China News Service, Beijing, April 18 (Reporter Wang Enbo) The National Bureau of Statistics of China announced on the 18th that China's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter increased by 4.8% year-on-year. Officials said that the national economy has generally started smoothly.
According to preliminary calculations, China's GDP in the first quarter was 27,017.8 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), a year-on-year increase of 4.8% at constant prices, and a month-on-month increase of 1.3% compared with the fourth quarter of 2021.
In terms of different industries, the added value of the primary industry was 1095.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0% year-on-year; the added value of the secondary industry was 10618.7 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 15,303.7 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0%.
Specifically, industrial production grew rapidly.
In the first quarter, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.5% year-on-year.
The added value of high-tech manufacturing and equipment manufacturing increased by 14.2% and 8.1%, respectively, 7.7 and 1.6 percentage points faster than that of industries above designated size.
The service sector continues to recover.
Among them, in the first quarter, the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services, and the financial industry increased by 10.8% and 5.1% year-on-year respectively.
In the first quarter, the national service industry production index increased by 2.5% year-on-year.
Market sales continued to grow.
In the first quarter, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 10,865.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.
The national online retail sales reached 3,012 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%.
The scale of investment in fixed assets was expanded.
In the first quarter, the national fixed asset investment (excluding farmers) was 10487.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.3%.
In terms of different fields, infrastructure investment increased by 8.5% year-on-year, manufacturing investment increased by 15.6%, and real estate development investment increased by 0.7%.
New jobs in cities and towns expanded.
In the first quarter, 2.85 million new jobs were created in urban areas across the country, and the average surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas nationwide was 5.5%.
In March, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.8 percent, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month.
Residents' income grew steadily.
In the first quarter, the per capita disposable income of national residents was 10,345 yuan, a nominal increase of 6.3% year-on-year; a real increase of 5.1% after deducting price factors.
Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, said that in general, China's economy continued to recover and developed in the first quarter, and the overall operation was within a reasonable range.
At the same time, we must also see that the environment at home and abroad is becoming more complex and uncertain, and economic development is facing many difficulties and challenges.
He pointed out that it is necessary to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, adhere to the principle of stability and seek progress while maintaining stability, put stable growth in a more prominent position, increase the implementation of macro policies, and do a solid job of "six stability" and "six guarantees". "Work, focus on stabilizing the macroeconomic market, continue to stabilize employment and prices, effectively protect people's livelihood, and keep the economy operating within a reasonable range.
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