In this April, the general condition of the national economy kept growing faster. The market sale began to grew slightly faster, the industrial production maintained the high growing rate, the investment in fixed assets continued to drop, the export grew slower, the market price expanded in the rise, the government revenue showed a relatively higher growth rate, and the supply of currency showed the rise roughly at the same level as the end of last month.

    First of all, the industrial production sustained the faster growth. In this April, the value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size reached 437.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 19.1% which was 0.3 percentage points less than the rise of last month. Specifically speaking, the value-added of the state-owned and state share-holding enterprises rose 15.8%, up by 0.6 percentage points; that of share system enterprises was up 19.0%, up by 0.1 percentage point; that of the foreign, Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan investment was up 23.4% which was down by 1.1 percentage points; that of the collective-owned enterprises went up 11.4% which was 1.2 percentage points lower. Analyzed by light and heavy industry, that of heavy industry climbed 21.4%, and that of light industry was up 16.6%. As to the main products, the outputs of generated electricity, raw coal and steel products was up 16.2%, 18.6% and 23.4% respectively; those of micro-computer and mobile phone went up 42.1% and 65.6% respectively; that of autos ascended 34.6%, of which, that of sedan cars went up 42.6%. In this April, the value of export consignment products by industrial enterprises reached 282.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 32.7% which was 3.9 percentage points higher over last April. The proportion of industrial products sold was 97.2%.

    In the first four months, the value-added of the industrial enterprises above designated size totaled 1570 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 18.2%. Especially, the value-added of the state-owned and state share-holding enterprises was 695.4 billion yuan, up 14.9%; that of collective-owned enterprises was 81.3 billion yuan, up 11.6%; that of share system enterprises reached 688 billion yuan, up 18.4%; that of the foreign, Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan enterprises reached 438.5 billion yuan, up 21.9%.

    Note: The year-on-year rises of value-added in this Jan. and Feb. were calculated according to the daily average output level.

    Secondly, the investment in fixed assets continued to descend. In this April, the investment in the urban fixed assets registered 398.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 34.7% which was 8.8 percentage points lower over the rise of last month. Specifically speaking, the investment in the real estate reached 86.6 billion yuan, up 22.8% and presenting the cooling trend.

    >From this Jan. to April, the investment in the urban fixed assets reached 1104.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 42.8%. Among all the investments, that of the state-owned and state share-holding enterprises reached 649.1 billion yuan, up 37.3%; that in real estate was 268.6 billion yuan, up 34.6%. The investments in major industries all declined in the growth rate to different extents, for example, that in the manufacturing industry rose 65.1%; that in the production and supply of the electricity, fuel and water grew 47.8%, that in construction industry was up 75.2%, that in the wholesale and retail trade was up 59.5%. Analyzed by region, the investment in the eastern region reached 674.4 billion yuan, up 40%; that in the central region was 200.8 billion yuan, up 48.3%; that in the western region was 211.8 billion yuan, up 50.5%.

    Thirdly, the sale in the domestic market increased slightly faster. In this April, influenced by price rise and the relatively low basic data of last year, the retail sale of the social consumer goods reached 400.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 13.2% which was 2.1 percentage points faster over last month. Specifically speaking, the retail sale of consumer goods in the urban area was 265 billion yuan, up 15.0% which was 2.2 percentage points higher in the rise; that in the rural area was 135.2 billion yuan, up 9.8% which was 1.9 percentage points faster. The retail sale of the wholesale & retail trade and catering trade went up 11.6% and 28.3% respectively.

    In the first four months of this year, the retail sale of social consumer goods registered 1683.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 11.3%.

    Fourthly, the exports grew less faster. In this April, the imports and exports value reached 96.5 billion US dollars, a year-on-year rise of 37.6% which was 5.2 percentage points lower over last month. Concretely speaking, the export value was 47.1 billion yuan, up 32.4% which was down by 10.5 percentage points; the import value was 49.4 billion US dollars, up 42.9% which was 0.1 percentage point higher. Among the exports, the export in common trade was up 29.2%, and that in imported material processing was up 38.4%. After the imports is subtracted by the exports, the negative surplus was 2.3 billion US dollars while the positive surplus of one billion US dollars in last April.

    In the first four months, the value of imports and exports totaled 336.2 billion US dollars, a year-on-year rise of 38.0%, specifically speaking, the value of exports was 162.7 billion yuan, up 33.5%; the value of imports was 173.5 billion yuan, up 42.4%. The adverse balance was 10.8 billion US dollars while the favorable balance was 600 million US dollars in the same period of last year.

