Chongqing's economic growth in the first half of this year was 4 %, and the growth rate slowed down again, but it was still much higher than 1.5 percentage points across China.Scholars of interviewees said that the latest data shows that Shanghai Fengcheng overlay the Russian and Ukraine War, which has not caused much negative impact on the Chongqing industrial chain supply chain, and stated that the rebound of the epidemic is the biggest threat to future growth.
The Chongqing Municipal Government announced the macroeconomic data in the first half of this year on Tuesday (July 19), showing that the regional GDP (GDP) increased by 4 % year -on -year, which was slower than the two -year growth rate of the impact of the epidemic in the same period last year.2.6 percentage points, which is also 1.2 percentage points slower than the first quarter of this year, but has weakened the slowdown.After being accounted for by Omikon's raging China, the Chongqing economy increased by 5.2 % year -on -year in the first quarter of this year, a significant slowdown of 3.1 percentage points compared with the growth rate of last year.
The latest data shows that the added value of industries above designated size in Chongqing curbing the rapid decline since April this year, an increase of 6.1 % in June and standing firmly, an increase of 2.2 percentage points from May.The main indicator data increased by 6.3 % year -on -year in the first half of the year, higher than 2.9 percentage points nationwide.
Among the main pillar industries, Chongqing's automobile industry increased by 9.1 % in the first half of the year, contributing more than 20 % to the industrial growth of the rules; the industry increased by 16.5 % in June, which was 16 percentage points from May.industry.The output and retail sales of new energy vehicles increased by 1.7 times and 1.6 times year -on -year, respectively, showing that the transformation of the industrial structure continued to optimize.
Yang Hongyi, deputy director of the Chongqing Bureau of Statistics, described at a press conference on Tuesday that the city's economy continued to resume development in the first half of the year, and its overall operation was stable.However, he also pointed out that the stable growth pressure in Chongqing is still large, and the recovery foundation needs to be consolidated. The recovery of the industrial chain supply chain still takes time, and the market entity is still difficult to operate.
Qiu Dongyang, director of the MBA Center of Chongqing Institute of Technology, analyzed in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang held a national meeting at the end of May to hold more than 100,000 people will establish a stable economy as a work focus, as well as the continuous relaxation of monetary policy, so that the Chongqing economy avoids further further economy.There is a slump.
Yao Shujie, a professor of economics at Chongqing University, said in an interview that the infrastructure investment and industries above designated size supported Chongqing's economic fundamentals in the first half of this year. The production and sales of new energy vehicles increased significantly and provided new kinetic energy for growth.He pointed out that the toughness of Chongqing's economy originated from the local industrial structure, as well as the China -Europe trains and the new channels of the land and sea provided a strong foreign trade channel for Chongqing exports.
Chongqing official on Tuesday also released the unemployment rate data for the first time, showing that the average unemployment rate in urban survey in the first half of the year was 5.4 %.Although it is lower than 0.3 percentage points nationwide, the official also acknowledged that the stability of employment is still large, especially migrant workers and college graduates.According to statistics, the scale of college graduates in Chongqing this year reached a new high. It is expected that there are about 308,000 graduates of ordinary universities, an increase of 64,000 over last year, an increase of 26.2 %.
Qiu Dongyang pointed out that the third industry in Chongqing was slower in the third half of the year, and the employment capacity was strong in the future. As the service industries such as tourism, catering continued to recover, they would provide more employment positions.The number of graduates of Chongqing universities is also less than cities around Chengdu, Xi'an and other cities. I believe that employment will not become a particularly prominent problem in the local area.
But Qiu Dongyang and Yao Shujie pointed out that the epidemic is still the most critical factor in the economic situation. As long as it is continuously controlled, the growth will not face too much problems.Qiu Dongyang also expects that the easing policy may last for a period of time, and the economic recovery will be more stable.
