The output of pork, beef, mutton and fowl meat reached 19.17 million tons in the first quarter, an increase of 37% year-on-year, and the production of beef was 12.84 million tons, increasing by 23%. The poster-disaster reconstruction for agriculture went on well and spring plowing kept its good tendency.
The value-added of industry above the designated scale increased by 16.4%, a drop of 1.9% over the same period of last year.
The volume of export-and –import was $570.4 trillion., a year-on-year increase of 24.6%, up 1.3% over the same period of last year. We had a trade surplus of $41.4 trillion.
The net issuance of currency is 5.8 trillion Yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 25.8 trillion Yuan.
The investment in the fixed assets is 2184.5 trillion Yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.6%, up 0.9% over the same period of last year. China's fixed asset investment totaled 812.1 billion yuan ($114.4 billion) in the first two months, up 24.3 percent year on year.
The per-capita disposable income of urban residents was 4,386 Yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%. The per capita cash income of rural residents is 1,494 Yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.5%. new employed persons in urban areas is 3.03 million.
the total retail sales for social consumer goods was 2555.5 Yuan. The consumer price index has risen by 8.0%, up 5.3 over the same period of last year.