China News Service, Beijing, February 28 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China issued the "Statistic Bulletin on National Economic and Social Development 2020" on the 28th.

Sheng Laiyun, deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained in the interpretation of the communiqué that according to the annual average exchange rate, China's total economic output in 2020 is expected to account for more than 17% of the world economy.

　　Sheng Laiyun stated that China's GDP in 2020 will reach 101.6 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 2.3% over the previous year, and it is the only major economy in the world that has achieved positive economic growth.

The economy has recovered and is at the forefront of the world. In the first quarter of the GDP, the growth rate changed from negative to positive by 3.2%, 4.9% in the third quarter, and 6.5% in the fourth quarter. The V-shaped curve has become the main force driving the recovery of the global economy.

　　The foundation of China's development has also continued to strengthen.

The new high-speed railway was put into operation throughout the year with a mileage of 2,521 kilometers, and the main frame of the “four vertical and four horizontal” high-speed railways was fully completed.

The newly rebuilt expressway has a mileage of 12,713 kilometers, and the newly-increased throughput capacity of the port's 10,000-ton-class berth is 30.56 million tons per year.

The large-scale commercial use of 5G was fully launched, and the national Internet penetration rate reached 70.4% at the end of the year. The annual mobile Internet user access traffic was 165.6 billion GB, an increase of 35.7% over the previous year.

　　At the same time, the "six stability" and "six guarantees" are powerful and effective, and the economic fundamentals are firmly consolidated.

　　It is solid and effective to ensure employment and basic people's livelihood.

11.86 million new jobs were created in urban areas throughout the year, exceeding the target set at the beginning of the year.

At the end of the year, the nationwide urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.2%, and the urban registered unemployment rate was 4.2%, both of which were lower than expected targets.

Consumer prices rose by an average of 2.5% throughout the year, which was lower than the expected target of around 3.5%.

The production of live pigs has gradually recovered, with 406.5 million heads in stock at the end of the year, an increase of 31% over the end of the previous year.

　　Food production reached a new high.

The annual grain output was 669.49 million tons, an increase of 0.9% over the previous year, and remained above 1.3 trillion catties for six consecutive years.

The vitality of market entities is continuously stimulated.

There were 25.02 million newly registered market entities throughout the year and an average of 22,000 newly registered enterprises per day. The total number of market entities reached 140 million at the end of the year.

Enterprise benefits recover quickly.

The annual profits of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 6451.6 billion yuan, an increase of 4.1% over the previous year.

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