Boosting confidence, increasing production and stabilizing employment, unleashing vitality, China's economy rebounds and improves prices | Economic indicators | Economy
CCTV News: The National Development and Reform Commission released data yesterday showing that in the first half of this year, multiple economic indicators have rebounded and improved. In the first half of the year, 6.78 million new urban jobs were added nationwide, an increase of 240000 compared to the same period last year, achieving 56.5% of the annual target.
In the first half of the year, industrial power generation above designated size in China reached 4168 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%; The electricity consumption of the whole society in China increased by 5.0% year-on-year.
8641 China Europe freight trains were launched in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 16%
In addition, data released by the National Development and Reform Commission yesterday showed that in the first half of this year, China's imports and exports to countries along the "the Belt and Road" grew 9.8% year on year, 7.7 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate.
In the first half of the year, China Europe freight trains operated 8641 trains and transported 936000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 16% and 30% year-on-year, respectively.
National Development and Reform Commission: Research and formulate more comprehensive policies to attract foreign investment
At yesterday's press conference of the National Development and Reform Commission, relevant officials stated that in the first five months of this year, the actual use of foreign investment in China's manufacturing and high-tech industries increased by 5.9% and 7.5%, respectively. Utilize foreign investment to maintain a stable and high-quality trend.
Next, the National Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant parties to promote the construction of a higher-level open new system, comprehensively optimize the business environment, and attract global resource elements through the domestic circulation.
Jin Xiandong, Director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission: Recently, executives from multinational corporations have visited China, casting a "vote of trust" in China's business environment and a "vote of confidence" in China's development prospects, which also proves that "walking with China is walking with opportunities, and investing in China is investing in the future.".
Jin Xiandong introduced that relevant departments will study and formulate comprehensive policies to attract more foreign investment, further optimize the fair competition environment, promote practical cooperation between domestic and foreign enterprises, deeply understand the demands of relevant parties, study measures such as reducing negative clearance of foreign investment access in Hainan Free Trade Port, and expand market access. At the same time, we will improve the service guarantee mechanism, promote the accelerated implementation of projects, and provide convenient conditions for enterprises to invest and operate in China.
National Development and Reform Commission: Strengthening macroeconomic regulation, prioritizing employment, increasing production and stabilizing employment, and unleashing vitality
In addition, at the press conference, the relevant person in charge also stated that they will make every effort to consolidate the positive momentum of economic recovery, promote various business entities to boost confidence, increase production and stabilize employment, release vitality, and stabilize the basic employment situation.
Jin Xiandong, Director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, introduced that macroeconomic regulation will focus on strengthening employment priority, stabilizing growth, employment, and prices, and ensuring the implementation of policies such as expanding domestic demand, reducing costs, and preventing risks.
To address the employment difficulties faced by key groups such as college graduates, we will strengthen support for stabilizing and expanding job opportunities, and fully unleash the innovation and entrepreneurship vitality of young people; At the same time, we will strengthen employment services for young people, deepen the integration of vocational education, industry and education, and empower and enhance vocational education. We will continue to promote the expansion and improvement of public vocational skills training, and strive to improve the employment skills of young people such as college graduates.
Jin Xiandong, Director of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission: Continuously promoting income growth for residents. We will improve the mechanism for reasonable wage growth, gradually increase the proportion of labor remuneration in the initial distribution, promote income growth for urban and rural residents through multiple channels, and strive to ensure that income growth for residents is basically synchronized with economic growth.
