Statistics Bureau： From January to August, residential sales increased by 14.2%, and online consumption increased by 34.3%.

　　Cctv newsAccording to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, in August, all localities and departments conscientiously implemented the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee in the State Council, adhered to the general tone of striving for progress while maintaining stability, and unswervingly pushed forward the structural reform on the supply side. The overall economic operation was stable, the structural adjustment continued to deepen, the emerging kinetic energy continued to grow, the quality and efficiency were steadily improved, and the national economy maintained a steady and progressive development trend.

　　First, industrial production is generally stable, and the efficiency of enterprises continues to improve.

　　In August, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.0% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.4 percentage points from last month. The chain increased by 0.46%, 0.05 percentage points faster than last month. In terms of economic types, the added value of state-owned holding enterprises increased by 7.8% year-on-year, collective enterprises decreased by 2.1%, joint-stock enterprises increased by 5.8%, and foreign-invested enterprises from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan increased by 7.9%. In terms of three categories, the added value of the mining industry decreased by 3.4% year-on-year; The manufacturing industry grew by 6.9%, and the growth rate was 0.2 percentage points faster than that of the previous month; Electricity, heat, gas and water production and supply industries increased by 8.7%. The production and sales rate of industrial enterprises above designated size reached 98.5%. From January to August, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 6.7% year-on-year. In August, the purchasing managers’ index of manufacturing industry was 51.7%, 0.3 percentage points higher than that of the previous month, and it was in the boom zone for 13 consecutive months.

　　From January to July, the total profits of industrial enterprises above designated size nationwide reached 4,248.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.2%. The profit rate of main business income was 6.09%, up 0.41 percentage points year-on-year.

　　Second, the service industry grew rapidly, and the business activity index continued to be in the boom zone.

　　In August, the national service industry production index increased by 8.3% year-on-year, and the growth rate was the same as last month, 0.9 percentage points faster than the same month of last year. Among them, information transmission, software and information technology services, leasing and business services maintained double-digit growth. From January to August, the national service industry production index increased by 8.3% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than the same period of last year. From January to July, the operating income of service enterprises above designated size increased by 13.4% year-on-year, 0.2 percentage points faster than that in the first half of the year; The operating profit of service enterprises above designated size increased by 22.6% year-on-year, 6.6 percentage points faster than the first half of the year.

　　In August, the business activity index of service industry was 52.6%, which remained in the boom zone. Among them, the business activity indexes of air transport, postal services, telecommunications, radio and television, satellite transmission, Internet and software information technology services are all in the high boom range of more than 60.0%. From the perspective of market demand, the new order index of service industry was 50.3%, 0.1 percentage point faster than last month, and it was in the boom zone for four consecutive months.

　　Third, the growth rate of investment in fixed assets has declined, and the investment structure has continued to be optimized.

　　From January to August, the national investment in fixed assets (excluding farmers) was 39,415 billion yuan, up 7.8% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.5 percentage point compared with that in January-July. Among them, the state-owned holding investment was 14,382.7 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2%; Private investment was 23,914.8 billion yuan, up 6.4%, accounting for 60.7% of the total investment. In terms of industries, the investment in the primary industry was 1,270.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%; The investment in the secondary industry was 14,822.9 billion yuan, up by 3.2%, of which the investment in manufacturing industry was 12,168 billion yuan, up by 4.5%. Investment in the tertiary industry was 23.322 trillion yuan, up by 10.6%. Infrastructure investment was 8,474.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.8%. Investment in high-tech manufacturing increased by 19.5%, which was 11.7 percentage points faster than the total investment. Investment in energy-intensive manufacturing industry decreased by 1.6% year-on-year. Investment in fixed assets reached 39,620.7 billion yuan, up 2.8% year-on-year, 1.3 percentage points faster than that in January-July. The planned total investment of newly started projects is 33,011.8 billion yuan, up 2.2% year-on-year, 0.3 percentage points faster than that in January-July. From the ring comparison, the national fixed asset investment (excluding farmers) increased by 0.57% in August compared with the previous month.

　　Iv. investment in real estate development grew steadily, and the area of commercial housing for sale continued to decrease.

　　From January to August, the national investment in real estate development was 6,949.4 billion yuan, up 7.9% year-on-year, and the growth rate was the same as that in January-July, among which residential investment increased by 10.1%. The newly started housing area was 1,149.96 million square meters, up 7.6% year-on-year, of which the newly started residential area increased by 11.6%. The national commercial housing sales area was 985.39 million square meters, up 12.7% year-on-year, of which the residential sales area increased by 10.3%.The national sales of commercial housing reached 7,809.6 billion yuan, up 17.2% year-on-year, of which residential sales increased by 14.2%.The land acquisition area of real estate development enterprises was 142.29 million square meters, up 10.1% year-on-year. At the end of August, the area of commercial housing for sale nationwide was 623.52 million square meters, 11.44 million square meters less than that at the end of July. From January to August, real estate development enterprises received 9,980.4 billion yuan in funds, up 9.0% year-on-year.

