Economic Overview - The total retail sales of consumer goods in Zhaoqing reached 81.677 billion yuan from January to August 2025, showing a year-on-year growth of 2.5% [2] - Online retail sales from above-designated size enterprises increased by 8.1%, contributing 1.4 percentage points to overall consumption [2] - The retail sales of home appliances and cultural office supplies grew significantly by 89.4% and 71.0% respectively [2] - Rural consumption growth (3.0%) slightly outpaced urban growth (2.4%) [2] Industrial Production - The industrial production maintained a positive trend, with the added value of above-scale industries increasing by 4.7% year-on-year, an improvement of 0.6 percentage points compared to January-July [2] - The manufacturing sector, along with electricity, heat, gas, and water production and supply, saw growth rates of 5.0% and 2.1% respectively, while the mining industry experienced a decline of 8.0% [2] - Key industries such as computer communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing, automotive manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, and chemical raw materials and products manufacturing contributed significantly to industrial growth, with respective growth rates of 13.4%, 26.2%, 16.8%, and 7.5% [2] - Newly registered above-scale industrial enterprises in the previous year saw an impressive added value growth of 86.1% from January to August, contributing 1.7 percentage points to the overall industrial growth [2] Investment and Real Estate - Fixed asset investment in the city decreased by 24.2% year-on-year from January to August [3] - Investment in the primary industry grew by 3.7%, while the secondary and tertiary industries saw declines of 30.2% and 17.2% respectively [3] - Infrastructure investment showed a slight increase of 0.2%, while construction and installation engineering investment fell by 18.4% [3] - Real estate development investment dropped significantly by 42.2%, with the sales area of commercial housing at 1.265 million square meters, down 30.0% year-on-year, although the decline rate narrowed by 5.5 percentage points compared to January-July [3] Financial Stability and Price Trends - The financial sector remained stable, with the balance of deposits and loans reaching 407.354 billion yuan and 361.993 billion yuan respectively by the end of August, both maintaining a growth rate of over 7.4% [3] - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) saw a year-on-year decrease of 0.4%, driven by a significant drop in food prices (-3.6%), while service prices experienced a slight increase of 0.2% [3]
肇庆1-8月经济运行稳中有进 工业生产等向好
Nan Fang Du Shi Bao·2025-10-16 13:01