Chinanews.com, Beijing, November 4th (Zhongxin Finance reporter Li Jinlei) With the disclosure of economic data in the first three quarters of 31 provinces, the changes in the economic map of the first three quarters are also clearly presented.

　　Shanxi, where "coal is flying", leads the country in economic growth; Fujian, which is quietly counterattacking, has the second fastest economic growth rate; Shanghai has returned to the throne of the largest economic city.

Data map.

Photo by Lu Yufei

Shanxi "coal flying color dance"

　　According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, according to preliminary calculations, the gross domestic product in the first three quarters was 87,026.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.0% at constant prices, 0.5 percentage points faster than the first half of the year.

　　From the perspective of the GDP growth rate of each province, the GDP growth rate of 18 provinces outperformed the national GDP growth rate in the first three quarters, including Shanxi (5.3%), Fujian (5.2%), Jiangxi (5.0%), Inner Mongolia (5.0%), Ningxia (4.9%), Hunan (4.8%), Shaanxi (4.8%), Hubei (4.7%), Gansu (4.1%), Shandong (4.0%), Xinjiang (3.9%), Yunnan (3.8%), Henan ( 3.7%), Hebei (3.7%), Anhui (3.3%), Zhejiang (3.1%), Chongqing (3.1%), Guangxi (3.1%).

　　Among them, Shanxi's GDP growth rate in the first three quarters led the country.

Data show that Shanxi's GDP in the first three quarters was 1,802.635 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3% over the same period last year at constant prices, 0.1 percentage points faster than the first half of the year.

　　Rising demand for raw coal and rising prices have made Shanxi, a major coal province, "coal dancing".

In the first three quarters, Shanxi's entire society produced 977.91 million tons of raw coal, an increase of 93.01 million tons, an increase of 10.5%.

　　In fact, Shanxi will start a hurricane mode in 2021. The output of coal, electricity, and gas all hit a record high. In 2021, Shanxi's GDP growth rate will reach 9.1%, ranking third in the country, and its total GDP will exceed the 2 trillion mark.

　　"We must not let the country worry about coal," Zhang Jifu, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee and executive vice governor, said in the first group interview of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on October 18. At present, Shanxi's coal production capacity is fully utilized and production reserves are sufficient. , the power supply is abundant.

Fujian quietly counterattack

　　In the economic map, there is a province that is quietly counterattacking, this is Fujian.

　　Data show that Fujian's GDP reached 3,779.371 billion yuan in the first three quarters, a year-on-year increase of 5.2% based on comparable prices.

Fujian's GDP growth rate in the first three quarters was second only to Shanxi, ranking second in the country, and its total GDP ranked seventh, higher than Hubei, which ranked eighth.

　　In the first three quarters of 2021, Fujian's GDP is also higher than that of Hubei, but the annual GDP is slightly lower than that of Hubei, and finally ranks eighth.

With the accelerated economic growth in Fujian, the competition for ranking between Fujian and Hubei will be more intense this year.

　　The growth rate of Fujian's economy in the first three quarters benefited from the rapid growth of fixed asset investment and strong support for manufacturing investment. In the first three quarters, the province's fixed asset investment completed 1,579.211 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%.

In terms of different fields, investment in real estate development decreased by 8.0%, investment in manufacturing increased by 23.2%, and investment in infrastructure increased by 14.4%.

At the same time, the import and export grew rapidly, and the export was 903.09 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%.

　　Looking at the time line, in the past ten years, Fujian's position in the national economic structure has been continuously improved. Promoted to No. 8 in 2021.

Data map: Aerial photography of Lujiazui night scene in Pudong, Shanghai.

(UAV photo) Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Hengwei

Shanghai returns to the first economic city

　　In the first half of this year, due to the impact of the epidemic, Shanghai briefly lost the throne of the largest economic city and was overtaken by Beijing.

Data show that in the first half of the year, Beijing's GDP was 1,935.221 billion yuan, and Shanghai's was 1,934.931 billion yuan. Beijing surpassed Shanghai by a slight advantage.

　　However, after a quarter, Shanghai has returned to the first economic city.

In the first three quarters, although Shanghai’s GDP fell by 1.4% year-on-year, the rate of decline narrowed by 4.3 percentage points compared with the first half of the year.

　　According to the Shanghai Bureau of Statistics, major economic indicators in Shanghai have improved significantly.

The city's total industrial output value above designated size has maintained rapid monthly growth for 4 consecutive months, of which the scale of industrial output value in September hit a new record high.

With the improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation and the effective consumption promotion policies, the market has recovered steadily. The total retail sales of consumer goods has turned positive since July, and increased by 0.3% year-on-year in September.

　　Shanghai's exports have also begun to exert force. In September, Shanghai's total foreign trade import and export volume was 390.338 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% over the same month last year.

Among them, exports were 164.146 billion yuan, an increase of 23.9%.

　　Shanghai, is returning.

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