During the rainy season of the valley, the spring breeze sends warmth. In Pingdao Village, Chaoyangchuan Town, Yanji City, Jilin Province, in the contiguous rice seedling greenhouses, villagers are busy setting up plates, laying soil, and sowing seeds. Looking at the neat rows of nursery trays, villager Li Yiping was full of expectations: "Water, the tender green seedlings will emerge after a while, and the seedlings can be planted in mid-May." ”
At present, spring ploughing in the Sanjiang Plain is in full swing, the qilu land is lush with wheat, the Yangtze River Basin is planting early rice seedlings, and the spring ploughing march is played all over the country, which is a busy scene. The latest agricultural dispatch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shows that at present, the spring sown grain has exceeded 20%, the early rice has been planted more than 70%, and the northeast rice has been planted more than 70%, all faster than last year. The proportion of winter wheat first and second type seedlings was 87.9%, an increase of 17.4 percentage points over before winter, and the growth trend was good, and there was a basis for seizing a bumper summer grain harvest.
When agriculture is stable, the economic market is stable. After multiple tests such as frequent outbreaks of epidemics in China and turbulence in the international situation, from the fields to the construction sites and docks to the workshops and shopping malls, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, all walks of life have overcome difficulties, gone all out to resume work and promote production, and work hard!
Send positive signals in response to challenges
In the first quarter of this year, China's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 4.8% year-on-year, achieving a smooth start. This growth rate is not easy to come by and is difficult to achieve.
Looking at the world, the situation has become more complicated and turbulent since the beginning of this year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still raging around the world, geopolitical conflicts have intensified, and the recovery of the world economy has slowed down. On April 19, the International Monetary Fund lowered its global economic growth forecast for this year to 3.6% on the basis of the Reduction in January; the day before, the World Bank lowered its 2022 global economic growth forecast to 3.2%; at the same time, Germany, France and other relevant institutions in many countries have sharply lowered their domestic economic growth forecasts this year.
Looking at The country, the epidemic has occurred frequently recently, the prevention and control situation is severe and complex, the normal operation of some cities has been blocked, some market players have been seriously impacted, the difficulties of some industries have increased significantly, the smooth economic cycle has encountered some constraints, and the new downward pressure has further increased.
Pei Deming, Director of the Economic Department of the Asian Development Bank's China Representative Office, commented: "Despite multiple negative factors, we can still see a lot of positive signals from China's economic performance in the first quarter. ”
This positive signal is reflected in the trend of economic growth -
From the perspective of chain growth rate, the GDP in the first quarter increased by 1.3% over the fourth quarter of 2021, and the growth rate was significantly higher than the quarter-on-quarter growth rate in the first quarter of last year; from the perspective of year-on-year growth rate, the GDP growth in the first quarter was 4.8%, 0.8 percentage points higher than that in the fourth quarter of the previous year, and the recovery trend was obvious.
This positive signal is reflected in the situation of industrial and agricultural production -
When grabbing the farmers, do not miss production. In the first quarter, the agricultural production situation was stable, the animal husbandry industry grew steadily, the added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery increased by 6.1% year-on-year, and the output of pigs, cattle, sheep and poultry meat increased by 8.8%. Resume work to promote production, and strive to break through. In the first quarter, industrial production grew rapidly, and the added value of industries above designated size increased by 6.5% year-on-year, rebounding from the fourth quarter of the previous year.
This positive signal is reflected in the improvement of people's livelihood -
The impact of the epidemic on economic and social development and people's livelihood has been minimized, and the trend of stable employment prices and per capita income increase has been guaranteed. In the first quarter, 2.85 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, and the unemployment rate in urban surveys averaged 5.5%, basically the same as the same period last year; the per capita disposable income of residents in the country increased by 5.1% year-on-year, faster than the GDP growth rate in the same period; in the context of high global inflation, the supply of goods and services in the Chinese market was generally sufficient, and the CPI rose by 1.1% year-on-year, which was generally moderate.
Enhance the momentum of development in improving quality and efficiency
To observe the economy of a big country, we must look at the "potential" of data changes and the "energy" behind development. Looking at the land of Shenzhou, on the one hand, the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the continuous growth of emerging industries, on the other hand, online retail is booming, innovation investment continues to increase, and the momentum of China's economic development has steadily increased.
-- The economic structure is better. In The transformed production workshop of Barut Garment Co., Ltd. in Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, the staff cooperates with the newly installed intelligent hanging system in an orderly manner. More than 700 kilometers away, wuhan, hubei province, Changfei optical fiber cable co., LTD. optical cable car room, running the world's fastest optical cable production line, can produce more than 1,000 kinds of structural optical cables. Here, it takes only 1 second to pull a hair-thin fiber from a 22 cm diameter fiber preform.
Innovation-driven results have been remarkable, and the quality of development has been continuously improved. In the first quarter, the added value of high-tech manufacturing increased by 14.2% year-on-year, the equipment manufacturing industry increased by 8.1%, and the added value of information transmission, software and information technology service industries increased by 10.8%.
