According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on August 14, the national economy continued to operate in a reasonable range in July and maintained an overall stable and progressive development trend.
According to statistics, in July, the value-added of industries above the national scale increased by 4.8% year on year, and the growth rate fell by 1.5 percentage points compared with last month; the production index of service industry increased by 6.3% year on year, and the growth rate fell by 0.8 percentage points compared with last month; the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 7.6% year on year, and the growth rate fell by 2.2 percentage points compared with last month; The total population was 2738.2 billion yuan, up 5.7% year-on-year, an increase of 2.6 percentage points faster than last month.
From January to July, the national fixed assets investment (excluding farmers) increased by 5.7% year-on-year, 0.1 percentage points lower than that in January and June; online retail sales increased by 16.8% year-on-year, 16.8% higher than that in January and June; urban employment increased by 8.67 million people, and 79% of the annual plan was completed.
