Economic Operation of Inner Mongolia in the First Half of the Year

Since this year, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics in the new era, the whole region has thoroughly implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech to Inner Mongolia, adhered to the general tone of steady progress, adhered to the new development concept, adhered to the supply-side structural reform as the main line, and adhered to ecological priority and green development as the main line. New ways of high-quality development should be guided to actively respond to changes in the situation, concentrate and overcome difficulties. The region's economic operation will continue to maintain overall stability, stability and progress. The industrial structure will be further optimized, the quality of development will be improved, and the vitality of development will be enhanced.

Preliminary calculation shows that in the first half of the year, the total GDP of the whole region reached 826.67 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% on a year-on-year basis at comparable prices, which was equal to the first quarter, an increase of 0.6 percentage points over the same period of the previous year, and an increase of 0.2 percentage points over the whole year. In terms of three industries, the added value of the primary industry was 33.31 billion yuan, an increase of 1.3% over the same period last year; the added value of the secondary industry was 33.44 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6%, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 45.89 billion yuan, an increase of 5.0%.

1. Agriculture and animal husbandry have achieved steady growth. Planting structure has been continuously optimized

In the first half of this year, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the whole region has reached 62.0 billion yuan, an increase of 1.8% on a year-on-year basis at comparable prices. In the field of planting, the area sown by crops has increased steadily. Among them, the sowing area of soybean, rice, silage maize and vegetables increased. In the first half of the year, the vegetable planting area in the whole region was 141,000 hectares, an increase of 1.7% over the same period last year. In animal husbandry, in the first half of this year, the output of pigs, cattle and sheep and poultry in the whole area was 922 thousand tons, down 1.1% from the same period last year. Among them, beef production was 154,000 tons, an increase of 3.4%; mutton production was 392,000 tons, an increase of 3.5%; pork production was 304,000 tons, a decrease of 9.5%; poultry production was 72,000 tons, an increase of 5.1%; milk production was 2,056,000 tons, an increase of 1.4%.

II. Industrial production has steadily increased, and the new power has continued to increase

In the first half of the year, the value-added of industries above the scale of the whole region increased by 7.1% year on year, 0.5 percentage points faster than that in the first quarter, and 1.3 percentage points higher than that in the same period of last year. From the perspective of superior and characteristic industries, the added value of energy industry increased by 6.1%, Metallurgical Building Materials Industry by 14.3%, chemical industry by 4.0%, agricultural and livestock products processing industry by 4.5%, and equipment manufacturing industry by 13.3%. The transformation and upgrading of industry have continued to advance. The added value of modern coal chemical industry increased by 10.0% and that of non-coal industry increased by 7.8%. Manufacturing has maintained relatively rapid growth. The added value of manufacturing industry increased by 8.9% year on year, faster than 1.8 percentage points of industries above scale, 3.6 percentage points of mining industry, and 1.9 percentage points of electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries. Manufacturing accounted for 37.1% of industrial added value above scale. The added value of high-tech manufacturing industry increased by 10.5% year-on-year, faster than 3.4 percentage points of industries above scale. In the first half of the year, the production and marketing rate of industries above the scale of the whole region was 99.1%, which was 0.1 percentage points higher than that of the same period last year.

The level of economic benefits of enterprises has been improved. From January to May, the total profits of 2697 Industrial Enterprises above the scale reached 58.5 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9% over the same period last year, an increase of 2.1 percentage points compared with January to April.

3. The service industry grew steadily. The emerging service industry developed rapidly in the first half of this year. The contribution rate of the tertiary industry to GDP growth reached 50.0%, which promoted GDP growth by 2.7 percentage points. Sales of consumer upgrade commodities grew rapidly. In the first half of the year, retail sales of cosmetics, gold, silver and jewellery, cultural office supplies and new energy vehicles increased by 4.6%, 4.1%, 11.3% and 31.9% respectively. Tourism has a good momentum of development. In the first half of this year, the whole region received 67.112 million tourists and realized a total tourism income of 147.39 billion yuan. Emerging service industries have developed rapidly. From January to May, the business income of Internet industry and software industry increased by 17.4% and 40.0% respectively.

4. The quality of investment has steadily improved, and the structure has been further optimized

In the first half of the year, the investment in fixed assets of projects over 5 million yuan in the whole region has increased by 0.4% over the same period of last year. Among them, manufacturing investment and infrastructure investment increased by 0.4% and 0.5% respectively. Private investment fell by 2.2% year-on-year, narrowing by 6.9 percentage points from January to May, accounting for 50.5% of total investment. The proportion of tertiary industry investment in total investment is 56.2%, which is higher than that of secondary industry by 16.0 percentage points. Investment in high-tech services increased 17.4% year-on-year, 17.0 percentage points faster than total investment; investment in health services increased 21.7% year-on-year, 21.3 percentage points faster than total investment. In the first half of the year, the investment in real estate development in the whole region was 36.1 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8% over the same period last year. Sales of commercial housing amounted to 37.23 billion yuan, an increase of 2.2%.

5. Consumer prices rose slightly, and industrial producer prices rose steadily in the first half of the year. Consumer prices in the whole region rose by 2.0% year on year, which was 0.2 percentage points lower than the national average. Among them, urban rose by 2.0%, and rural pastoral areas by 2.2%. In terms of classification, the eight categories of consumer prices show a pattern of "seven rises and one fall". Among them, food, tobacco and alcohol prices rose by 3.5% year-on-year, traffic and communications fell by 0.4%, and other types of price increases remained basically stable. In the first half of the year, the ex-factory prices of industrial producers in the whole region rose by 2.0% year on year, an increase of 1.1 percentage points over the first quarter. Among them, the ex-factory prices of coal mining and washing industries rose by 10.6% year on year, an increase of 2.6 percentage points over the first quarter. The purchasing price of industrial producers in the whole region increased by 0.6% year on year.