Zhongxin Finance, June 15. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on June 15 to introduce the operation of the national economy in May. A reporter asked a question at the meeting: Judging from the data just released, the main economic indicators in May improved. What are the main manifestations of this?What is the reason?How to evaluate the economic performance in May?
In this regard, Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department, said that in May, there were indeed positive changes in economic performance.With the overall improvement of the domestic epidemic prevention and control situation, the effect of policies and measures to stabilize growth has gradually emerged, and positive changes in economic performance have increased.Mainly in the following aspects:
First, production and supply gradually recovered.The effect of ensuring the smooth flow of logistics continues to appear, the resumption of work and production of enterprises is progressing in an orderly manner, and the industrial and service industries have rebounded.Industrial production changed from falling to rising.In May, industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.7% year-on-year, compared with a decrease of 2.9% in the previous month.Among them, the manufacturing industry increased by 0.1% in May, after a decrease of 4.6% in the previous month.The decline in services also narrowed.In May, the service industry production index fell by 5.1% year-on-year, a decrease of 1 percentage point from the previous month.Among them, the decline in wholesale and retail, transportation and warehousing industries narrowed significantly.
Second, domestic demand has recovered.The overall situation of epidemic prevention and control is improving, the order of production and life is gradually restored, and the market demand is gradually improving under the influence of policies to stabilize investment and promote consumption.The decline in market sales narrowed.In May, the total retail sales of consumer goods fell by 6.7% year-on-year, a decrease of 4.4 percentage points from the previous month.Investment grew steadily.From January to May, the investment in fixed assets increased by 6.2% year-on-year and remained basically stable, of which the investment in infrastructure increased by 6.7%, 0.2 percentage points faster than that in the first four months.
Third, the import and export of foreign trade accelerated significantly.The logistics of foreign trade has gradually improved, the production of foreign trade enterprises has resumed, the backlog of foreign trade orders in the early stage has been released, and the growth rate of import and export of goods has picked up.In May, the total import and export of goods increased by 9.6% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 9.5 percentage points higher than that of the previous month.Among them, exports increased by 15.3%, an acceleration of 13.4 percentage points.
Fourth, employment improved and prices were generally stable.The economic operation has gradually recovered, the employment stabilization policy has continued to exert force, the employment situation has improved, and the urban surveyed unemployment rate has dropped.In May, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.9 percent, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.Among them, the unemployment rate of migrants with agricultural household registration was 6.2%, a decrease of 0.4 percentage points from the previous month.The effect of ensuring supply and stabilizing prices in the market continued to emerge.In May, consumer prices rose by 2.1% year-on-year, the same increase as the previous month.The core CPI, excluding food and energy, rose 0.9% year-on-year, also unchanged from the previous month, indicating that market prices were basically stable.
Fifth, the trend of structural optimization and upgrading continued.The trend of my country's industrial upgrading and development and the growth and expansion of new kinetic energy has not changed, and the pace of high-quality development is steady.High-tech industries developed well.In May, the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 4.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than that of the previous month, which was significantly higher than that of industries above designated size.From January to May, investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 24.9%, maintaining rapid growth.Industrial green transformation and development continued.The output of new products such as new energy vehicles and solar cells continued to maintain rapid growth.
Sixth, the recovery of some regions that were hit hard by the epidemic accelerated.As the epidemic is gradually brought under control and the policy of stabilizing growth is put into effect, the resumption of work and production of enterprises is accelerated, and the production in the Yangtze River Delta and Northeast regions, which were hit hard by the epidemic in the early stage, has improved significantly.In May, the added value of industries above designated size in the Yangtze River Delta region and the Northeast region fell by 3.2% and 1.1% year-on-year, respectively, and the decline was more than 10 percentage points lower than the previous month.
In general, my country's economy has gradually overcome the adverse impact of the epidemic and is showing a momentum of recovery.However, the international environment is still complex and severe, the external uncertainty is increasing, and the domestic economic recovery is still preliminary.The growth rate of major indicators is still at a low level, and the foundation for recovery needs to be consolidated.In the next stage, it is necessary to efficiently coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, increase macro policy adjustment, promote the implementation of a package of policies and measures to stabilize growth, focus on stabilizing the macroeconomic market, focus on safeguarding and improving people's livelihood, and promote sustained economic recovery.(Finish)
[Editor: Cheng Chunyu]
