-manufacturing business activity index is 55.2%, both of which have been above the threshold for 6 consecutive months.