Key Economic Indicators for China's First Quarter of 2026

Deep News04-16 13:01

In the first quarter, the added value of agriculture (crop farming) increased by 3.7% year-on-year. The added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size nationwide grew by 6.1% year-on-year, accelerating by 1.1 percentage points compared to the previous quarter. The service sector's added value rose by 5.2% year-on-year during the same period.

Total retail sales of consumer goods reached 12.7695 trillion yuan, marking a year-on-year increase of 2.4%, which was 0.7 percentage points higher than the growth rate in the preceding quarter. National fixed-asset investment, excluding rural households, amounted to 10.2708 trillion yuan, up 1.7% year-on-year. Excluding real estate development investment, fixed-asset investment increased by 4.8%.

The total value of goods imports and exports was 11.838 trillion yuan, representing a significant year-on-year growth of 15.0%. The national consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.9% year-on-year, with the increase widening by 0.4 percentage points from the previous quarter.

The average surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.3%, unchanged from the same period last year. Per capita disposable income for national residents was 12,782 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.9% year-on-year. After adjusting for inflation, real growth was 4.0%.

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