——Green and low-carbon are more beautiful. Open the hood to check the oil level, sit in the driver's seat to see the integrity of the interior, stand next to the vehicle and look at the side skirts and wheel hubs – in the BYD production workshop in the Yuhua Economic Development Zone of Changsha City, Hunan Province, operators carefully inspect the newly off-line vehicles. In the first quarter, BYD's production of new energy vehicles reached 287,530 units, an increase of 416.96% over the same period last year.
The new energy industry is in full swing, and the green and low-carbon transformation is steadily advancing. In the first quarter, the output of new energy vehicles and solar cells increased by 140.8% and 24.3% respectively, and the energy consumption of 10,000 yuan of GDP fell by 2.3% year-on-year.
——Consumption is more innovative. During the Spring Festival, the Turnover of Ski Sports Commodities on the Jingdong Platform increased by 322% year-on-year, and the overall transaction volume of ice sports commodities increased by 430% year-on-year. Consumers in third- and fourth-tier cities have added new home appliances such as air purifiers and sweeping robots, and the long-established brands of domestic goods have set off a "new national tide" on the Internet.
Market sales grew steadily, and online consumption remained active. In the first quarter, the national online retail sales of physical goods increased by 8.8% year-on-year, the growth rate was 4 percentage points faster than that in the fourth quarter of 2021, accounting for 23.2% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods, driving more than 1.5 percentage points to the growth of market sales.
Share development opportunities in the long-term good
Under the impact challenge, confidence and motivation are especially needed, and it is even more sober and determined to continue to recover.
Against the backdrop of increased uncertainty about environmental complexity at home and abroad, some of which exceeded expectations, slowed down in March for some major indicators. Looking forward to the whole year, there are still many risks and challenges, and China's economy still needs to climb over the obstacles and overcome difficulties.
-- The more arduous the challenge, the more we must persist in taking the lead in steady words and seeking progress in a steady manner. Coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, strictly implement normalized prevention and control measures, put stable growth in a more prominent position, increase the implementation of macro policies, and keep economic operation within a reasonable range.
In Ningde City, Fujian Province, Huang Junxue, an employee of the cold rolling logistics group of Qingtuo Group, recently received a national unified style key material transport vehicle pass. "With this certificate, there is no need to worry about inter-provincial delivery." Huang Junjun said, "This time transporting stainless steel rolls to Wenzhou, Zhejiang, enterprises can receive urgently needed production materials faster than ever before." ”
Promote the full issuance and use of national unified passes, and must not restrict passage on the grounds of waiting for nucleic acid results; implement a new combined tax support policy, which is expected to reduce taxes and taxes by about 2.5 trillion yuan throughout the year; comprehensively reduce the RRR by 0.25 percentage points, releasing long-term funds of about 530 billion yuan; newly set up two special reloans for scientific and technological innovation and inclusive old-age care, and increase the re-loan of supporting agriculture and small enterprises... In view of the problems of poor logistics and difficult operation of small and medium-sized enterprises, from the central to the local, the policy force is more precise, appropriately advanced, and strives to stabilize the macroeconomic market.
-- The more arduous the challenge, the more we must seek impetus for reform and opening up. Continue to deepen the reform of "decentralization and management of services", create a more market-oriented, rule-of-law and international business environment, further promote a higher level of opening up, and provide lasting impetus for China's economic stability and progress.
Walking into Schneider Electric's star factory in Wuhan, Hubei Province, on the intelligent production line, unmanned vehicles transport materials, intelligent robots are efficiently assembled, and staff patrol production lines... Batches of products have been rolled off the production line and are ready to be issued. Yin Zheng, global executive vice president and president of Schneider Electric in China, said that even if the epidemic increases uncertainty, Schneider Electric is still willing to increase investment in China. "In China, we see high-quality talent resources, a broad market space, a complete industrial system and a general emphasis on innovation. At present, Schneider Electric has laid out four major R&D centers in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Xi'an, and will further promote local R&D results to the world. ”
Schneider Electric was not the only ones who cast a vote of confidence. In the first quarter, the actual use of foreign capital in the country increased by 25.6% year-on-year. According to a recent report by the German Chamber of Commerce in China and the American Chamber of Commerce in China, 71% of German-funded enterprises and more than 60% of American-funded enterprises plan to increase investment in China.
Cai Congmiao, honorary president of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said, "Despite the global challenges such as the epidemic and geopolitics, China's economy is still expected to maintain strong resilience and growth momentum in the long run, and China has the ability and wisdom to overcome difficulties in development." ”
Don't live up to the spring light to dry up. Practice has repeatedly proved that China's economy is resilient and its long-term fundamentals will not change. China can effectively cope with various risks and challenges and achieve sustained and healthy economic development. This is where our strength lies, and where the world's opportunities lie. (Qiu Haifeng, Xu Peiyu)
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition