Wuhan'S GDP Growth In The First Quarter Outperformed National Level

The Wuhan investigation team of the Municipal Bureau of statistics and the National Bureau of statistics released the main statistics in the first quarter.

In the first quarter, Wuhan's GDP grew by 8.4% over the same period last year, and the rate of increase was 1.4 percentage points higher than that of the whole country, which was 0.1 percentage points lower than that of the whole province.

Among them, the third industry increased by 9%, exceeding the GDP growth rate.

Car sales lead total social consumer goods

In the first quarter, Wuhan's total social consumer goods totaled 113 billion 999 million yuan, an increase of 10.2% over the same period last year.

From the point of view of sales, the total retail sales of the above wholesale and retail enterprises totaled 3 billion 902 million yuan, an increase of 65.2%.

According to the classification value, retail sales of automobile retail sales increased by 22.8% over the retail sales of wholesale and retail enterprises above designated size.

"Car sales growth is fast, on the one hand is related to the car reform policy; on the other hand, with the increase of residents' income, the purchasing power is enhanced, and many families buy second cars."

Xiaoli, deputy inspector and spokesman of Wuhan Statistics Bureau, said.

According to the urban-rural household survey, the per capita disposable income of Wuhan residents was 8893 yuan in the first quarter, an increase of 10.3% over the previous year.

Among them, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 9779 yuan, an increase of 10%, and the disposable income per capita of rural residents was 5617 yuan, an increase of 11.9%.

The per capita disposable income of rural residents actually increased by 1.9 percentage points higher than that of urban residents.

"In the first quarter, Wuhan residents' income growth rate reached 10.3%, exceeding GDP growth rate."

Xiao Li said that the reason for the increase of residents' income is the steady rise in wages and salaries. Secondly, the enthusiasm of the whole nation to start a business encourages the growth of household net income. The third is the government's relief measures for low-income families.

In the first quarter, Wuhan fixed assets investment was 116 billion 70 million yuan, an increase of 16.5% over the same period last year.

Among them, the infrastructure of the third industry (including urban infrastructure, pportation, cultural and sports health, electricity, telecommunications, warehousing, postal industry, etc.) invested 28 billion 267 million yuan, an increase of 35.2%; real estate development investment 40 billion 389 million yuan, an increase of 14.9%.

In fixed assets investment, private investment was 63 billion 1 million yuan, an increase of 11.6%, accounting for 54.3% of the total investment in the city, and the investment in the whole city increased by 2 percentage points.

The purchasing price of industrial producers has declined for 34 consecutive months.

In the first quarter, Wuhan's consumer price (CPI) rose 1.3%, or 0.9 percentage points over the same period last year.

Eight categories of goods and services prices rose year-on-year.

In the first quarter, the producer price of industrial producers in Wuhan (PPI) fell by 3.5% compared with the same period last year, and has been negative for 17 consecutive months since November 2013.

Industrial producer purchase price (IPI) fell 4.5% year-on-year, and has declined for 34 consecutive months since June 2012.