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Ningbo's GDP rose by 6.8%

The Information Office of Ningbo Municipal Government held a press conference on the afternoon of July 19. According to Xu Tingya, Chief Statistician and spokesperson of Ningbo Statistics Bureau, in the first half of this year, Ningbo achieved a total GDP of 391.51 billion yuan, up by 6.8% over the same period of last year, a 1.5-percentage point increase over that of the first quarter.
In terms of the industries, the primary industry realized an added value of 14.27 billion yuan, up by 1.3% over the same period of last year; the second industry realized an added value of 195.82 billion yuan, up by 5.7%; while the tertiary industry achieved an added value fo 181.42 billion yuan, up by 8.6%. 
The industrial structure adjustment has been well under way. In the first half of this year, Ningbo achieved a total industrial added value of 173.77 billion yuan, up by 5.9% over the same period of last year, an increase of three percentage points over the growth of the first quarter. Among others, the large-scale industry realized a total added value of 130.46 billion yuan, up by 7.1%. The fashion industry, energy conservation industry, and high-end equipment manufacturing achieved the added value of 10.18 billion yuan, 8.67 billion yuan, and 17.29 billion yuan, up by 9.4%, 8.5% and 8.2% respectively, all higher than that of the large-scale industry as a whole. Among the strategic emerging industries, the new-generation information technology, biology, new energy sources, new materials and new energy vehicles had a growth of added value of 18.3%, 7.8%, 30.9%, 7.9% and 9.1% respectively. 
The services industry has witnessed the increase of the added value. In the first six months, the services industry achieved an added value growth of 8.6%, a reduction of 0.9 percentage point over that of the first quarter. The added value of the services industry accounts for 46.3% of the total GDP, an increase of 2.2 percentage points over the same period of last year.

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