National Bureau of Statistics of China: There are foundations and conditions to achieve economic growth of 5.5% this year
China News Service, Beijing, March 15 (Reporter Pang Wuji) Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics of China and director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, pointed out at a press conference of the State Council Information Office on the 15th that China will achieve a 5.5% economic growth this year. Growth goals are based and conditional.
This year's "Government Work Report" clearly stated that the annual growth target is about 5.5%.
Fu Linghui said, first of all, 5.5% is not a low growth rate.
Last year, China's economic scale reached 114 trillion yuan (RMB, the same below), ranking second in the world.
Last year, China's economic growth was equivalent to the annual economic aggregate of a moderately developed country.
From the perspective of major economies in the world, the growth rate of 5.5% is also not a low growth rate.
Historically, 5.5% is also a relatively high growth rate when other countries are at a similar stage of development as China.
Judging from the current conditions, the growth rate of 5.5% is not low, but Fu Linghui said that there are foundations and conditions to achieve economic growth of 5.5%.
China's economy is recovering continuously, and its development is characterized by strong resilience, great potential and sufficient momentum. It has been hit by the epidemic in the past two years, and China's economic development still maintains a leading position in the world.
In the next stage, he pointed out that the continued development of the policy of stabilizing growth will also strongly promote stable economic growth.
Data released on the same day showed that China's national economy recovered better than expected in January-February.
The growth rate of industrial added value above designated size, investment in fixed assets, consumption and other indicators accelerated compared with December last year.
Fu Linghui pointed out that judging from the changes in indicators from January to February, the confidence in achieving the annual growth target of 5.5% has been further enhanced.
He also admitted that he still needs to estimate more fully about the problems and difficulties.
Hard work is still required to achieve the annual target of around 5.5%.
The current international situation is relatively complex, external uncertainty is increasing, and changes in international bulk commodity prices have a greater impact on domestic imports; domestic economic recovery is also facing many difficulties, and upstream price increases have a relatively large impact on mid-stream and downstream industries and small and micro enterprises. Big.
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