A number of economic data hit a new high, and China’s economy continued to pick up.

　　Cctv newsOn January 26th, "News Network" reported that in December 2023, the import and export scale of China’s international balance of payments trade in goods and services reached a new monthly high in the year, and the proportion of foreign trade import and export in the Yangtze River Delta region increased to 36.3%. At the same time, the total mileage of new pipelines has reached a record high since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the cross-regional personnel flow in Spring Festival travel rush will reach a record high this year … … Economic and social development data show that China’s economy continues to pick up.

　　The scale of import and export of goods and services in the balance of payments increased

　　According to the latest data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, in December 2023, the import and export scale of China’s international balance of payments trade in goods and services was 4,339.1 billion yuan, up 2% year-on-year, hitting a monthly high in the year. In 2023, China achieved a trade surplus of 4,279.4 billion yuan, the second highest value in history.

　　The proportion of foreign trade import and export in the Yangtze River Delta region increased to 36.3%

　　In 2023, the import and export of foreign trade in the Yangtze River Delta region reached 15.17 trillion yuan, accounting for 36.3% of the country’s total import and export value.

　　In 2023, the total telecom business volume and revenue will double growth.

　　According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in 2023, the total telecom business and revenue will double growth. The total telecommunications business in the whole year increased by 16.8% year-on-year, 8.7 percentage points faster than the growth rate of the national service industry production index, which effectively boosted the service industry to rebound; In 2001, the revenue from telecommunications business was 1.68 trillion yuan, up 6.2% year-on-year.

　　Specifically, in 2023, the fixed Internet broadband access business revenue was 262.6 billion yuan, an increase of 7.7% over the previous year. Emerging businesses such as data center, cloud computing, big data and Internet of Things developed rapidly, with a total business income of 356.4 billion yuan, up by 19.1% over the previous year, which boosted the telecom business income by 3.6 percentage points.

　　By the end of 2023, there were 805 million 5G users.

　　It is understood that since the commercialization of 5G in 2019, the investment in the communication industry has maintained positive growth for five consecutive years, and the annual investment scale for four consecutive years has exceeded 400 billion yuan, of which the accumulated investment of 5G has exceeded 730 billion yuan.

　　By the end of 2023, the total number of mobile phone users in China reached 1.727 billion, of which 805 million were 5G users, accounting for nearly half of the total number of mobile phone users. The total number of 5G base stations reached 3.377 million, accounting for nearly 30% of the total number of mobile communication base stations.

　　More than 10,000 kilometers of new pipelines have been built since the 14th Five-Year Plan.

　　In recent years, China has vigorously promoted the infrastructure construction of oil and gas pipeline network, and a number of national key projects have been accelerated and put into production smoothly. Since the beginning of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the total mileage of newly-built pipelines has exceeded 10,000 kilometers, a record high.

　　At present, China’s main oil and gas pipeline network is about 100,000 kilometers. During the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" period, the mileage of new pipelines will be nearly 20,000 kilometers, and the supply and coverage of oil and gas energy will be continuously expanded to better protect national energy security and economic security.

　　The number of cases handled by the market supervision department and the amount of fines and confiscations are "one increase and one decrease"

　　In 2023, the national market supervision departments investigated and handled 1,157,300 cases, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%; The amount of fines and confiscations was 8.669 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 19.7%. Since 2018, the number of cases handled and the amount of fines and confiscations have been "one increase and one decrease" for the first time, and the effectiveness of overall law enforcement and temperature has emerged.

　　This year, we will continue to improve services in small and micro enterprises, agriculture, rural areas and farmers.

　　According to the State Administration of Financial Supervision, by the end of December 2023, the loan balance of inclusive small and micro enterprises nationwide was 29.06 trillion yuan, up 23.27% year-on-year, 13.13 percentage points higher than the growth rate of various loans. In 2023, the average interest rate of new loans for inclusive small and micro enterprises was 4.78%, down by 0.47 percentage points year-on-year, and the interest rate showed a downward trend year by year.

　　By the end of December 2023, the balance of inclusive agriculture-related loans nationwide was 12.59 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.34%, exceeding the average growth rate of various loans by 10.2 percentage points. In 2023, the average interest rate of newly issued inclusive agriculture-related loans was 5.11%, down 0.87 percentage points year-on-year.

　　In addition, China has continued to deepen the reform of commercial pension finance. In terms of commercial insurance annuities, it supports insurance institutions to give full play to their advantages such as long-term stable investment and pension risk management, and continuously expands the supply of commercial insurance annuities. At present, the accumulated pension scale has exceeded 6 trillion yuan, covering nearly 100 million people.

　　China has built 235,000 family beds for the aged.

　　According to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 235,000 beds for the aged have been built through the action project of upgrading basic aged care services at home and in the community, providing home-based aged care services for 418,000 elderly people.

　　Beijing: Building the World’s Major Science Center and Innovative Highland

　　The Regulations on the Construction of Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center was voted on January 25th. According to the regulations, Beijing will provide all-round support and legal protection for innovative talents, innovative subjects and innovative activities in terms of financial investment, scientific research fund management and equity incentives, and help accelerate the construction of Beijing International Science and Technology Innovation Center and high-level talent highland.

　　In 40 days, Spring Festival travel rush kicked off, and it is estimated that 9 billion people will travel.

　　During the period of Spring Festival travel rush this year, the cross-regional personnel flow is expected to reach 9 billion person-times, nearly twice that of the same period in 2023, reaching a record high. There are about 7.2 billion non-business passenger trips on expressways and ordinary national and provincial trunk lines, and the daily average traffic volume of the national highway network will reach 37.2 million, and the proportion of self-driving trips in the total social travel volume will exceed 80%.