Recent data from the National Information Center at the National Development and Reform Commission indicates that multiple leading economic indicators showed positive trends in the first two months of the year. Enhanced funding support and accelerated project construction have driven effective investment to maintain strong momentum.
First, examining the excavator index: although February was affected by traditional off-peak factors such as the Spring Festival holiday and low temperatures, several types of equipment performed remarkably. Among them, the operating rate of port equipment increased by 3.91 percentage points year-on-year, while workload grew by 12%.
Capital flow data reveals that new growth sectors are attracting more investment. Analysis by the National Information Center and Swordfish BidShow indicates that from January to February, the value of winning bids for projects related to new infrastructure such as computing power centers and backbone networks, along with software and hardware development, rose by 25.7% compared to the same period last year. Capital investment volume in cutting-edge fields including advanced manufacturing and artificial intelligence increased by 59.5%, with investment value growing by 60.5%. This demonstrates that capital investment and project intensity in frontier sectors are continuously strengthening.
Latest figures from the National Information Center show that as innovative achievements in areas like artificial intelligence emerge at a faster pace, corporate innovation vitality continues to be unleashed, accelerating the cultivation of new quality productive forces. Analysis by the National Information Center and Daily Interactive reveals that from January to February, the business vitality index for start-ups increased by 15.7% year-on-year, while the index for technology innovation-oriented enterprises grew by 14.8%.
Additionally, patent data analysis by the National Information Center shows that from January to February, the number of patents granted related to artificial intelligence surged by 26.1% year-on-year. This indicates that China's innovation momentum in advanced fields such as artificial intelligence continues to strengthen, with results emerging more rapidly.
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