Yesterday, reporters learned from the Municipal Bureau of Statistics that in the first half of this year, the economy of Lishui City maintained a steady performance, with coordinated growth across the three industries, continuous expansion of investment scale, improvement in the consumer market, stable consumer prices, and steady growth in residents’ income, thus sustaining the positive momentum.

In the first half of the year, Lishui’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached 107.60 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 6.6% in terms of comparable prices. The three industries achieved coordinated growth: the added value of the primary industry stood at 5.21 billion yuan, up by 3.7%; the added value of the secondary industry amounted to 38.01 billion yuan, increasing by 6.3%; and the added value of the tertiary industry reached 64.38 billion yuan, growing by 7.1%.

Emerging industrial sectors maintained a sound growth momentum. In the first half of the year, the added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size in Lishui rose by 9.7% year-on-year. Specifically, the added value of strategic emerging industries, equipment manufacturing, and high-tech industries increased by 16.2%, 13.3%, and 12.2% respectively, all outpacing the growth rate of the added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size.

Investment serves as a crucial driver for economic growth. In the first half of the year, fixed-asset investment in Lishui City grew by 13.5% year-on-year, among which project investment increased by 20.6%. The policy effects of “Two Priorities” and “Two News” continued to take effect: investment in infrastructure surged by 32.6%, investment in manufacturing rose by 25.5%, investment in technological transformation of industrial enterprises grew by 26.8%, and investment in the purchase of equipment, tools, and instruments jumped by 64.5%.

Consumer demand was continuously unleashed, and market vitality was steadily enhanced. In the first half of the year, the total retail sales of consumer goods in Lishui reached 49.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.7%, which was 0.3 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter. Among them, the retail sales of consumer goods above the designated size increased by 11.2%. The policy of replacing old consumer goods with new ones has yielded tangible results, with sustained growth in communications equipment, household appliances and audio-visual equipment, building and decoration materials, new energy vehicles, etc., among units above the designated size. In June, the total retail sales of consumer goods in the city grew by 7.3%.

Residents’ income is one of the key indicators reflecting the quality of economic development and the extent of improvement in people’s well-being. In the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of all residents in Lishui was 29,050 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 36,568 yuan, up by 5.8%; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 17,917 yuan, increasing by 6.8%, with a growth rate higher than that of urban residents’ income.

While stabilizing income, residents’ consumer prices also remained basically stable, effectively safeguarding the sense of happiness in people’s lives. In the first half of the year, the overall consumer price level for residents in Lishui urban area remained flat year-on-year. Among them, the prices of consumer goods decreased by 1.2% year-on-year, service prices rose by 1.9%, and industrial product prices fell by 0.8%.