China News Service, Ningbo, October 26 (Reporter Lin Bo) On October 26, the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Statistics of Zhejiang Province released the city’s economic performance in the first three quarters of 2021. According to preliminary calculations, Ningbo achieved regional production in the first three quarters. The total value is 1,033.29 billion yuan, which is a year-on-year increase of 10.0% at comparable prices and an average increase of 5.9% over the two years.

　　In terms of industries, the city’s primary industry achieved an added value of 24.12 billion yuan, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year, and an average increase of 2.7% in the two years; the secondary industry achieved an added value of 488.68 billion yuan, an increase of 12.8% year-on-year, and an average increase of 6.5% over the two years; The tertiary industry achieved an added value of 520.49 billion yuan, an increase of 8.0% year-on-year, and an average growth rate of 5.5% in two years.

　　"The total GDP in the first three quarters exceeded one trillion yuan for the first time." Xu Tingya, deputy director and spokesperson of the Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Statistics, said that in the first three quarters, Ningbo’s economic growth reached 157.1 billion yuan, exceeding the annual increase in previous years (previously The highest annual increase was 117.4 billion yuan in 2017).

　　In the first three quarters, Ningbo's imports and exports were operating at a high level, and the use of foreign capital increased rapidly.

　　Statistics show that in the first three quarters, Ningbo completed a total of 872.98 billion yuan in foreign trade imports and exports, a year-on-year increase of 22.5%, and an average increase of 13.0% in two years.

Among them, exports were 557.42 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.0%; imports were 315.56 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.2%; and the trade surplus was 241.86 billion yuan.

　　Private enterprises completed imports and exports of 614.34 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.4%, accounting for 70.4% of Ningbo's total imports and exports during the same period; the three major trading partners of the European Union, the United States and ASEAN accounted for 45.8% of Ningbo's total imports and exports during the same period.

　　Mechanical and electrical products are the main export commodities, accounting for 57.5% of Ningbo's total exports.

　　In addition, in the first three quarters, Ningbo newly approved 442 foreign investment projects, an increase of 97 over the same period of the previous year.

　　In recent years, Ningbo has continuously accelerated its economic transformation, upgrading and development, and actively cultivated emerging momentum.

　　Xu Tingya said that from the perspective of economic performance in the first three quarters, the accelerated growth of emerging momentum has significantly increased the vitality and resilience of economic growth.

　　Taking Ningbo’s emerging industries as an example, from the perspective of industrial regulation, the city’s industrial artificial intelligence industry, new material industry, high-tech manufacturing industry, and health manufacturing industry increased by 28.8%, 24.7%, 19%, and 18.2, respectively, year-on-year in the first three quarters. %, which is 8.6, 10.9, 0.1 and 3.5 percentage points higher than the Zhejiang province.

　　Xu Tingya said that up to now, Ningbo has a total of 182 state-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises, accounting for 3.82% of the country's total, ranking third among the national cities, second only to Shanghai and Beijing.

　　"Book collection of ancient and modern, Hong Kong connects the world", this is a true portrayal of Ningbo.

For Ningbo, the port is a vital gene for its development.

　　Data shows that in the first three quarters, Ningbo Zhoushan Port completed a cargo throughput of 920 million tons, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year, of which Ningbo Port’s cargo throughput was 480 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; Ningbo Zhoushan Port’s container throughput was 23.972 million TEUs, A year-on-year increase of 12.2%, of which the container throughput of Ningbo Port was 22.620 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%.

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