Jiangxi: The added value of industries above a designated size in the province increased by 5.4% year-on-year in January-February.

People’s Financial News, March 18 — According to data from the Jiangxi Provincial Bureau of Statistics, from January to February, the added value of above-scale industries in the province increased by 5.4% year-on-year; the total retail sales of consumer goods in the province reached 205.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%; fixed asset investment in the province grew by 0.1% year-on-year, and excluding real estate development investment, fixed asset investment increased by 2.0%; the total import and export value of goods trade in the province was 78.75 billion yuan, up 15.5% year-on-year; the consumer price index in the province rose by 0.5% year-on-year; the factory gate prices of industrial producers in the province increased by 6.9% year-on-year, an 8.4 percentage point rebound from the same period last year. Overall, from January to February, the province’s economy operated steadily, achieving a stable start.