According to the survey on the all types of 19500 enterprises across the country conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics, the data showed that the national enterprise business boom index in the first quarter was 132.5, dropping by the 2.2 and 3.4 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same time of last year.

    First of all, the business boom indices of the state-owned, share limited company, private, foreign and Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan investment enterprises were 128.0, 146.2, 122.0 and 138.3 respectively, descending by 3.6, 6.5, 1.5 and 1.7 points over the fourth quarter of last year respectively; those of the share cooperative enterprises and limited liability companies were 118.0 and 132.5 respectively, keeping the same level with the fourth quarter of last year; those of collective-owned, joint management and other domestic-funded enterprises were 109.3, 116.6 and 136.6 points respectively with the corresponding rises of 2.1, 3.2 and 11.8 points respectively.

    Secondly, the business boom index of the medium- and small-sized enterprises was 116.3 points, keeping the same level with the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year, and continued to stay around 116 for the six consecutive quarters; that of the large-sized enterprises was 154.6, still being within the high business boom range but presenting the declines of 5.0 and 7.1 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year respectively.

    Thirdly, the business boom indices of the mining, information transmission and computer services and software industry were 159.1 and 152.3 respectively, still being on the high level but declining by 3.8 and 4.2 points over the fourth quarter of last year correspondingly; those of manufacturing, production and supply of electricity, fuel gas and water, construction, boarding and catering trade were 130.8, 130.1, 121.9 and 118.3 respectively with the drops of 3.6, 8.0, 9.3 and 8.6 points over the fourth quarter of last year; that of social services was 122.5 points, keeping unchanged over the fourth quarter of last year; those of the transport, storage and postal services, wholesale and retail trade, real estate development were 136.5, 141.8 and 134.6 with the rises of 9.1, 8.8 and 1.7 points over the fourth quarter of last year respectively.

    Fourthly, the business boom indices of the enterprises in the eastern, central and western region were 136.4, 129.9 and 125.6 points separately, declining by 2.3, 2.6 and 2.1 points over the fourth quarter of last year.

    In addition, there are the analysis as follows according to the main business boom sub-indices on the enterprise production and management:

    1. The business boom index of enterprise production was 105.1 points, declining by 16.9 and 11.6 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year. Among the indices, that of industrial production was 103.6, dropping by 18.2 and 17.1 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year; that of construction production was 81.5, descending by 54.4 points over the same period of last year but rising by 3.1 points over the same period of last year.

    2. The business boom index of enterprise sale was 106.0, falling by 17.9 and 12.7 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year. Specifically speaking, that of industrial product sale was 103.4, dropping by 21.4 and 15.0 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year; that of sale of commercial houses in real estate was 91.2, declining by 17.4 and 9.4 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year, and then entered the not-boom range; that of commodity sale of the wholesale and retail trade was 121.8, keeping the same level with the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year.

    3. The business boom index of enterprise order was 115.0, declining by 4.1 and 6.8 points over the fourth quarter and the same period of last year.

    4. The business boom index of enterprises¡¯ profit was 105.7 with the drops of 11.8 and 5.7 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year respectively.

    5. The business boom index of employing labors by enterprises was 103.4, rising by 2.5 points over the fourth quarter of last year and declining by 1.3 points over the same period of last year.

    6. The business boom index of investment in fixed assets by enterprises was 105.1, declining by 11.9 and 5.9 points over the fourth quarter of last year and the same period of last year.