    Fifthly, the market price grew more in the rise. Impacted by the rising of the prices of the meat, poultry and aquatic products, fuels and some services, the general level of the national consumer price was up 0.5% over last month and up 3.8% over last April which was 0.8 percentage point higher than the rise of this March. Specifically speaking, that in the urban area went up 3.2%, that in the rural area went up 4.9%. Among the main categories, the price of foods went up 10.2%, especially, that of grain climbed 33.9%, that of meat, poultry and their products went up 18.2%, that of eggs went up 21.5%, that of aquatic products went up 13.9%, that of fresh fruits ascended 9.1%, that of fresh vegetables went down 14.8%, that of tobacco, liquor and articles was up 1.1%, that of recreation, education and cultural articles & services went up 0.9%; due to the low basic data of last year resulted by SARS, the housing price went up 3.8%; those of clothes, home appliances and services, medical treatment, health care & individual-used articles, and transport & communications went down 1.3%¡¢1.6%¡¢0.2% and 1.6% respectively. In this April, the retail sales price of commodities went up 2.6% year on year. Affected by raising the domestic oil price and sustained strong price of partial means of production, the price of industrial products continued to rise, and the ex-factory price of industrial products rose 5.0% over last April which was 1.1 percentage points higher over last month; the purchase price of raw materials, fuels and power went up 10.5% year on year which was one percentage points higher.

    In the first four months of this year, the consumer price went up 3.0% and the retail price of commodities was up 1.7%.

    Sixthly, the government revenue maintained the faster growing. In this April, the national government revenue reached 285.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 38.2% which was 3.6 percentage points higher. All kinds of taxes kept the faster growth. Especially, the domestic value-added tax increased 23.4%, the domestic consumption tax was up 39.0%, the consumption and value-added tax levied by the Customs climbed up 40.3%, the income tax turned in by enterprises ascended 44.5%. The tax returned for exporting continued to decline. In this April, the returned tax totaled 6.3 billion yuan, down by 5.83 billion yuan over the same period of last year. The government expenditure was 210 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 21.1% which was 3 percentage points higher. Among all the expenditures, the expenditure for cultural, educational, scientific and sanitarian was up 15.7%, that for administration increased 17.3%, that for capital construction declined 11.8%. After the revenue was offset by the expenditure, the net revenue was 75.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 42.4 billion yuan.

    In the first four months, the national government revenue reached 979.8 billion yuan, up 34.8% over last April, and the government expenditure was 660.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 17.3%. And the net income was 319.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 155.3 billion yuan.

    Seventhly, the supply of currency rose with the same growth rate as the end of last month. At the end of this April, the supply of the money in broad sense(M2) reached 23362.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 19.1% which was down by 0.1 percentage point over the end of this March; that of the money in narrow sense(M1) was 8560.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 20.0% which was 0.3 percentage point lower; that of cash in circulation(M0) was 1987.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 14.0% which was 0.6 percentage point higher.

    In this April, all kinds of RMB loans from the financial institutions increased by 199.5 billion yuan, 5.1 billion yuan more in the rise over last April. Specifically speaking, the shore-term loan was up by 22.8 billion yuan, down by 25 billion yuan in the rise; the mid-term flowing funds loans ascended by 2.2 billion yuan, down by 3.4 billion yuan in the rise; the mid- and long-term loans was up by 122.3 billion yuan, 40.2 billion yuan more in the rise. All kinds of deposit went up by 179.7 billion yuan, 54 billion yuan less than the rise of last April, of which, the enterprise deposit was up 84.7 billion yuan, 63.9 billion yuan more in the rise; the savings deposits of urban and town residents increased by 30.3 billion yuan, 32.3 billion yuan less in the rise. The net amount of money issued was 58.1 billion yuan, 24.6 billion yuan more than the rise of last April.

    From the Jan. to April, all the RMB loans from the financial institutions increased by 1034.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 29.8 billion yuan. And all sorts of deposits climbed by 1434.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year rise of 58.8 billion yuan. Specifically speaking, the enterprise deposit was up by 285 billion yuan, 92.3 billion yuan more in the rise; the savings deposits went up by 854.9 billion yuan, 34.1 billion yuan more in the rise. In the first four months of this year, the amount of money issued totaled 13.2 billion yuan, 3.1 billion yuan less over the same period of last year.