CCTV News: On the morning of January 17, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. The National Bureau of Statistics announced that China's GDP will increase by 5% year-on-year in 2024. The relevant person in charge said that in 2024, the national economy will operate stably and progress generally, and the main goals and tasks of economic and social development will be successfully completed. At the press conference, Kang Yi, Director of the National Bureau of Statistics, said when talking about new quality productivity that in 2024, my country's new quality productivity will develop steadily, injecting a steady stream of new momentum into high-quality development. In 2024, my country's global innovation index ranking rose to 11th place

From the perspective of innovation, innovation capabilities have been further improved. In 2024, my country's global innovation index ranking rose to 11th, making it one of the economies with the fastest increase in innovation in the past decade. At the same time, R&D investment is also continuing to increase. In 2024, the intensity of R&D funding investment reached 2.68%, an increase of 0.1 percentage point over the previous year; basic research funding increased by 10.5%, accounting for 6.91% of R&D funding.

At the same time, emerging industries have further grown, and new pillars of the industrial system are gradually forming.

Kang Yi said that in 2024, the added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size increased by 8.9% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of aerospace and equipment manufacturing industries and electronics and communications equipment manufacturing industries have achieved double-digit growth. New market demand is also constantly giving rise to more high-quality product supply. The added value of the smart consumer equipment manufacturing industry increased by 10.9% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the intelligent vehicle equipment manufacturing and intelligent unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing industries increased by 25.1% and 53.5% respectively. my country's traditional industries will be further upgraded in 2024

Kang Yi introduced that in 2024, my country's traditional industries will be further upgraded. Investment in manufacturing technology transformation increased by 8% over the previous year, significantly faster than the growth rate of all investments. At the same time, the digital economy has further grown.

Kang Yi introduced that the added value of digital products manufacturing above scale is significantly faster than that of industries above scale, and the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services in information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 10.9% over the previous year. New models and scenarios of digital consumption are constantly expanding, driving the online retail sales of physical goods to grow by 6.5%. The construction of network infrastructure such as 5G and gigabit optical networks is progressing steadily. By the end of November 2024, the number of 5G base stations in my country reached 4.19 million, and the first 400G full-optical inter-provincial backbone network of "counting east and west" was officially put into commercial use, building a high-speed computing power channel. my country's green development will further show results in 2024

In 2024, my country's green development will further show results. The greening of the energy industry is accelerating, and the proportion of clean energy power generation is constantly increasing. In 2024, the proportion of large-scale industrial hydropower, nuclear power, wind power and solar power generation in my country increased to 32.6%.