Make every effort to consolidate the recovery and improve the situation. China’s economy is advancing with the momentum.

CCTV News:On April 16th, the National Bureau of Statistics announced the main indicators of the national economy in the first quarter of this year. Faced with the complexity, severity and uncertainty of the external environment in the current economic operation, at the press conference held on the 17th, the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that many measures were being taken to strengthen the expected guidance, enhance market confidence, and fully consolidate and enhance the economic recovery.

At present, the National Development and Reform Commission gives full play to the important driving and amplifying role of government investment, such as central budget investment, local government special bonds, and the issuance of national debt in 2023, and actively expands effective investment. In the first quarter, the national investment in fixed assets increased by 4.5% year-on-year, with a growth rate of 1-mdash; February accelerated by 0.3 percentage points, 1.5 percentage points faster than last year, showing a steady upward trend. Among them, manufacturing investment and infrastructure investment increased by 9.9% and 6.5% respectively, maintaining a relatively fast growth rate; Private investment increased by 0.5%, and the growth rate further picked up.

Liu Sushe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that this year, 700 billion yuan was invested in the central budget. The Development and Reform Commission, together with all parties concerned, insisted on paying equal attention to quality and efficiency, and strengthened project reserve and preliminary work. Up to now, the investment plan in the central budget has exceeded 200 billion yuan, accounting for more than 30% of the whole year.

The central government has decided to issue ultra-long-term special bonds for several years from this year, and to issue 1 trillion yuan of ultra-long-term special bonds first in 2024.

Liu Sushe introduced, focusing on the key tasks of accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, promoting the integration of urban and rural development, promoting regional coordinated development, improving the ability of food and energy resources security, promoting high-quality population development, and comprehensively promoting the construction of beautiful China.

Recently, US and European leaders claimed that China had accumulated excess capacity, and US Treasury Secretary Yellen, who was visiting China, also expressed the same concern. In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission responded that under the conditions of market economy, the balance between supply and demand is relative, the imbalance is universal, and moderate output exceeds demand, which is conducive to market competition and survival of the fittest. This phenomenon is widespread.

The pace of promoting high-quality development and high-level opening up in China will not stop.

On April 16th, the National Bureau of Statistics released the main data of national economic operation in the first quarter of this year, which showed that China’s economy continued to pick up and made a good start. But at the same time, some western media are still concerned about the poor performance of some indicators and doubt whether China can achieve the growth target of around 5% this year. China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian responded at the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 17th that the pace of promoting high-quality development and high-level opening-up in China will not stop, and the trend of economic recovery will not change.

Lin Jian said that according to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China’s GDP increased by 5.3% in the first quarter of this year, and the four macro indicators of growth, employment, inflation and balance of payments remained generally stable. It can be said that China’s economic indicators continued to pick up, making steady progress, and achieved a "good start" this year.

The spokesman said that recently, the international community’s optimistic voice about China is increasing, and its confidence in China’s development is growing. The Asian Development Bank, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other international financial institutions have raised their economic growth forecasts for China this year. The Asian Development Outlook 2024 released by ADB predicts that China will contribute 46% of the economic growth of developing countries in Asia from 2024 to 2025, and will continue to be the largest contributor to global economic growth.

The spokesman said that China has a solid economic foundation, strong resilience, many advantages, full vitality and great potential. Even if it faces certain risks and difficulties in the future, the pace of China’s high-quality development and high-level opening-up will not stop, and the trend of economic recovery will not change.

Financial efforts to support the high-quality development of manufacturing industry

The General Administration of Financial Supervision and other three departments recently issued a notice to clarify the key tasks of financial support for the manufacturing industry in the next step, including focusing on supporting the safety and stability of the industrial chain supply chain and increasing financial support for basic parts and materials; Support the innovative development of business entities such as high-tech enterprises and "specialized and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises; Strengthen medium and long-term financial support for equipment renewal and technical transformation of traditional manufacturing industries; Strengthen financial services in the fields of smart equipment and digital infrastructure, and vigorously promote the development of green finance.

