Li Xiaochao: In the first quarter, the GDP of 6574.5 billion yuan increased by 6.1% year-on-year

At 10:00 a.m. on April 16, 2009 (Thursday), the State Council Information Office held a press conference and requested Li Xiaochao, spokesperson of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the National Statistics Division of National Economy, to introduce the operation of the national economy in the first quarter of 2009, and to answer reporters’ questions. .

　 Since the beginning of this year, Li Xiaochao has made every effort to implement the package plan of the Central Government on further expanding domestic demand and maintaining stable and rapid growth of the national economy. It has responded to the impact of the international financial crisis. The national economy has undergone positive changes and overall performance has been better than expected. .

According to preliminary calculations, the gross domestic product in the first quarter was 6574.5 billion yuan, which was calculated at comparable prices, which was a year-on-year increase of 6.1% and a decrease of 4.5 percentage points from the same period of last year. Among them, the first industry added value 470 billion yuan, an increase of 3.5%; the second industry added value of 316968 billion yuan, an increase of 5.3%; the tertiary industry added value of 2.9077 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.4%.