Henan's Business Performance in H1

Henan's Business Performance in H1

上半年河南省商务运行情况如何？

 

How was the business performance of Central China's Henan province in the first half of 2021? At a video teleconference held by the Department of Commerce of Henan Province on August 16, Ma Jian (Party secretary and director-general of the Department of Commerce of Henan Province) introduced Henan's business performance in the first half of the year.

今年上半年河南省商务运行情况如何？8月16日，河南省商务厅召开全省商务工作年中电视电话会议，省商务厅党组书记、厅长马健通报了今年上半年河南的商务运行情况。

 

According to Ma, from January to June, Henan's business sector achieved new progresses with half of the yearly tasks finished, showing a fast, steady and sound development trend.

会上马建介绍，今年上半年，省商务运行实现了时间过半、任务过半，呈现快中趋稳、稳中向好态势，商务高质量发展取得新成效。

 

Foreign trade grows rapidly

对外贸易高速增长

 

With an average two-year growth of 31.9 percent, Henan's global trade in goods during the January-June period expanded 72.3 percent (ranking 5th in China) year-on-year to 365.66 billion RMB yuan (12th) with an increase of 72.7 percent over the same period in 2019, 32.9 percentage points higher than the national average.

上半年，全省货物贸易3656.6亿元，同比增长60%，高于全国32.9个百分点，规模和增幅分别居全国第12位、第5位，比2019年同期增长72.7%，两年平均增长31.9%。

 

Besides, its cross-border trade in services surged 10.3 percent year-on-year to 3.24 billion US dollars.

服务贸易32.4亿美元，增长10.3%。

 

Foreign investment attraction makes steady progress

招商引资稳步推进

 

From January to June, Henan registered 150 newly-established foreign-funded enterprises with a year-on-year increase of 47.1 percent.   

上半年，全省新设外资企业150家、增长47.1%。

 

Besides, with an average two-year growth of 5.6 percent, the province's actual absorption of foreign capital expanded 8 percent from a year earlier to 10.83 billion US dollars, up 11.5 percent over the same period in 2019.

实际吸收外资108.3亿美元、增长8%，比2019年同期增长11.5%、两年平均增长5.6%。

 

What is more, with an average two-year growth of 3.3 percent, its actual invested funds from other provinces in the reporting period surged 8.4 percent year-on-year to 543.21 billion yuan with an increase of 6.7 percent over the same period in 2019.

实际到位省外资金5432.1亿元、增长8.4%，比2019年同期增长6.7%、两年平均增长3.3%。

 

Finally, the actual absorption of foreign capital of enterprises in Henan's 45 economic development areas (zones) totaled 2.14 billion US dollars, accounting for one fifth of the provincial total.

45家经开区实际吸收外资21.4亿美元，占全省五分之一。

International cooperation keeps expanding

对外合作不断扩大

 

During the January-June period, Henan's foreign direct investment expanded 194.1 percent year-on-year to 800 million US dollars, ranking 13th in China.

上半年，对外直接投资8.0亿美元、增长194.1%，规模居全国第13位。

 

Besides, its turnover of foreign project contracting and labor service cooperation reached 1.98 billion US dollars, ranking 9th in China, with a year-on-year increase of 53.6 percent.

对外承包工程及劳务合作完成营业额19.8亿美元、增长53.6%，规模居全国第9位。

 

These two indexes are far beyond the national average in terms of the growth rate.

两项指标增幅远高于全国水平。

 

Consumer market keeps recovering

消费市场持续回暖

 

From January to June, with an average two-year growth of 1.9 percent, Henan's retail sales of consumer goods jumped 17.1 percent year-on-year to 1,181.31 billion RMB yuan, up 3.9 percent over the same period in 2019, gradually getting closer to the national average.

上半年，全省社会消费品零售总额11813.1亿元、增长17.1%，与全国平均水平的差距逐步缩小，比2019年同期增长3.9%、两年平均增长1.9%。

 

Besides, new types of consumption were developing at a rapid pace. Online retail sales of physical goods across the province increased 20.7 percent, 2 percentage points higher than the national average.

新型消费加快发展，实物商品网上零售额增长20.7%，高于全国2个百分点。

 

 

Four "Silk Roads" promote coordinated development

“四条丝路”协同发力

 

Zhengzhou airport totally completed 341 thousand tons of cargo and mail throughput during the January-June period with a year-on-year increase of 33.6 percent. Besides, its passenger throughput reached 11.386 million, up 42.1 percent from a year earlier.

上半年，郑州机场完成货邮吞吐量34.1万吨，增长33.6%；旅客吞吐量1138.6万人次，增长42.1%。

 

From January to June, China-Europe freight train (Zhengzhou) totally made 751 trips with a cargo value of 3.03 billion US dollars, increasing 71 percent and 68 percent year-on-year respectively.

中欧班列开行751班、货值30.3亿美元，分别增长71%、68%。

 

Cross-border e-commerce imports and exports rose 33.4 percent to 101.43 billion RMB yuan in the reporting period, of which 18 billion (up 68 percent year-on-year) was contributed by retail sales with 120 million import and export declarations (up 23 percent year-on-year).

跨境电商进出口1014.3亿元，增长33.4%，其中零售进出口1.2亿票、货值180亿元，分别增长23%、68%。

 

A total of 130 thousand TEUs were transported by rail-sea intermodal freight trains in the first half of the year, which was basically flat from a year earlier.

海铁联运班列发送1.3万标箱，与去年同期基本持平。

 

It is worth noting that Zhengzhou airport's international and regional cargo and mail throughput had exceeded 300 thousand tons with a year-on-year increase of 36 percent by August 8, playing a vital role in the new "dual circulation" development pattern (in which the domestic market is the mainstay and the domestic and foreign markets complement each other).

特别是截至8月8日，郑州机场国际和地区货邮吞吐量超过30万吨，增长36%，在畅通国内国际双循环方面作用显著。（中文来源/大河网 翻译/赵汉青 海报/实习生王君艺 审校/张军平 张玉红）