CCTV news: On the afternoon of August 17, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. The spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics introduced the operation of the national economy in July this year. In January and July, the national economy maintained an overall stable and positive development trend.In January and July, the added value of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 5.3% year-on-year.Among them, the added value of the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 9.7% year-on-year, and the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 13.8%, respectively faster than the added value of all industries above designated size.In terms of products, the output of 3D printing equipment, lithium-ion batteries, and industrial robots increased by 52.3%, 40.2%, and 28.5% respectively year-on-year.In July, the added value of industries above designated size nationwide increased by 4.5% year-on-year.

The market sales scale further expanded in the first seven months of this year

The reporter learned from the State Council Information Office press conference on August 17 that in the first seven months of this year, my country’s market sales scale further expanded, and service retail sales grew rapidly.

Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in January and July, the total retail sales of consumer goods and services increased by 2.6% year-on-year, of which the retail sales of services increased by 5.0% and the retail sales of goods increased by 1.1%.Among the retail sales of services, the retail sales of communication and information services, travel consulting and leasing services, and cultural, sports and leisure services grew rapidly.In July, the total retail sales of consumer goods was 28,774.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%; the national online retail sales of goods and services was 11,721.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%.

In January-July, the national service industry production index increased by 4.7% year-on-year

At the press conference, the spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics also introduced that in January-July, my country's service industry grew steadily and the modern service industry developed well.

Fu Linghui, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in January and July, the national service industry production index increased by 4.7% year-on-year.In terms of industries, the production index of information transmission, software and information technology services, leasing and business services, finance, transportation, warehousing and postal industries increased by 10.6%, 9.5%, 6.3% and 5.1% respectively year-on-year.In July, the national service industry production index increased by 4.3% year-on-year.