Xi'an posts 7.8% GDP growth in H1

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The gross domestic product (GDP) of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, totaled 509.96 billion yuan ($78.81 billion) in the first half of this year, a year-on-year increase of 7.8 percent, according to the city's statistics bureau.

During this period, the added value of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries reported respective year-on-year increases of 3 percent, 6.3 percent, and 8.8 percent to 10.91 billion yuan, 165.43 billion yuan, and 333.63 billion yuan.

The added value of the city's industrial enterprises above a designated size (those with annual output of 20 million yuan or more) increased by 5.1 percent, an 11.6 percent increase from the same period in 2019.

The output value of strategic emerging industries, computer, communication, and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries, automobile manufacturing, electrical machinery, and equipment manufacturing grew substantially.

The year-on-year growth rate in the production of automobiles, smartphones, 3D printing equipment, integrated circuit wafers, and solar cells all exceeded 40 percent.

The city's total retail sales of consumer goods spiked 20.9 percent in the first six months, reaching 252.23 billion yuan.

Total value of imports and exports came in at 205.81 billion yuan in Xi'an over the past half year, up 23.8 percent from a year earlier. Exports totaled 102.41 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26.9 percent, while imports reached 103.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.9 percent.