China News Service, Beijing, July 16 (Reporter Li Jingze) The 2021 semi-annual report on China's economy was released on the 15th, and the gross domestic product in the first half of the year increased by 12.7% year-on-year.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on the 16th that the Chinese economy will inject more positive energy into the recovery of the world economy.
Zhao Lijian said that in the first half of this year, China continued to consolidate and expand the results of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development. The national economy has recovered steadily, strengthened with stability, and improved with stability, showing strong resilience and vitality.
In the first half of the year, GDP increased by 12.7% year-on-year, economic restructuring was optimized, innovation momentum continued to increase, overall quality and efficiency improved, and people's livelihood security continued to improve.
Zhao Lijian pointed out that China’s economy continues to grow steadily, the market is more open, the business environment continues to improve, foreign trade imports and exports continue to maintain a good momentum, and the door to opening to the outside world is opening wider and wider, which will inject more positive energy into the recovery of the world economy.
Zhao Lijian said that the latest China Economic Bulletin released by the World Bank raised China’s economic growth forecast this year from 8.1% to 8.5%, pointing out that the strong recovery in East Asia and the Pacific in 2021 will be mainly due to China’s economic growth. In 2021, China's contribution to world economic growth will exceed a quarter.
The continued improvement of China's economy will continue to provide a strong impetus for the world economy to return to the right track, regain confidence, and resume growth after the epidemic.
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