How does the epidemic affect the economic growth of various places?Authoritative interpretation of the National Bureau of Statistics

In the first half of the year, some regional economies were greatly affected by the impact of the epidemic. What is the current recovery? The State Council News Office held a press conference today (July 15). Fu Linghui, a spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the Department of National Economic Comprehensive Statistics, introduced the relevant situation.

Fu Linghui said that since the first half of this year, the epidemic has a great impact on the economic operations of some regions, but the impact is short -term and external, which will not change the general trend of coordinated economic development in the region. From the first half of the year, especially in the second quarter, with the efficiency of the prevention and control of the epidemic and the effectiveness of economic and social development, a package of stable growth policies and measures landed, and the adverse impact of my country's economy gradually overcomes the epidemic. Some of the economic changes have changed from a large area of ​​the epidemic.

First, from the second quarter, the economy of most regions is basically stable. From the perspective of growth, in the second quarter, the GDP of 26 provinces (autonomous regions, cities) remained increased, accounting for 83.9%. From the perspective of employment, in the second quarter, 19 provinces (autonomous regions, cities) survey unemployment rates were lower than the national average. Among them, the urban survey unemployment rate in the western region was 5.5%, which was 0.3 percentage points lower than the national average. From the perspective of price, prices in most areas rose mild, and the consumption prices in 30 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) in the second quarter increased by less than 3%year -on -year.

Second, the economic growth of the central and western regions is better. In the second quarter, the GDP of central and western regions increased by 2.3%and 2%year -on -year, respectively, and the growth rate was faster than the whole country. From the perspective of the first half of the year, the growth of the central and western regions was faster than the eastern part. In the first half of the year, the value added value of industries above designated size in the central and western regions increased by 7.3%year -on -year, 5.1 percentage points faster than the eastern region. The investment in fixed assets in the central and western regions increased by 10.7%and 8%, respectively, and was faster than 6.2 and 3.5 percentage points in the eastern region.

Third, the epidemic impact was greatly impacted in some areas. Under the impact of the epidemic, the normal order of production and life has been affected to a certain extent, and the economy in some regions has declined, and the level of unemployment rate has risen short -term. In the second quarter, the GDP in Shanghai and Jilin fell 13.7%and 4.5%year -on -year. The survey rate of the urban survey of Shanghai and Jilin was 12.5%and 7.6%, which was significantly higher than the national level.

Fourth, the regional economy that is affected by the impact of the epidemic is accelerated. Although the economic epidemic impact in some regions in the second quarter, from a monthly point of view, as the epidemic prevention and control generally improved, the re -production and re -production of enterprises accelerated, and the main economic indicators in June significantly improved. In June, the added value of industries above designated size in Shanghai and Jilin increased by 13.9%and 6.3%year -on -year, and last month decreased by 30.9%and 4.9%. From the perspective of consumption, the retail sales of consumer goods above the Jilin limit increased by 5.5%in June, a decrease of 1.5%last month. From the perspective of employment, the unemployment rates in Shanghai and Jilin cities and towns decreased by 9.7 and 0.8 percentage points compared with the previous month, indicating that the economic recovery of these people's impact on a larger impact on the epidemic was steadily accelerating.

According to Fu Linghui, in general, most regions in my country are overall stable, the central and western regions are growing faster than the east, the trend of coordinated regional development has not changed, and some regions have encountered temporary difficulties due to the impact of the epidemic in some regions, but in various stable economic policies and measures Under its role, economic operations are accelerated. Of course, we must also see that the problem of imbalanced economic development in my country is still relatively prominent, and there is a large gap between regional development. In the next stage, we must continue to implement major regional strategies and regional coordinated development strategies, reduce the regional gap, promote economic coordination and sustainable development Essence

(CCTV reporter Xu Ningning Huang Zhenglong)

Source: CCTV News

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