The three departments also require financial institutions to make separate manufacturing credit plans and develop credit products and services that adapt to the characteristics of the manufacturing industry.

In the first quarter, China’s cross-border e-commerce import and export increased by 9.6%

As an important manifestation of digital trade, cross-border e-commerce has become a new bright spot in global economic development. Statistics from the General Administration of Customs show that in the first quarter, the import and export of cross-border e-commerce in China was 577.6 billion yuan, an increase of 9.6%. Among them, exports were 448 billion yuan and imports were 129.6 billion yuan. At the world internet conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum held on April 16th, "International Cooperation of Silk Road E-commerce" was the main topic, aiming at promoting the facilitation of cross-border electronic commerce and the data flow and sharing among countries.

The reporter saw in the live broadcast base of Xi ‘an Chanba cross-border e-commerce industrial park that the anchors enthusiastically introduced goods from different countries, such as Russian purple candy, beer, milk powder, chocolate from Uzbekistan, honey from Kyrgyzstan, and high-quality goods with Shaanxi characteristics.

At present, Chanba cross-border e-commerce industrial park has settled in 45 cross-border e-commerce enterprises and introduced more than 300 international and regional brands to deliver goods to the world in time.

Xi ‘an Chanba Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park is a microcosm of China’s cross-border e-commerce. Relevant data show that by the end of 2022, there were 165 cross-border electronic commerce Comprehensive Experimental Zones covering 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It is the joint efforts of these cross-border e-commerce industrial parks that have enabled China’s cross-border e-commerce import and export volume to reach 577.6 billion yuan in the first quarter of this year.

At the world internet conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum held on April 16th, many topics and discussions were focused on the development of cross-border e-commerce in countries with the Belt and Road Initiative.

Abdullah Ali works for a fast food company in Jordan. For many years, his company has been trying to explore the international market. Abdullah Ali attended the world internet conference Digital Silk Road Development Forum held on April 16th. While learning the mature model of cross-border e-commerce in China, he also hoped to find a powerful partner to help his products open the international market.

In the first quarter, the national railway fixed assets investment was 124.8 billion yuan.

The reporter learned from China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. that in the first quarter, China’s railway investment in fixed assets reached 124.8 billion yuan, up 9.9% year-on-year. A number of key railway construction projects listed in the national "14th Five-Year Plan" have made positive progress.

In the first quarter, a number of new lines, such as Hefei-Wuhan section of Shanghai-Chongqing-Rongjiang high-speed railway, Zhangzhou-Shantou high-speed railway, Pingliang-Qingyang railway and Wenshan-Mengzi railway, and key projects such as Fuchimen Bridge of Ningbo-Zhoushan railway started construction.

Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou Railway and Chongqing-Yibin Section of Chongqing-Kunming High-speed Railway started track laying, Lanzhou-Wuwei Section of Lanzhou-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway started joint debugging and testing, and Chizhou-Huangshan High-speed Railway started operation test and preparation for opening operation.

In the next step, China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. will actively promote the construction of key projects and logistics infrastructure, such as high-speed rail along the Yangtze River and coastal areas and new land and sea passages in the west, so as to promote regional connectivity. Give full play to the pulling role of railway construction investment, and further consolidate and strengthen the economic recovery.

In 2023, the number of computer software copyright registration reached a new high in the past five years.

Recently, the reporter learned from the Copyright Protection Center of China that since the copyright registration of computer software broke through 1 million pieces for the first time in 2018, it has maintained the scale of more than 1 million pieces for six consecutive years, showing a sustained growth trend as a whole. Among them, the number of software in 2023 was nearly 2.5 million, with a year-on-year growth rate of 36%, both hitting new highs in the past five years.

Strengthen diversified exchanges and promote win-win cooperation.

