A number of economic data continue to improve China’s high-quality development and ＂full of vitality＂

CCTV News:The latest statistics show that since the beginning of this year, China’s industry, light industry, retail and other fields have continued to pick up.

Since the beginning of this year, the revenue of industrial enterprises in China has improved significantly.

According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics recently, in the first two months, the operating income of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 4.5% year-on-year, which was 3.4 percentage points higher than the annual revenue growth rate of last year. The recovery trend of enterprises was obvious, creating favorable conditions for profit growth. Among the industrial enterprises above designated size, the profits of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 0.5% year-on-year, the profits of private enterprises increased by 12.7%, and the profits of foreign-invested enterprises from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 31.2%. The profits of large, medium and small enterprises increased by 8.0%, 6.0% and 18.9% respectively.

In the first two months of this year, the light industry economy rebounded.

According to the data released by China National Light Industry Federation, 1-mdash; In February, there were more than 130,000 light industrial enterprises above designated size, achieving an operating income of 3.26 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. The production of light industry shows a rapid growth trend. The market vitality of light industrial consumer goods has gradually increased. In the first two months, the retail sales of 11 categories of light industrial goods reached nearly 1.3 trillion yuan, up 5.2% year-on-year. The export volume of light industry increased by 17.4%.

In April, China’s retail boom index was 50.4%.

According to the latest China Retail Prosperity Index released by China Business Federation, in April, China’s retail prosperity index was 50.4%, up 0.3 percentage points from the previous month, and remained in the expansion range for one year in a row.

At the end of March, China’s foreign exchange reserves rose to $3,245.7 billion.

According to the data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange on April 7th, by the end of March 2024, the scale of China’s foreign exchange reserves was US$ 3,245.7 billion, up by US$ 19.8 billion or 0.62% from the end of February. China’s economic recovery has been consolidated and strengthened, and the long-term positive fundamentals will not change, providing support for maintaining the basic stability of foreign exchange reserves.

The central bank set up 500 billion yuan for scientific and technological innovation and technological transformation refinancing.

On April 7th, the People’s Bank of China announced that in order to better meet the financing needs in the fields of scientific and technological innovation, technological transformation and equipment renewal, a second loan for scientific and technological innovation and technological transformation was set up, with a quota of 500 billion yuan and an interest rate of 1.75%. The distribution targets include 21 financial institutions such as policy banks, state-owned commercial banks and joint-stock commercial banks.

The special promotion meeting of "Investing in China" was held in Germany

Recently, the special promotion activity of "Investing in China" sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China was held in Stuttgart, Germany. More than 200 representatives of Chinese and German government agencies, enterprises and business associations attended the meeting to discuss the topic of investment in China.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said at the meeting that German investment in China accounts for 30% of EU investment in China. Bilateral economic and trade cooperation is not only the "ballast stone" of Sino-German relations, but also the "stabilizer" of China-EU relations. China’s emerging fields such as scientific and technological innovation, green and low carbon, and digital economy are full of business opportunities. Investing in China is a bright future for Sino-German economic and trade cooperation. Friedrich, chairman of the German-Chinese parliamentary group of the German Bundestag, said that German-Chinese economic and trade cooperation is a model of globalization, and the two countries should work together to meet the challenges and bring greater certainty to German-Chinese enterprise cooperation.

Data show that Germany has been China’s largest trading partner in Europe for 49 consecutive years, and China has been Germany’s largest trading partner in the world for 8 consecutive years. Sino-German trade accounts for about 30% of China-EU trade.

China’s first deep geothermal scientific exploration well exceeding 5000m.

The reporter learned from China Petrochemical that China’s first over 5,000-meter deep geothermal scientific exploration well — — Well Fushen Re 1 is expected to be drilled to 5,200m underground today (April 8th), setting a new record for geothermal exploration in China. Well Fushen Re-1 is located in Haikou City, Hainan Province. It is located in the high-temperature geothermal belt around the Pacific Ocean, one of the four high-temperature geothermal zones in the world, and it is a rich area of deep geothermal resources.
Previously, the geothermal resource reservoir with the temperature of 150 degrees Celsius was drilled in Fushen Re-1 well near 3,900 meters underground, and the geothermal reservoir with the temperature of 188.71 degrees Celsius was drilled in the depth of 5,123 meters.

5.189 million people entered and exited the country during the Qingming holiday.

On April 7, the National Immigration Bureau released data showing that during the Qingming holiday this year, a total of 5.189 million Chinese and foreign personnel entered and exited the country, an increase of 69.6% over the same period last year. Among them, mainland residents entered and exited 2.422 million people, an increase of 101.7% over the same period of last year; Foreigners entered and exited 500,000 people, an increase of 163.2% over the same period of last year; Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents entered and exited 2.267 million people, an increase of 35.9% over the same period last year.

The inspection and release hall for vehicle-mounted personnel at Hengqin Port was officially opened on the 9th.

The inspection and release hall of passenger and truck combined with one-stop lane attendant at Hengqin Port has been completed and will be officially opened on April 9. There are 22 passages in the inspection and release hall for vehicle-mounted personnel, with 11 passages in the entry and exit directions, including 8 passages for quick inspection and 3 passages for manual inspection, all of which adopt the inspection mode of "cooperative inspection and one release".

Super-long cruise ships docked in Tianjin, and nearly 2,000 international tourists started the Beijing-Tianjin tour.

On April 7th, the cruise ship "Ocean Melody" carrying nearly 2,000 tourists from all over the world docked at the home port of Tianjin International Cruise, and tourists from the United States, Canada, France and other countries officially started a two-day tour of Beijing and Tianjin. The 275-day round-the-world travel route operated by this cruise ship is the longest round-the-world route at present.

Heilongjiang: More than 500 white-headed cranes fly to Wuyuer River Nature Reserve.

Over the past few days, more than 500 national first-class protected animals, white-headed cranes, have been welcomed to Wuyuer River Nature Reserve in Heilongjiang. These cranes bow their heads in the wetlands or wander in the water, adding agility and vitality to the earth in spring. Every year, during the spring migration season, the crane stops here for more than 30 days to replenish, and then continues to fly north to the breeding ground.