　　V. Market sales maintained rapid growth, and online retail sales grew strongly.

　　In August, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 3,033 billion yuan, up 10.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.3 percentage points from last month. The chain increased by 0.76%, 0.05 percentage points faster than last month. According to the location of business units, the retail sales of urban consumer goods was 2,616.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.9%; The retail sales of rural consumer goods reached 416.1 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%. According to consumption types, catering revenue was 336 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7%; Retail sales of commodities reached 2,697 billion yuan, up by 10.1%, of which retail sales of commodities above designated size reached 1,240 billion yuan, up by 7.5%. The sales of consumption-upgraded goods grew rapidly, with sports and entertainment goods and communication equipment increasing by 14.9% and 12.2% respectively. From January to August, the total retail sales of social consumer goods increased by 10.4% year-on-year, and the growth rate was the same as that in January-July.

　　From January to August, the national online retail sales reached 4,251.1 billion yuan, up 34.3% year-on-year, 0.6 percentage points faster than that in January-July.Among them, the online retail sales of physical goods was 3,210.1 billion yuan, up by 29.2%, accounting for 13.8% of the total retail sales of social consumer goods, up by 2.2 percentage points over the same period of last year; Online retail sales of non-physical goods reached 1,041.1 billion yuan, an increase of 52.9%.

　　6. Consumer prices rose moderately, while industrial production prices rose somewhat.

　　In August, the national consumer price rose by 1.8% year-on-year, an increase of 0.4 percentage points over the previous month. By category, the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 0.4%, clothing by 1.3%, housing by 2.7%, daily necessities and services by 1.3%, transportation and communication by 0.7%, education, culture and entertainment by 2.5%, medical care by 5.9% and other goods and services by 1.4%. Among the prices of food, tobacco and alcohol, the price of grain increased by 1.6%, the price of pork decreased by 13.4%, and the price of fresh vegetables increased by 9.7%. In August, the national consumer price rose by 0.4% month on month. From January to August, the national consumer price rose by 1.5% year on year.

　　In August, the ex-factory price of industrial producers nationwide rose by 6.3% year-on-year, with an increase of 0.8 percentage points from the previous month and 0.9% from the previous month. From January to August, the ex-factory price of industrial producers nationwide rose by 6.4% year-on-year. In August, the purchase price of industrial producers nationwide rose by 7.7% year-on-year and 0.8% quarter-on-quarter. From January to August, the purchase price of industrial producers nationwide rose by 8.4% year-on-year.

　　Seven, import and export grew rapidly, and the proportion of general trade and mechanical and electrical products exports increased.

　　In August, the total import and export volume was 2,406.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.1%. Among them, exports were 1,346.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%; Imports reached 1,060 billion yuan, up by 14.4%. Import and export balance, with a trade surplus of 286.5 billion yuan. From January to August, the total import and export volume was 17,833.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%. Among them, exports were 9,851.8 billion yuan, an increase of 13.0%; Imports reached 7,982 billion yuan, an increase of 22.5%. From January to August, the import and export of general trade increased by 17.9%, accounting for 56.7% of the total import and export, an increase of 0.4 percentage points over the same period of last year. The export of mechanical and electrical products increased by 13.4%, accounting for 57.1% of the total export, up by 0.3 percentage points over the same period of last year.

　　In August, industrial enterprises above designated size realized export delivery value of 1,089.5 billion yuan, up 8.2% year-on-year. From January to August, industrial enterprises above designated size realized export delivery value of 8,267.4 billion yuan, up 10.3% year-on-year.

　　8. The structural reform of the supply side was solidly promoted, and the transformation and upgrading achieved outstanding results.

　　New progress has been made in "three to one, one reduction and one supplement" De-capacity and de-stocking were accelerated. By the end of July, the steel production capacity was progressing smoothly, and "strip steel" was banned according to law; The coal production capacity was 128 million tons, and 85% of the annual target tasks were completed. At the end of August, the area for sale of commercial housing decreased by 12.0% year-on-year, and the decline was 1.0 percentage points higher than that at the end of last month. The asset-liability ratio and production cost of enterprises continued to decline. At the end of July, the asset-liability ratio of industrial enterprises above designated size was 55.8%, down 0.7 percentage points from the same period of last year. From January to July, the cost per 100 yuan of main business income of industrial enterprises above designated size was 85.72 yuan, a decrease of 0.04 yuan over the same period of last year. Investment in short-board areas grew rapidly. From January to August, investment in ecological protection and environmental management, public facilities management, road transportation, water conservancy management and agriculture increased by 28.2%, 24.3%, 24.1%, 17.6% and 16.1% respectively.

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　　总的来看，8月份国民经济继续保持了稳中有进、稳中向好发展态势，呈现增长平稳、结构优化、质量提升的良好格局。但也要看到，国际环境不稳定不确定因素仍然较多，国内经济正处在结构调整的过关期，仍面临不少隐忧和挑战。下阶段，要更加紧密地团结在以习近平同志为核心的党中央周围，坚持稳中求进工作总基调，坚持以新发展理念引领新常态，坚持以供给侧结构性改革为主线，适度扩大总需求，深化创新驱动，加强预期引导，以改革增动力激活力，以创新促发展助转型，着力提质量增效益，着力强实体防风险，巩固稳定发展基础。