The State Council Information Office will hold a press conference at 10 am on March 15, 2021. At the press conference, Liu Aihua, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the General Statistics Department of the National Economy, introduced the operation of the national economy from January to February 2021.
Liu Aihua said that the national economy maintained a recovery growth from January to February.
The overall characteristics of the economic operation from January to February this year are manifested in four aspects: First, production demand continued to recover. Industrial production has grown rapidly. The value added of industries above designated size in the first two months increased by 16.9% over the same period in 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 8.1%, which was a relatively high level in the same period in recent years. The service industry has maintained rapid growth. The service industry production index in January-February increased by 14.1% over the same period in 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 6.8%. Market sales continued to grow. The total retail sales of consumer goods from January to February increased by 6.4% over the same period in 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 3.2%. Fixed asset investment has grown steadily. The fixed asset investment in January and February increased by 3.5% over the same period in 2019, and the two-year average growth rate was 1.7%. imports and exports have grown relatively fast. The total volume of imports and exports of goods in January and February increased by 19.3% over the same period in 2019.
Among them, from January to February, the total value of imports and exports of goods was 5441.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.2%. Among them, exports were 3.0588 billion yuan, an increase of 50.1%; imports were 2383.0 billion yuan, an increase of 14.5%. The import and export balance, the trade surplus was 675.9 billion yuan. The trade structure has improved. From January to February, exports of mechanical and electrical products increased by 54.1% year-on-year, accounting for 60.3% of total exports. General trade imports and exports accounted for 61.6% of total imports and exports, an increase of 1 percentage point over the same period last year. The import and export of private enterprises accounted for 47.2% of the total import and export, an increase of 5.5% over the same period last year.
(Source: State Council Information Office website)
