China News Service, July 23 (China-Singapore Finance and Economics reporter Li Jinlei) The data on residents' income and consumption in the first half of the year were released.

　　The National Bureau of Statistics recently disclosed data on per capita disposable income and per capita consumption expenditure of residents in 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the first half of 2022.

Data show that in the first half of the year, Beijing has the most in both income and expenditure.

Per capita disposable income in the first half of the year.

from the National Bureau of Statistics

The per capita disposable income of 9 provinces exceeds the national level

　　According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of national residents was 18,463 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.7% year-on-year; a real increase of 3.0% after deducting price factors.

　　Disposable income of residents refers to the sum of residents' final consumption expenditures and savings, that is, residents' discretionary income, including both cash income and in-kind income.

　　Judging from the data of each province, the per capita disposable income of residents in the nine provinces of Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, and Chongqing in the first half of the year exceeded the national level.

Beijing's per capita disposable income is the highest in the country

　　Data show that in the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of residents in Beijing was 39,391 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%, approaching the 40,000 yuan mark, the highest in the country.

　　In the first half of the year, Beijing encountered a new round of epidemics. Why has residents' income increased steadily?

The Beijing Bureau of Statistics explained that due to the impact of the epidemic, the growth rate of residents' income in the first half of the year slowed down compared with the first quarter. However, due to Beijing's continued efforts to "six stability" and "six guarantees", various policies and measures have gradually come into play. Supporting residents' income has still achieved steady growth, and it is hard-won to achieve such results.

　　Among them, wage income continued to play the main engine role.

In the first half of the year, the per capita wage income of the city's residents increased by 3.8%, driving the income of residents to increase by 2.4 percentage points, which is the main driving force for the increase of residents' income. The measures to expand the post, strive to stabilize the source of residents' income, guarantee the payment of wages, and minimize the impact of the epidemic on residents' income.

　　Following Beijing is Shanghai.

In the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of residents in Shanghai was 38,996 yuan, down 3.4% from the same period of the previous year.

　　Regarding the reasons for the decline, the Shanghai Bureau of Statistics stated that, first, during the period of global static management, most enterprises stopped work and reduced production, and some enterprises suspended the payment of employee wages or adjusted to pay basic wages and living allowances.

Second, the epidemic has had a significant impact on service industries such as catering and entertainment, leisure tourism, and offline shopping, which have not yet fully recovered.

The proportion of service industries in our city is relatively high, and the decline in the income of these practitioners has a wider impact.

Third, the income of some people with flexible employment, including migrant workers, has been greatly affected by the epidemic.

Fourth, urban self-employment activities and agricultural production, operation and sales are restricted, and residents' operating income is greatly reduced.

Fifth, the epidemic situation in our city was stable and controllable last year, the social and economic development showed a stable and positive trend, and the residents' income increased rapidly and the base was relatively high.

Per capita consumption expenditures in the first half of the year.

from the National Bureau of Statistics

The per capita consumption expenditure of 9 provinces exceeds the national level

　　Judging from the consumption list, in the first half of the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of national residents was 11,756 yuan, a nominal increase of 2.5% over the same period of the previous year; after deducting the price factor, the actual increase was 0.8%.

　　Household consumption expenditure refers to all expenditures that residents use to meet the daily consumption needs of households, including both cash consumption expenditures and in-kind consumption expenditures.

Consumption expenditures include food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communications, education, culture and entertainment, health care, and other supplies and services.

　　Judging from the data of each province, the per capita consumption expenditure of residents in Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Fujian, Chongqing and Hubei in the first half of the year exceeded the national level.

Beijing's per capita consumption expenditure is the highest in the country

　　Data show that in the first half of the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of Beijing residents was 21,035 yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.5%.

While down year-over-year, this level of spending tops the list.

　　The second-ranked Shanghai and Beijing are almost the same. In the first half of the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of Shanghai residents was 21,028 yuan, down 11.1% from the same period of the previous year.

　　That is to say, whether it is in the income list or the consumption list, Beijing occupies the first place.

Today, Beijing continues to make efforts to promote consumption. Starting from July 18, Beijing has issued 100 million yuan of food and beverage consumption coupons to consumers in the city.

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