In the first half of the year, economic growth accelerated, economic efficiency improved, and the economic performance developed with an obvious upward trend.

In the first half of the year, China’s GDP grew by 8.2 per cent, the total volume of retail sales in social consumption goods rose by 10.1 per cent, fixed asset investment in the society as a whole swelled by 11 per cent, export increased by 38.3 per cent, and the consumption price index went up by 0.1 per cent.