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China’s economy stands out in global arena

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- In its three-year-long fight against COVID-19, China posted outstanding results in economic development and epidemic control, reinforcing its status as a leading engine for the global economy.
From 2020 to 2022, China’s economy posted an annual average growth of 4.5 percent, outpacing the world average of around 2 percent, according to Yuan Da, director of the Department of National Economy of the National Development and Reform Com-mission.

This aerial photo taken on January 17, 2023 shows a morning view of Jingtang Port Area at Tangshan Port in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province.

In 2022, the economy grew 3 percent year on year to a record high of 121 trillion yuan (about US$18 trillion), with the increment standing at 6.1 trillion yuan, equivalent to the economic aggregate of a medium-sized country.
It also marks a new and higher level in terms of economic aggregate after the Chinese economy topped the thresholds of 100 trillion yuan and 110 trillion yuan in 2020 and 2021, respectively -- maintaining its position well as the world’s second-largest economy.
Analysts attributed the hard-won results to the country’s effective coordination in fighting COVID-19 and its economic fallouts simultaneously.
Thanks to effective virus control and timely pro-growth policies, China’s economy has quickly emerged from the epidemic-induced slump and consolidated its recovery momentum for a brighter outlook.
CURBING THE VIRUS
To cope with the constantly evolving epidemic situation, China has been dynamically optimising its control measures while enhancing the treatment and vaccination capacity, effectively safeguarding the lives and health of its 1.4 billion population at minimum costs. As of Jan. 13, 92.9 percent of the Chinese population has been fully vaccinated, with more than 90 percent of people above 60 covered by vaccination.
With Omicron much less pathogenic and deadly, China, in December last year, announced ten new measures to lift numerous COVID-19 restrictions. On Jan. 8, its management of COVID-19 was officially downgraded from Class A to Class B.
Less than one month after the optimisation of COVID-19 response measures in December 2022, China reported declining numbers of fever patients and critical COVID-19 cases as both had passed the peak.
Economic resilience
In the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday, China’s consumption made a strong comeback.
During the week-long holiday, sales revenue of China’s consumption-related sectors rose 12.2 percent from the same holiday period in 2022. Its cinemas sold 129 million tickets, generating a whopping revenue of 6.76 billion yuan, the second highest-grossing to date.
Wen Bin, the chief economist with China Minsheng Bank, said that warming demand at home would propel the turnaround in the Chinese economy this year and estimated the country’s full-year GDP growth at around 5.5 percent.
Aside from the overall economic growth, China also made significant headway in maintaining consumer price stability, guaranteeing food and energy security, and improving people’s livelihoods.
In 2022, China’s CPI grew by 2 percent, a fraction of the increases reported in the United States, the eurozone, and Britain. It is also lower than those of other emerging economies.
Amid a global food crisis, the country has secured a bumper harvest for the 19th year in a row, with its grain output at about 686.53 billion kg in 2022, up 0.5 percent from 2021.
A total of 11.86 million, 12.69 million, and 12.06 million new urban jobs were created in 2020, 2021, and 2022, respectively, all surpassing the targets set for each year.
Despite the gloomy global investment environment, China remains one of the most attractive investment destinations in the world. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland, in actual use, expanded 6.3 percent year on year to 1.23 trillion yuan in 2022.
China has now become a major trading partner for more than 140 countries and regions, with its total trade of goods up 7.7 percent year on year in 2022, topping the world for six consecutive years.


(Latest Update January 31, 2023)


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