China-Economy Performance/Q1
Beijing, China - April 18, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. National Development and Reform Commission press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yuan Da, spokesman, National Development and Reform Commission (partially overlaid with shot 3):
"Greater coordination has been achieved between urban and rural development, new-type urbanization is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the cultivation of regional growth poles is speeding up. As the world economy growth slows, China's economy got off to a hard-won steady start this year."
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3. Reporters
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4. Reporters
FILE: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, east China - March 6, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shot of power grid
6. Workers walking under power grid
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - April 4, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of trains in operation
FILE: Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Feb 21, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of vehicles moving on road
9. Aerial shot of traffic on expressway
FILE: Gansu Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Plane taking off
FILE: Tianjin, north China - June 29, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of robots
12. Various of hi-tech exhibits, including vehicle, drone helicopter model
China's economic performance in the first three months of 2019 was stable with further structural improvements obtained, according to the country's top economic planner on Thursday.
Yuan Da, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said major economic indicators such as investment and electricity generation and consumption were steady at a regular press conference in Beijing.
In terms of investment, the NDRC approved a total of 50 projects on fixed-asset investment in such sectors as energy, transportation and high technology, worth 370.3 billion yuan, or 55.32 billion U.S. dollars, in the first quarter of the year.
Chinese electricity generation in the first three months in 2019 grew by 4.2 percent year on year, or 1.3 percentage points higher than that in January-February period. Its total electricity consumption from January to March was 1.68 trillion kilowatt hours, an increase of 5.5 percent compared with the same period last year. In particular, electricity consumption by the tertiary industry and households maintained a two-digit increase.
The emerging industries remained a momentum in growth and hi-tech sector saw its added value increasing by 7.8 percent, or 1.3 percentage points higher than all the other enterprises above designated size. The service industry maintained relatively fast growth. There was booming entrepreneurship and business running. The first quarter saw 53,000 new market entities registered on a daily basis, up 26.3 percent year on year. In particular, 16,500 such entities were companies, increasing by 12.3 percent, or 6.9 percentage points higher than that of the same period of last year.
"Greater coordination has been achieved between urban and rural development, new-type urbanization is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the cultivation of regional growth poles is speeding up. As the world economy growth slows, China's economy got off to a hard-won steady start this year," said Yuan.
China-Economy Performance/Q1
Dateline : April 18, 2019/File
Location : Beijing,China
Duration : 1'23
Beijing, China - April 18, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. National Development and Reform Commission press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yuan Da, spokesman, National Development and Reform Commission (partially overlaid with shot 3):
"Greater coordination has been achieved between urban and rural development, new-type urbanization is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the cultivation of regional growth poles is speeding up. As the world economy growth slows, China's economy got off to a hard-won steady start this year."
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
3. Reporters
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. Reporters
FILE: Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, east China - March 6, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Aerial shot of power grid
6. Workers walking under power grid
Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, south China - April 4, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of trains in operation
FILE: Changxing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Feb 21, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of vehicles moving on road
9. Aerial shot of traffic on expressway
FILE: Gansu Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Plane taking off
FILE: Tianjin, north China - June 29, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of robots
12. Various of hi-tech exhibits, including vehicle, drone helicopter model
China's economic performance in the first three months of 2019 was stable with further structural improvements obtained, according to the country's top economic planner on Thursday.
Yuan Da, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said major economic indicators such as investment and electricity generation and consumption were steady at a regular press conference in Beijing.
In terms of investment, the NDRC approved a total of 50 projects on fixed-asset investment in such sectors as energy, transportation and high technology, worth 370.3 billion yuan, or 55.32 billion U.S. dollars, in the first quarter of the year.
Chinese electricity generation in the first three months in 2019 grew by 4.2 percent year on year, or 1.3 percentage points higher than that in January-February period. Its total electricity consumption from January to March was 1.68 trillion kilowatt hours, an increase of 5.5 percent compared with the same period last year. In particular, electricity consumption by the tertiary industry and households maintained a two-digit increase.
The emerging industries remained a momentum in growth and hi-tech sector saw its added value increasing by 7.8 percent, or 1.3 percentage points higher than all the other enterprises above designated size. The service industry maintained relatively fast growth. There was booming entrepreneurship and business running. The first quarter saw 53,000 new market entities registered on a daily basis, up 26.3 percent year on year. In particular, 16,500 such entities were companies, increasing by 12.3 percent, or 6.9 percentage points higher than that of the same period of last year.
"Greater coordination has been achieved between urban and rural development, new-type urbanization is proceeding in an orderly manner, and the cultivation of regional growth poles is speeding up. As the world economy growth slows, China's economy got off to a hard-won steady start this year," said Yuan.
ID : 8108664
Published : 2019-04-18 15:29
Last Modified : 2019-04-19 08:37:00
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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