What Are Characteristics of Henan As An Economic Powerhouse in China?
经济大省河南 “大”在哪些领域？
Premier Li Keqiang urged the 6 provinces — Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, Henan and Sichuan, all China's economic powerhouses — to shoulder their responsibilities and play a key role in stabilizing economic growth at a symposium with top provincial officials of Guangdong province in Shenzhen on August 16.
8月16日，中共中央政治局常委、国务院总理李克强在深圳主持召开经济大省政府主要负责人座谈会，广东、江苏、浙江、山东、河南、四川，6省被点名要“勇挑大梁”。
The 6 provinces are the essential pillars of China's economic development since they took up 45 percent of the nation's economy last year and accounted for over 40 percent of market entities. What are the characteristics of Henan as an economic powerhouse in China?
翻看数据，6个经济大省经济总量占全国的45%，市场主体数量占全国四成以上……是国家经济发展的“顶梁柱”。此次经济大省座谈会，河南为何位列其中？
Economy
经济总量
Henan's GDP has ranked 5th in China for 18 consecutive years
GDP已连续18年位居全国第五
In the first half of this year, Henan's total economic output reached 3.757 trillion yuan, ranking 5th in China. Henan has held this position for 18 consecutive years.
今年上半年，河南经济总量3.757万亿元，在全国排第五。这个位次，河南已经延续了18年。
China's GDP grew 2.5 percent year on year while Henan's 3.1 percent, 0.6 percentage points higher than the national average. Among the 6 major economic provinces, only Henan and Shandong's economic growth rates were higher than the national average.
上半年，全国GDP同比增长2.5%。河南GDP增速为3.1%，河南增速高于全国平均增长速度0.6个百分点。河南省和山东省，是全国6个经济大省中经济增长速度高于全国平均速度的两个省。
Market Entities
市场主体
The number of market entities in Henan ranked 4th in China in H1
全省市场主体数量全国排第四
China's registered market entities totaled 161 million at the end of June, of which 8.846 million from Henan, up 8.2 percent from a year earlier.
截至今年6月底，全国登记在册市场主体1.61亿户。河南有多少呢？截至6月底，全省实有市场主体884.6万户，同比增长8.2%。
In the first half of this year, 110.611 billion yuan in financial burdens was exempted for 1.41 million market entities in Henan thanks to the government's supportive policies, including 84.19 billion yuan of value-added tax credit refunded.
今年上半年，全省已累计为141万户市场主体送达政策红利1106.11亿元，其中办理增值税留抵退税841.9亿元。
Fixed-Asset Investment (FAI)
固定资产投资
Henan's FAI growth rate ranked 1st among the 6 major economic provinces in H1
6个经济大省中，增速排第一
During the January-June period, Henan's FAI went up 10.3 percent year on year, 4.2 percentage points higher than the national average, ranking 7th in China. Both Henan and Zhejiang's FAI growth rates ranked 1st among the 6 major economic provinces.
今年上半年，河南省固定资产投资同比增长10.3%，高于全国4.2个百分点，居全国第7位。在6个经济大省中，和浙江省增速并列第一。
Besides, in the first half of this year, Henan's investment in industrial and manufacturing sectors expanded 22.3 percent and 25.3 percent year on year respectively, 11.3 and 14.9 percentage points higher than the national average while 16.5 and 17.8 percentage points higher compared with the same period of 2021.
此外，河南上半年全省工业投资同比增长22.3%，制造业投资同比增长25.3%，分别高于全国11.3、14.9个百分点，高于去年同期16.5、17.8个百分点。
Foreign Trade
进出口
Henan's foreign trade volume ranked 1st in Central China
上半年进出口总值中部第一
In the first half of this year, Henan's foreign trade volume jumped 7.9 percent year on year to 395.83 billion yuan, ranking 1st in Central China and 11th in China.
今年上半年，河南进出口总值3958.3亿元，居全国第11位、中部第1位，同比增长7.9%。
Besides, the number of foreign trade enterprises with actual performance in Henan increased 6 percent year on year to 498.
而且，主体活力持续增强，今年上半年我省有进出口实绩的外贸企业同比增加了498家，同比增长6%。
Consumption
商业消费
Multiple measures were carried out to unleash consumption potential in H1
河南多举措释放消费潜力
In the first half of this year, Henan's retail sales of consumer goods expanded 0.3 percent year on year to 1184.84 billion yuan, 0.1 percentage point higher than the national average.
今年上半年，河南省社会消费品零售总额达11848.4亿元，增长0.3%，高于全国1个百分点。
中文来源：顶端新闻·河南商报
编译：赵汉青 杨佳欣
海报：何蒙贺
审校：李文竞