On the morning of March 17, the State Council Information Office held a press conference, and the spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics Fu Linghui introduced the operation of my country's national economy in the first two months of this year.
Data shows that from January to February this year, industrial production grew rapidly, and the national industrial added value of large-scale industries increased by 5.9% year-on-year, 0.1 percentage point faster than the whole year of the previous year.
The service industry has grown well, with the national service industry production index growing by 5.6% year-on-year, 0.4 percentage points faster than the whole year of the previous year.
The growth of market sales accelerated, with the total retail sales of consumer goods of 8373.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.0%, 0.5 percentage points faster than the whole year of the previous year.
Overall, from January to February, as various macroeconomic policies continued to exert force and effect, the national economy continued to move forward and the quality of development steadily improved.
(CCTV reporter Ding Yani Song Wan)
