In the first quarter, the GDP growth rate of 17 provinces outperformed the whole country.

  April is coming to an end, and the economic data of each province in the first quarter have been unveiled. Up to now, a total of 29 provinces have published "transcripts", of which 17 provinces have outperformed the whole country in economic growth, with Guizhou temporarily ranking first and Tianjin at the bottom.

  Guizhou’s GDP growth rate ranks first in the country

  A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics released the national economic data for the first quarter. In the first quarter, the gross domestic product was 19,878.3 billion yuan, an increase of 6.8% at comparable prices.

  Followed by, the first quarter economic data of various provinces have also been released. Up to now, of the 31 provinces, 29 have released the economic data for the first quarter, and only Tibet and Jilin have not yet released them. However, among the provinces that published economic data, Inner Mongolia only published data in specific fields such as industry and service industry, indicating that "the economic operation is generally stable" and did not mention the total GDP and growth rate.

  Among the 28 provinces that have published the "report card" of GDP growth rate, Guizhou, Yunnan and Jiangxi are the top three provinces, all of which are central and western provinces, with growth rates of 10.1%, 9.3% and 9.0% respectively. The last three are Tianjin, Liaoning and Hainan, with growth rates of 1.9%, 5.1% and 5.1% respectively.

  Chongqing’s GDP growth rate in the first quarter was 7.0%, which was in the middle reaches of all provinces.

  On the whole, the economic growth rate of 17 provinces has outperformed the national average.

  According to the statistics department of Yunnan, the province’s GDP in the first quarter was 339.306 billion yuan, up 9.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 2.5 percentage points higher than that of the whole country, ranking third in the country. In terms of industries, they are all faster than the whole country. The primary industry grew by 5.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.9 percentage points higher than the whole country. The secondary industry grew by 11.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 4.9 percentage points higher than that of the whole country; The tertiary industry grew by 8.2% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 0.7 percentage points higher than that of the whole country.

  Jiangxi’s GDP growth rate in the first quarter increased by 9.0%, which was 2.2 percentage points higher than that of the whole country, the same as that of the same period of last year and 0.1 percentage point higher than that of the whole year of last year. According to the statistics department of the province, the overall economic growth remained stable, and the growth rate continued to remain in the "first phalanx" of the country.

  The total economic output of five provinces in the first quarter exceeded one trillion yuan.

  In terms of total economic output, the top three in the first quarter were Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong, which were 2,170.529 billion yuan, 2,109.33 billion yuan and 1,890.06 billion yuan respectively, of which Guangdong and Jiangsu broke the 2 trillion mark for the first time.

  In addition to Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shandong, the total economic output of Zhejiang and Henan has also exceeded the trillion mark, with a total of five provinces, an increase of one over the same period last year.

  In the first quarter, Henan’s total economic output was 1,061.1 billion yuan, exceeding one trillion yuan for the first time, up by 7.9% year-on-year, up by 0.1 percentage point over the previous year and 1.1 percentage point higher than the national average. The provincial statistics department said that "the province’s economy achieved a good start in the first quarter".

  Guangdong’s GDP continues to lead the country, with a growth rate of 7.0% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points higher than the national average, but 0.8 percentage points lower than the same period last year. In this regard, the statistical department of the province believes that the favorable conditions for Guangdong to support high-quality economic development in the first quarter continue to accumulate and increase, laying a good foundation for stable and healthy economic development throughout the year.

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  The GDP growth rate of five provinces is better than that of the same period last year.

  The economic growth rate of Shanxi, Liaoning and other places began to rise against the trend, and the performance was bright.

  In the first quarter, the regional GDP of Shanxi Province was 312.207 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the previous year and an acceleration of 0.1 percentage point over the same period of last year. Wei Yongjie, chief statistician of Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics, said that the main indicators grew steadily, and the overall economy continued to be stable and positive. GDP grew by 6.2%, the fastest growth rate in the same period in five years. Among other indicators, fiscal revenue has increased substantially, and leading indicators such as electricity consumption and freight volume have generally improved.

  Looking back on Shanxi’s economic situation in recent years, the GDP growth rate began to drop sharply in 2014, reaching the lowest point of 2.5% in the first quarter of 2015, and then gradually picked up. The growth rate in 2017 was 7.0%.

