Zhongxin Finance, May 16. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics on the 16th, this year, due to the more complex and severe international environment and the obvious impact of the domestic epidemic that exceeded expectations, the new downward pressure on the economy has further increased.

Faced with the complex situation, all regions and departments have conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, intensified efforts to adjust macro policies, and worked hard to overcome the impact of the epidemic, with strong support for basic industries and continued investment scale. Expanding, market prices are generally stable, people's livelihood guarantees are strong and effective, emerging drivers continue to grow, and the overall economic and social development is stable.

With the effective coordination of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, the national economy is expected to stabilize and recover.

1. Industrial production slowed down, and high-tech manufacturing maintained rapid growth

  From January to April, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.0% year-on-year, 2.5 percentage points lower than that from January to March.

In terms of three categories, the added value of the mining industry increased by 10.4% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry increased by 3.2%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 5.0%.

The added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 11.5% year-on-year.

In terms of economic types, the added value of state-controlled enterprises increased by 3.1% year-on-year; joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.8%, foreign-invested enterprises, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan-invested enterprises decreased by 2.8%; private enterprises increased by 5.1%.

In terms of products, the output of basic industrial products such as raw coal and ten non-ferrous metals increased by 10.5% and 0.7% year-on-year respectively, and the output of green and intelligent digital products such as new energy vehicles, solar cells, and mobile communication base station equipment increased by 112.7%, 27.5%, and 25.9% respectively. %.

In April, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size decreased by 2.9% year-on-year and 7.08% month-on-month.

Among them, the added value of the mining industry increased by 9.5% year-on-year, the manufacturing industry decreased by 4.6%, and the production and supply of electricity, heat, gas and water increased by 1.5%.

The added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 4.0% year-on-year.

In April, the manufacturing purchasing managers' index was 47.4%, and the enterprise production and business activity expectation index was 53.3%.

From January to March, the national industrial enterprises above designated size realized a total profit of 1,955.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%.

2. The production of the service industry declined, and the modern service industry grew well

  From January to April, the national service industry production index increased by 0.3% year-on-year, 2.2 percentage points lower than that from January to March.

Among them, the production index of information transmission, software and information technology services, and the financial industry increased by 13.9% and 4.8% respectively.

In April, the national service industry production index fell by 6.1% year-on-year, of which the information transmission, software and information technology service industry, and the financial industry production index increased by 10.3% and 5.5% respectively.

From January to March, the operating income of service enterprises above designated size increased by 9.0% year-on-year.

In April, the business activity index of the service industry was 40.0%, and the business activity expectation index was 53.0%; among which, the business activity index of industries such as telecommunications, radio, television and satellite transmission services, Internet software and information technology services continued to be in the expansion range.

3. Market sales decreased, and sales of basic living goods and online retail continued to grow

  From January to April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 13,814.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 0.2%.

According to the location of business units, the retail sales of urban consumer goods was 11992.9 billion yuan, down 0.3% year-on-year; the retail sales of rural consumer goods was 1821.3 billion yuan, up 0.4%.

In terms of consumption types, retail sales of goods were 12,488 billion yuan, up 0.4% year-on-year; catering revenue was 1,326.2 billion yuan, down 5.1%.

The sales of basic living goods grew rapidly, and the retail sales of beverages, grains, oils and foodstuffs, and Chinese and Western medicines of units above designated size increased by 10.4%, 9.5%, and 8.8% respectively.

The national online retail sales reached 3,869.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%.

Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 3,288.7 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%, accounting for 23.8% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods.

In April, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 2,948.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 11.1% and a month-on-month decrease of 0.69%.

Among them, the retail sales of goods was 2,687.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 9.7%; the catering revenue was 260.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 22.7%.

4. The scale of investment in fixed assets has expanded, and investment in high-tech industries and social fields has grown rapidly

  From January to April, the national fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) was 15,354.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points from January to March.

In terms of different fields, infrastructure investment increased by 6.5% year-on-year, manufacturing investment increased by 12.2%, and real estate development investment decreased by 2.7%.

The sales area of ​​commercial housing nationwide was 397.68 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 20.9%; the sales of commercial housing was 3,778.9 billion yuan, a decrease of 29.5%.

