National Bureau of Statistics: Economic stability in most regions nationwide in the second quarter

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 15th (Reporter Wei Yukun and Wang Yueyang) The spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics Fu Linghui said at the National New Office conference on the 15th that in the second quarter, the economy in most regions across the country was basically stable. Of the 31 provinces (autonomous regions, cities) across the country, 26 regional GDP increased, accounting for 83.9%.

Statistics show that in the second quarter, 19 provinces (autonomous regions, cities) survey unemployment rates were lower than the national average, of which the urban survey rate of urban and towns in the western region was 5.5%, which was 0.3 percentage points lower than the national average; 30 provinces (districts (districts (districts (districts (districts (districts City) Residents' consumption prices rose less than 3%year -on -year.

The economic growth in 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.

Under the impact of the epidemic, the economy of some regions declined, and the level of unemployment rate rose shortly. In the second quarter, the GDP in Shanghai and Jilin fell 13.7%and 4.5%year -on -year. Urban survey unemployment rates were significantly higher than the national level.

Fu Linghui said that although the economic epidemic in some regions in the second quarter, from the month of the month, as the epidemic prevention and control generally improved, the company's resumption of labor and re -production accelerated, the main economic indicators in June improved significantly. 6月份，上海、吉林规模以上工业增加值同比增长13.9%和6.3%，5月份分别为下降30.9%和4.9%；吉林限额以上单位消费品零售额增长5.5%，5月份为下降1.5%；上海、 Jilin town survey unemployment rates decreased by 9.7 and 0.8 percentage points from May.

"In general, most regions in my country are overall stable, the central and western regions are growing faster than the eastern region, and the trend of coordinated regional development has not changed. In some regions, the affected situation is affected by temporary difficulties. However, under the role of various stable economic policies and measures, the economy Accelerate the restoration of operation. "Fu Linghui said that it is necessary to see that the problem of imbalanced economic development in my country is still relatively prominent, and there is a large gap between the development of regions. Regional gaps, promoting economic coordination and sustainable development.

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