  Similar to Shanxi, the economic growth rate of Liaoning Province began to decline in 2014, reaching -2.5% at the end of 2016, and then gradually picked up. Compared with the same period of last year, the growth rate in the first quarter of this year increased by 2.7 percentage points. Liaoning Provincial Bureau of Statistics said, "The economic operation of the whole province has continued the trend of bottoming out and gradually improving, and achieved a good start."

  According to the statistics of the reporters, among the 28 provinces, the economic growth rate of 18 provinces was lower than that of the same period last year, while that of 5 provinces was flat, and that of Shaanxi, Hunan, Guangxi, Shanxi and Liaoning was better than that of the same period last year.

  Among the 18 provinces lower than the same period last year, Tianjin has the largest decline. In addition, Hainan has dropped by 3.8 percentage points, Chongqing by 3.5 percentage points and Shandong by 1 percentage point.

  On the evening of April 22, Hainan issued a notice to start implementing the global purchase restriction. The reporter noted that the proportion of real estate investment in Hainan continued to decrease. In the first quarter, investment in real estate development accounted for 48.1% of investment in fixed assets, a decrease of 3.7 percentage points year-on-year. Wang Yuan, deputy director and spokesperson of Hainan Provincial Bureau of Statistics, believes that this is a manifestation of the continuous upgrading and optimization of the real estate structure.

  In recent years, Chongqing’s economic growth rate has been in the forefront of the country, once occupying the top spot. After the second quarter of 2017, the growth rate is now declining, from 10.5% to 9.3% at the end of the year, and the growth rate has changed from double digits to single digits. However, the newly started area of commercial housing increased by 74.7% year-on-year, of which the newly started area of residential housing increased by 87.1%; Commercial housing sales increased by 20.3%, of which residential sales reached 94.813 billion yuan, an increase of 23.5%.

  Tianjin’s GDP growth rate dropped for seven consecutive quarters.

  Among the 28 provinces that announced the GDP growth rate in the first quarter, Tianjin was at the bottom with 1.9%. Preliminary accounting and evaluation by the National Bureau of Statistics show that in the first quarter, Tianjin’s GDP was 495.942 billion yuan, an increase of 1.9% at comparable prices. Among them, the primary industry decreased by 1.9%, the secondary industry decreased by 1.0%, and the tertiary industry increased by 4.4%, "two drops and one liter", both of which rose in the same period last year.

  According to the specific data released by Tianjin, the industrial added value only increased by 0.2% year-on-year, 2.1 percentage points lower than that in 2017. Among them, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 0.1%, down 2.2 percentage points from 2017. In the same period last year, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 7.5%.

  In addition, the investment in fixed assets in Tianjin decreased, and the sales area of commercial housing decreased significantly. In the first quarter, Tianjin’s investment in fixed assets (excluding farmers) decreased by 25.6% year-on-year; The sales area of commercial housing decreased by 58.7%, and the sales volume decreased by 54.8%.

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  Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics said that Tianjin’s economic operation was generally stable in the first quarter. Although the downward pressure on the economy is still relatively large, the momentum of economic development to high quality has not changed. In the next stage, we should seize the historic window period, do a good job in all work with the courage and determination of "rolling stones up the mountain" and promote the healthy and stable development of Tianjin’s economy.

  The reporter noted that since the second quarter of 2016, Tianjin’s GDP growth rate has declined for seven consecutive quarters, especially since 2017, with a large decline, with the first four quarters of 2017 being 8.0%, 6.9%, 6.0% and 3.6% respectively.

  In January this year, Binhai New Area readjusted its GDP statistics, and Tianjin began to squeeze water, and lowered its annual economic growth target from 8% last year to 5%, which also hit a new low in recent years. Zhang Guoqing, then acting mayor of Tianjin, said that this year is a life-and-death year for Tianjin to realize the transformation from high-speed growth to high-quality development, and will focus on "breaking", "establishing" and "falling".

  In addition to Tianjin, Inner Mongolia also admitted that the government’s fiscal revenue is inflated and idling, and the industrial added value is also wet. The reporter found that since 2017, the economic growth rate of Inner Mongolia has been in a downward trend, with 7.2%, 6.6%, 5.0% and 4.0% in the first four quarters respectively. The economic growth rate in the first quarter of this year has not been announced.

  Beijing News reporter Sha Lu