Public Network poster news reporter Hou Xiao Liaocheng reported

On October 29, the Information Office of the Liaocheng City People's Government held a press conference. What are the characteristics of Liaocheng's economy in the first three quarters? In this regard, Wang Zejun, spokesman of the Municipal Bureau of Statistics and director of the Municipal Statistical Census Center, answered reporters' questions.
Wang Zejun, in the first three quarters, the city's production has expanded steadily, new kinetic energy has grown rapidly, market vitality has been significantly enhanced, the city's economy has continued to recover and is better than expected, and the overall economic operation has maintained a stable and good development trend, which mainly presents the following characteristics:
The main indicators are high and steady
Under the comprehensive effect of low base effect, endogenous power enhancement and steady recovery of market demand, the city's main economic indicators are "high and stable", and most indicators maintain double-digit growth, which is significantly better than the national provincial average. The city's GDP increased by 10% year-on-year, 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points higher than the whole country and the province respectively, ranking 9th in the province; the added value of industries above designated size increased by 13.6%, 1.8 and 2.0 percentage points higher than the whole country and the province respectively, ranking 7th in the province; fixed asset investment increased by 17.7%, 10.4 and 9 percentage points higher than the whole country and the province, ranking 6th in the province; the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 18.8%, compared with the whole country. The province is 2.4 and 0.2 percentage points higher, ranking 6th in the province.
New momentum is growing rapidly
The investment in new kinetic energy continued to increase, and the proportion of "four new" investment in total investment reached 44.1%, an increase of 5.4 percentage points year-on-year, ranking fourth in the province. The output value of high-tech industries accounted for 5.8 percentage points higher than that of last year; the growth rate of added value of high-end equipment, high-end chemicals, new energy and new materials, and new generation information technology exceeded 15%. The added value of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 22.7% year-on-year. The integration of business formats has accelerated, and the retail sales of units above designated size have increased by 112.9% year-on-year through the Internet.
The market vitality continues to increase
Market entities grew rapidly, with the total number of various market entities in the city reaching 658,000, an increase of 12.2% year-on-year. Among them, there are 83,200 newly registered market entities, an average daily increase of 305 households. The demand for consumption upgrading products was strong, and the retail sales of gold and silver jewelry, sports and entertainment products, household appliances and audio-visual equipment, and cosmetics increased by 39.9%, 36.4%, 33.0% and 20.1% respectively year-on-year.
The quality and efficiency have been steadily improved
The quality of fiscal revenue has improved, and the tax revenue in the general public budget revenue has increased by 28.8%, ranking second in the province, moving 6 places forward from the first half of the year, and the growth rate is 9.6 percentage points higher than that of fiscal revenue; the proportion of tax revenue has reached 76.4%, an increase of 5.7 percentage points over the previous year. The efficiency of enterprises continued to improve, and the operating income of industries above designated size increased by 31.2% year-on-year from January to August, ranking third in the province; the realized profit increased by 95.0%, ranking fourth in the province; and the asset-liability ratio of industrial enterprises was 66.9%, down 0.6 percentage points year-on-year.
The power of the welfare security
The city's fiscal expenditure on people's livelihood reached 27.66 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2% year-on-year, accounting for 73.6% of all fiscal expenditures. 35,400 new jobs were created in cities and towns, 88.5% of the annual task was completed, and the registered unemployment rate in cities and towns was controlled at 2.84%, which was 1.66 percentage points better than the provincial control target. The city's consumer prices rose by 0.6%, 2.4 percentage points below the annual control target.
Editor-in-charge: Zhao Zhipeng
Review: Lee Siu Fai