China News Service, Hangzhou, July 27 (Reporter Huang Hui, Huang Lingyi) On the 27th, a press conference on Zhejiang's economic operation in the first half of 2021 was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

The reporter was informed on the spot that according to the unified calculation of regional GDP, Zhejiang's GDP in the first half of the year was 3,455.6 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), an increase of 13.4% year-on-year, and an average increase of 6.8% over the two years.

  At the scene, Wang Meifu, chief statistician of the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Statistics, said: "In the first half of the year, Zhejiang’s economy continued to recover steadily, production demand continued to rise, prices were generally stable, new drivers grew rapidly, quality and efficiency improved steadily, positive factors continued to accumulate, and the economy was operating steadily. There is progress in the process, stability in the process of improvement.

  Among them, the added value of Zhejiang's primary industry was 93.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year, and an average increase of 2.2% in two years; the added value of the secondary industry was 1,417.7 billion yuan, an increase of 16.9% year-on-year, and an average increase of 7.0% in two years; the added value of the tertiary industry 1,944.4 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year, an average increase of 6.9% in two years.

  According to Wang Meifu, Zhejiang’s agricultural economy grew rapidly in the first half of the year, and the production of live pigs was increased and the production capacity was released; the growth of industrial production was good, and the digital economy led the growth; the service industry continued to recover steadily, and the entire industry achieved growth; effective investment was steadily expanded and the structure gradually increased. Optimization; market sales are gradually recovering, and the growth of upgraded products is good; imports and exports have grown rapidly, and the export scale in a single month has reached a record high; financial revenue and expenditure have grown rapidly, and people's livelihood protection has been strong; consumer prices have increased year-on-year, and industrial producer prices have increased The income of residents has increased steadily, and the gap between urban and rural areas has further narrowed.

  Taking “industrial production growth momentum and digital economy leading the growth” as an example, in the first half of the year, Zhejiang’s industrial value added above designated size was 946.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.8%, an average growth rate of 10.1% in two years, and an increase of 0.4 percentage points over the first quarter. .

It is reported that among the 38 industrial sectors in Zhejiang, 36 industries have achieved growth.

The added value of manufacturing in the core industry of the digital economy increased by 28.2%, an average increase of 18.5% in two years.

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