Strong growth in high-end industries, and consumption of sports goods in the first two months of the Winter Olympics, Beijing’s economy continues to recover – Xinhua English.news.cn

Source title: Strong growth in high-end industries, Beijing’s economy continues to recover in the first two months of the Winter Olympics, and sports commodity consumption

Adhering to the principle of maintaining stability and seeking progress while maintaining stability, Beijing’s economy continued to recover. Yesterday (March 16), the Municipal Bureau of Statistics and the Beijing Survey Team of the National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that from January to February this year, the city’s industrial added value above designated size increased by 6.7% year-on-year at comparable prices; the city’s total retail sales of consumer goods 242.73 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.5%, of which sports commodities increased by 14.3% driven by the Winter Olympics.

For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, 8K technology was applied on a large scale for event reporting, and the ultra-high-speed 4K orbital camera system flexibly captured the game footage… At the special press conference on the construction of a benchmark city for the global digital economy in Beijing, Wang Lei, deputy director of the Municipal Economic and Information Bureau, said that the Beijing Winter Olympics The wonderful events and venue operation guarantee of the conference fully demonstrated the scientific and technological achievements of Beijing’s digital economy development. Since Beijing proposed to build a global digital economy benchmark city and issued an implementation plan in August last year, the development of the digital economy has accelerated.

According to statistics, from January to February this year, the city’s high-end industries continued to maintain vitality. The added value of high-tech manufacturing above designated size and strategic emerging industries increased by 15.9% and 13.9% year-on-year respectively. An increase of 1.4 times and 49.9%. In terms of different industries, from January to February, among the 37 major industrial sectors, the added value of 22 industries achieved year-on-year growth. Among them, the added value of the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry increased by 15.8% over the same period of the previous year, the computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing industry increased by 15.7%, the two industries contributed more than 70% to the industrial growth, and the electricity, heat production and supply industries increased 2.7%, and auto manufacturing fell 3.5%.

From January to February, the city’s fixed asset investment increased by 13.1% year-on-year. In terms of fields, infrastructure investment increased by 5%, manufacturing investment increased by 71.2%, and real estate development investment increased by 9.9%. In terms of different industries, the investment in the primary industry decreased by 19.1%; the investment in the secondary industry increased by 51.2%, contributing nearly 30% of the investment growth. Among them, investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 92.7% driven by the electronics industry; investment in the tertiary industry increased by 92.7%; An increase of 10.3%, among which, the investment in high-tech service industry increased by 55.1% driven by the information service industry, and the investment in education, culture, sports and entertainment in the social field also achieved rapid growth.

At the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics, the mascots “Bing Dun Dun” and “Xue Rong Rong” are well-deserved “top class”. In the Beijing Arts and Crafts Museum store, consumers who come to buy licensed products line up every day. Online channels, the Tmall Olympic official flagship store has been quickly sold out for many times, showing the popularity.

Data show that from January to February, in the wholesale and retail industries above designated size, the retail sales of household appliances, audio-visual equipment, and gold, silver and jewelry related to upgraded consumption increased by 33% and 31.7%, respectively. Driven by the Winter Olympics, it increased by 14.3%, showing a bright performance. The online retail sales of wholesale and retail industries above designated size, accommodation and catering industries reached 78.79 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%.

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