National Bureau of Statistics: In August, the national economy rested a variety of super -expected factors that continued to restore development trends

Cover news reporter Teng Yan

"In general, in August, the national economy was affected by the impact of various super -expected factors, and continued to restore the development trend. The main indicators changed positive." On September 16, the spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics and the Director of the Comprehensive Statistics Department of the National Economic Economic Bureau Fu Linghui was introduced at the press conference of the National Economic Operations in August held by the National New Office.

Fu Linghui, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the Comprehensive Statistics of the National Economic Economic (Picture Source: Guoxin.com)

Industrial production has risen, and the equipment manufacturing industry has increased rapidly. In August, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 4.2%year -on -year, an acceleration of 0.4 percentage points from last month; and 0.32%month -on -month.

In terms of three large doors, the value -added of the mining industry increased by 5.3%year -on -year, the manufacturing industry increased by 3.1%, and power, thermal, gas, and water production and supply industries increased by 13.6%. The equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.5%year -on -year, 1.1 percentage points accelerated from last month.

From January to August, the added value of industries above designated size increased by 3.6%year-on-year, 0.1 percentage points accelerated from January-July. From January to July, the total profit of industrial enterprises above designated size was 4893 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1%.

The service industry continued to recover in August. The national service industry production index increased by 1.8%year -on -year, 1.2 percentage points accelerated from last month. From January to August, the national service industry production index was flat year-on-year, and from January to July, it fell by 0.3%. From January to July, the operating income of service industry enterprises above designated size increased by 4.2%year-on-year.

In August, the service industry business activity index was 51.9%. Among them, accommodation, catering, telecommunications, radio and television and satellite transmission services, monetary financial services and other industry business activities indexes are more than 55.0%of the high boom range. From the market expectations, the service industry business activities expectation index is 57.6%.

In August, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3625.8 billion yuan, a year -on -year increase of 5.4%, an acceleration of 2.7 percentage points from last month; a decrease of 0.05%month -on -month, and the cumulative growth rate of the total retail sales of social consumer goods from negative to positive.

From January to August, the total retail sales of social consumer goods were 28256 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5%year-on-year, and a decrease of 0.2%from January to July. The national online retail sales were 8429.5 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7%.

In August, the investment in fixed assets rose steadily, and investment in high -tech industries grew rapidly. Specifically, from January to August, the national fixed asset investment (excluding farmers) was 36710.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%, and 0.1 percentage points from January-July; in August, it increased by 0.36%.

In terms of industries, investment in the first industry increased by 2.3%year -on -year, investment in the second industry increased by 10.4%, and investment in the tertiary industry increased by 3.9%. Folk investment increased by 2.3%. Investment in high -tech industries increased by 20.2%, and investment in high -tech manufacturing and high -tech service industries increased by 23.0%and 14.2%, respectively.

In addition, the decline in sales of the real estate market has narrowed. From January to August, the sales area of ​​commercial housing nationwide was 87.89 million square meters, a year-on-year decrease of 23.0%, and a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from January-July.

In August, the import and export of goods continued to increase, with a total import and export value of 3712.4 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6%year -on -year. Among them, exports were 2124.1 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8%; imports were 1588.2 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6%. The import and exports were offset, and the trade surplus was 535.9 billion yuan.

From January to August, the total import and export of goods was 27302.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Among them, exported 15483.1 billion yuan, an increase of 14.2%; imports were 11819.5 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2%. From January to August, the proportion of general trade imports and exports accounted for 64.3%, an increase of 2.3 percentage points over the same period last year.

The unemployment rate of urban surveys has declined. Data show that from January to August, 8.98 million new employment nationwide was added across the country. In August, the national urban survey rate was 5.3%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month. The population survey of the 16-24-year-old population was 18.7%, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month; the population survey rate of population aged 25-59 was 4.3%, which was the same as last month.

In August, consumer prices (CPIs) across the country rose 2.5%year -on -year, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month; a decrease of 0.1%month -on -month. The ex -factory price of industrial producers in the country rose 2.3%year -on -year, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from the previous month; a decrease of 1.2%month -on -month.

Fu Linghui pointed out that in general, in August, in August, the national economy had the influence of many super -expected factors and continued to restore the development trend. The main indicators changed positive. However, we must also see that the international environment is still complicated and severe, and the foundation of the domestic economic recovery is still not firm. It is necessary to efficiently coordinate the prevention and control of the epidemic and economic and social development, pay close attention to a package of stable economic policies and measures and continuous policies, and strive to expand effective demand, focus on stabilizing employment and prices, consolidate the foundation of economic recovery, and maintain economic operation in a reasonable range.

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