The report shows: In the past ten years, the value -added of my country's service industry has increased by 7.4% annually

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 20 (Reporter Wei Yukun) A series of reports of economic and social development achievements since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that according to the unchanged price, from 2013 to 2021, the value -added year of the service industry in my country The average increase of 7.4%, which was higher than the total domestic product (GDP) and the value -added of the secondary industry by 0.8 and 1.4 percentage points.

According to the report, from 2012 to 2019, the contribution rate of the service industry to GDP increased from 45%to 63.5%, an increase of 18.5 percentage points. In 2020, it was impacted by the new crown pneumonia's epidemic. The clustering and contact service industries were greatly affected. The contribution rate of the service industry to economic growth was 46.3%, but it still ranked first in three industries. In 2021, the contribution rate increased to 54.9%, which provided important support for the continuous and stable recovery of my country's economy.

The service industry structure continues to optimize. In 2021, the value -added value of information transmission, software and information technology services, financial industries, leasing and business service industries accounted for 7.2%, 15%, and 5.8%, respectively, an increase of 2.3, 0.6 and 1.4 from 2012, respectively. percentage point. From 2013 to 2021, the average annual growth rate of the operating income of the Internet and related services, software, and information technology service companies above designated size reached 30.1%and 19.5%, respectively, far exceeding the average annual growth rate of 11.9%of service companies above designated size.

The service industry's new movements are highlights. In 2021, the number of e -commerce transactions across the country reached 4.2 trillion yuan, an average annual increase of 20.3%from 2013 to 2021. From 2015 to 2021, the average annual increase of online retail sales of physical goods increased by 25.4%, which was higher than the average annual growth rate of the total retail sales of social consumer goods by 17.5 percentage points. In 2021, the proportion of online retail sales of physical goods accounted for 24.5%. It increased 15.3 percentage points from 2014.

(Wei Yukun)

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