In terms of different industries, the investment in the primary industry increased by 5.8% year-on-year, the investment in the secondary industry increased by 12.6%, and the investment in the tertiary industry increased by 4.3%.

Private investment increased by 5.3%.

Investment in high-tech industries increased by 22.0%, of which investment in high-tech manufacturing and high-tech service industries increased by 25.9% and 13.2% respectively.

In the high-tech manufacturing industry, the investment in the electronics and communication equipment manufacturing industry, medical equipment and instrumentation manufacturing industry increased by 30.8% and 29.4% respectively; in the high-tech service industry, the investment in the scientific and technological achievements transformation service industry and the R&D design service industry increased by 21.9% respectively. %, 21.1%.

The investment in the social field increased by 14.4%, of which the investment in health and education increased by 24.9% and 12.5% ​​respectively.

In April, fixed asset investment (excluding rural households) decreased by 0.82% month-on-month.

5. The import and export of goods continued to grow, and the trade structure continued to be optimized

  From January to April, the total import and export of goods was 12,579.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%.

Among them, exports were 6,967.4 billion yuan, an increase of 10.3%; imports were 5,612.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0%.

General trade import and export accounted for 63.6% of the total import and export, an increase of 1.9 percentage points over the same period of the previous year.

The import and export of private enterprises accounted for 48.5% of the total import and export, an increase of 1.4 percentage points over the same period of the previous year.

The export of mechanical and electrical products increased by 6.7% year-on-year, accounting for 57.9% of the total export value.

my country's imports and exports to countries along the "Belt and Road" increased by 15.4%, of which exports increased by 12.9% and imports increased by 18.6%.

6. The surveyed urban unemployment rate has risen, and the employment of major groups has been basically stable

  From January to April, 4.06 million new jobs were created in urban areas across the country, and the national average urban survey unemployment rate was 5.7%.

In April, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month.

The unemployment rate of the local household registration population survey was 5.7%; the unemployment rate of the migrant household registration population survey was 6.9%, of which the unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural household registration population survey was 6.6%.

The surveyed unemployment rates for the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups were 18.2% and 5.3%, respectively.

The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 large cities and towns was 6.7%.

The national average weekly working hours of enterprise employees is 46.2 hours.

7. The consumer price rose moderately, and the increase in the ex-factory price of industrial producers fell back

  From January to April, the national consumer price (CPI) rose by 1.4% year-on-year.

In April, the national consumer price rose by 2.1% year-on-year, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the previous month, and a month-on-month increase of 0.4%.

In terms of categories, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol increased by 1.9% year-on-year, the price of clothing increased by 0.5%, the price of housing increased by 1.2%, the price of daily necessities and services increased by 1.2%, the price of transportation and communication increased by 6.5%, the price of education, culture and entertainment increased by 2.0%, and the price of medical care increased by 2.0%. Health care prices rose 0.7 percent, while other supplies and services rose 1.7 percent.

Among the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol, grain prices rose by 2.7%, fresh fruit prices rose by 14.1%, fresh vegetables prices rose by 24.0%, and pork prices fell by 33.3%.

The core CPI after deducting food and energy prices rose by 0.9% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.

  From January to April, the ex-factory prices and purchase prices of industrial producers nationwide rose by 8.5% and 11.2% year-on-year respectively.

In April, the ex-factory price of industrial producers nationwide increased by 8.0% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, and a month-on-month increase of 0.6%.

The national purchasing price of industrial producers rose by 10.8% year-on-year and 1.3% month-on-month.

  In general, the epidemic in April had a major impact on the economic operation, but this impact was short-term and external. The fundamentals of my country's economy remained stable and sound in the long run. Transformation and upgrading and high-quality development have not changed. The general trend has not changed, and there are many favorable conditions for stabilizing the macroeconomic market and achieving the expected development goals.

With the staged results of epidemic prevention and control, and continued effective measures to stabilize the economy, the economy is expected to recover gradually.

In the next stage, we will fully implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, strengthen our confidence, face up to difficulties and challenges, adhere to the principle of stability, seek progress while maintaining stability, efficiently coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and implement the "epidemic prevention, economic and social development". To maintain stability and develop in a safe way”, we will increase the adjustment of macroeconomic policies, stabilize the economy, and ensure that the economy operates within a reasonable range.

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