The first half of the national quota above the net retail sales 181.9 billion yuan, an increase of 56.3%

Summary: The State Council News office held a press conference yesterday to introduce the national economic performance in the first half of 2014. National Bureau of Statistics spokesman, National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Division director Laiyun said, the first half of the nationwide online retail sales 1.1375 trillion yuan, the year-on-year growth

The State Council News office yesterday held a press conference to introduce the national economic performance in the first half of 2014. National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Laiyun, director of National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Division, said that the first half of the nationwide online retail sales of 1.1375 trillion yuan, an increase of 48.3%, technological progress on economic growth, especially for structural adjustment and transformation and upgrading of the contribution of the increasing.

Data show that the first half of the total retail sales of consumer goods 12.4199 trillion yuan, the nominal growth of 12.1% (excluding the real increase in price factors 10.8%), the growth rate of 0.1% faster than the first quarter. The first half of the national online retail sales 1.1375 trillion yuan, an increase of 48.3%. Among them, the quota above unit net retail sales 181.9 billion yuan, the growth 56.3%.

Laiyun said that in the first half of industry, the growth rate of High-tech industry is 12.4%, higher than the average level of industrial above 3.6%, online retail sales growth of 48.3%. "From the development of these new industries and new industries, it should be said that technological innovation has played a very good role in promoting the growth of the economy, especially the restructuring and upgrading of the technology," he said. ”

Referring to the contribution of technological progress to economic growth, Laiyun said that this involves both methodological issues and basic data issues, and that the Bureau of Statistics is currently making further calculations in this area, especially in increasing the dynamics of methodological reform, and by increasing the number of inputs and effects that reflect technological innovation and technological progress, I believe this information will be more and more perfect.