China News Service, Changchun, April 9 (Gao Long'an) The producer service industry has been advancing rapidly with eye-catching data; the cultural tourism industry has continued last year's trend and is hot and "snowy"; the private economy has made outstanding contributions and plays a decisive role...

  Since the beginning of this year, Jilin Province has actively built and integrated into a new pattern of comprehensive revitalization of high-quality development, continued to stimulate new economic momentum, greatly boosted market confidence, and fully released consumption potential. There have been many highlights in the economic operation of the province's service industry, and the operation of the service industry above the designated size has ushered in. A new round of "good start". Official data shows that from January to February, the operating income of service industries above designated size in Jilin Province increased by 17.0% year-on-year, 5.0 percentage points higher than the national average, taking the lead among the three northeastern provinces. Among them, the operating income of key service industries above designated size increased by 26.5% year-on-year, 11.1 percentage points higher than the national average. The development of the province's service industry is more high-quality and efficient.

Producer service industry increases growth rate

  Jilin is an important old industrial base in the country. In recent years, the pace of revitalization of Northeast China has gradually accelerated, driving the accelerated development of related industries. Among them, the producer service industry is becoming an important support for the rapid growth of the province's designated service industry.

A cold chain train departs from Tumen Station in Jilin, and the goods it carries will be exported to South Korea and other countries via Dalian Golden Port. Photo by Yang Jing

  From January to February, the province's above-scale scientific research and technical services industry, leasing and business service industry, software and information technology service industry, multimodal transport and transportation agency industry grew by 38.7%, 22.0%, 42.5% and 41.5% respectively. In total, it boosted the growth rate of key service industries above designated size in the province by 21.3 percentage points, and contributed 80.1% to the province's growth.

Hot "snow" boils, cultural tourism service industry heats up with the trend

  As an important ice and snow culture and tourism province in the country, Jilin has once again seen a boom in the "snow" this past winter. Ice and snow culture and tourism consumption continues to heat up, especially with the layout and drive of the "trillion yuan" large-scale tourism industry, Jilin Province The cultural tourism market has formed a "two-wheel" drive of ice, snow and summer vacation, and the cultural tourism consumption boom continues to be strong.

In February 2024, tourists watched the rime on the banks of the Songhua River in Jilin City. Photo by Liu Dong

  From January to February, the operating income of the province's cultural, sports and entertainment industries above designated size increased by 22.9% year-on-year, 14.0 percentage points higher than the national average, continuing the rapid growth trend since last year.

  Not only that, the travel agencies and related service industries closely related to the cultural tourism market increased by 2.1 times year-on-year, the entertainment industry increased by 2.0 times, the sports industry increased by 24.5%, and the culture and art industry increased by 13.9%.

  Changchun Ice and Snow New World and the "Journey to the West" theme park of Changchun Zoological and Botanical Park have become "Internet celebrity" sites, and tourists from all over the country come here to attract tourists, making this cultural tourism IP continue to become popular; Changbai Mountain International Tourism Resort Development Co., Ltd., Jilin Luneng Manjiang Eco-tourism Development Co., Ltd. and other well-known scenic spot companies in the province have deeply explored the tourism resources of Changbai Mountain, and major tourist attractions have achieved rapid growth in the number of tourists they received and their operating income.

The prominent position of the private economy plays a decisive role

  In 2023, Jilin Province has 619,000 newly registered business entities, an increase of 14%, and there are 152 business entities per 1,000 people, ranking among the top in the country. Zhang Zhixin, director of the Jilin Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said that the development trend, development quality and development benefits of the province's private economy have continued to be consolidated and enhanced, with quantity and quality achieving a leap, and innovation and entrepreneurship vitality enhanced.

  Jilin Province's private economy has occupied a pivotal position in the development of the service industry economy. From January to February this year, the number of private enterprises in key service industries above designated size in the province accounted for 77.2%; the operating income of private service enterprises above designated size reached 69.3%, and the operating income increased by 29.2% year-on-year, pulling up the province's The growth rate was 19.8 percentage points, and the contribution rate to the growth of the province's service industry above designated size reached 74.6%; the proportion of employees in private enterprises in key industries above designated service industry reached 78.3%, an increase of 1.2 percentage points from the same period last year.

  Analysis believes that the efficiency level of the service industry above designated size in Jilin Province has significantly improved. On the one hand, core business profits have grown rapidly. From January to February, the operating profit of key industries above designated size in the province increased by 88.8% year-on-year; total profit increased by 80.9% year-on-year; On the other hand, profitability has expanded. The profitability of enterprises in key service industries has reached 66.4%, an increase of 8.5 percentage points over the same period last year.

  The service industry above designated size in Jilin Province has achieved a "good start" in operation, which is an epitome of the province's establishment of a new pattern of comprehensive revitalization of high-quality development and its first breakthrough. At present, Jilin is returning to the land with spring, and a new blueprint has begun to be laid out. Jilin is working hard to find a new path. A new path for high-quality development and sustainable revitalization. (over)