The 135th Canton Fair: Expanding Intermediate Trade and Strengthening International Cooperation

April 17th is the third day of the 135th Canton Fair. This year’s Canton Fair, exhibitors will bring more intermediate goods and capital goods, accelerate the cultivation of new kinetic energy of foreign trade and further strengthen international cooperation by expanding the trade of intermediate goods.

Among the products displayed at this Canton Fair, the proportion of intermediate goods and capital goods increased to 12%. Through platforms such as the Canton Fair, China enterprises will participate more closely in international cooperation and help countries, especially developing countries, realize industrialization.

The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting will be held in Beijing in late April.

The reporter learned from the press conference held by the State Council Press Office on April 17th that the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting will be held in Beijing from April 25th to 29th. With the theme of "Innovation: Building a Better World", the annual meeting has set up five major sections, namely forum meeting, technology transaction, achievement release, frontier competition and supporting activities, and nearly 120 activities will be held. More than 100 countries and regions, more than 150 foreign government departments and international organizations were invited to participate.

Solid progress has been made in the high-quality development of aerospace and science and technology.

The combination of Shenzhou-18 ship and arrow was transported to the launch area.

On the morning of April 17th, at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, the rocket assembly of Shenzhou-18 was lifted by the movable launch platform, and sailed out of the final assembly test workshop, and sailed smoothly to the launch tower by vertical transshipment.

After about two hours of vertical transshipment, the rocket assembly of Shenzhou 18 was transported to the launch area and will be launched this month. At present, the facilities and equipment of the launch site are in good condition, and various functional inspections and joint tests will be carried out before launch.

Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) FAST has discovered over 900 new pulsars.

The reporter learned from the National Astronomical Observatory of Chinese Academy of Sciences that up to now, the 500-meter spherical radio telescope (FAST), known as the "Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST)", has discovered over 900 new pulsars, including more than 120 binary pulsars, more than 170 millisecond pulsars and 80 faint occasional pulsars. These discoveries have greatly expanded the limits of human vision of observing the universe and played an important supporting role in continuously producing scientific research results.

China’s Clean Energy Development Report

The power transmission capacity of Jinsute high-voltage project exceeded 400 billion kWh for the first time.

The reporter learned from the State Grid that the UHVDC transmission project from Jinping, Sichuan Province to Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, one of the main arteries of "West-to-East Power Transmission", has delivered 400.3 billion kWh of electricity today (April 17), making it the first UHVDC transmission project in China with a transmission power exceeding 400 billion kWh, fully verifying the advantages of China’s UHVDC transmission technology of "large capacity, long distance and high efficiency".

Ecological protection has achieved remarkable results.

The population of spotted seals in Liaodong Bay reached a new high.

According to the latest data, in Liaohekou National Nature Reserve, Liaoning Province, the number of spotted seals observed increased from 181 in 2021 to 393 this year, setting a new high in population over the years. Spotted seal is a national first-class protected animal and the flagship species in the marine ecosystem of Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. In recent years, coastal areas have vigorously carried out the work of "retiring and returning to humidity", which has created a good breeding and habitat environment for spotted seals.

There are over 760 crested ibis in Zhejiang crested ibis rescue and protection base.

At present, the crested ibis rescue and protection base in Zhejiang province has ushered in the breeding period of crested ibis, and the population has reached more than 760. In 2008, Deqing, Zhejiang introduced 10 crested ibis from Shaanxi for artificial breeding and hatching, and made good progress in artificial ex situ conservation and field population reconstruction.

Qinghai: Flocks of rock sheep appear in Tianjun Mountain.

Recently, in Tianjun County, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, local photographers photographed hundreds of national second-class protected wild animals, rock sheep, roaming freely in the mountains and climbing mountains in groups. Rock sheep live all the year round between the plateau, hilly plain and alpine bare rocks at an altitude of 2500 to 5500 meters.