Hard-core data witness the strong pulse of development ＂multi-point flowering＂ to boost China’s sustained economic recovery

CCTV News:According to the data released by the National Energy Administration on May 17th, in April, the electricity consumption of the whole society was 741.2 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 7.0%.

Among them, the electricity consumption of the primary industry was 9.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%; The electricity consumption of the secondary industry was 517.1 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%; The electricity consumption of the tertiary industry was 127 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%; The domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents was 87.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%. 1— In April, the electricity consumption of the whole society totaled 3,077.2 billion kWh, up 9.0% year-on-year.

State Administration of Foreign Exchange: China’s cross-border capital flow is more balanced

According to the latest data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, in April, banks settled 173.7 billion US dollars and sold 211.8 billion US dollars. In April, the bank’s foreign-related income on behalf of customers was US$ 592.1 billion, and foreign payments were US$ 630.3 billion.

General Administration of Market Supervision: Strengthening the Supply of Regional Collaborative Standards and Promoting Integrated Development

The relevant person in charge of the General Administration of Market Supervision introduced on May 17 that standards are an important bridge and link to promote interconnection, and have an important "soft connectivity" role in promoting regional coordinated development and building a unified national market. The General Administration of Market Supervision will incorporate the demand for regional collaborative standards into the construction of the national standard system and strengthen the supply of regional collaborative standards.

According to reports, the General Administration of Market Supervision issued the "Guidelines for the Standardization of Major Strategies in Serving Countries and Regions", which has promoted the establishment of standardization coordination mechanisms in five regions. Up to now, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei has issued 86 local standards for regional coordination, involving transportation, ecological environment and other fields. The Yangtze River Delta has formulated 36 local standards for regional coordination in the fields of digital government and transportation. Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area announced 183 "Bay Area Standards". The Shuangcheng Economic Circle in Chengdu-Chongqing area has issued nine regional collaborative local standards around the fields of smart transportation and big data application.

Liu Chengyang, deputy director of the Standard Innovation Management Department of the State Administration of Markets, said: "Promoting the construction of regional coordination standards is conducive to breaking administrative barriers, supporting policy coordination, and promoting regional integration to a deeper level."

Ministry of Transport: Transportation work has basically achieved "standards to follow"

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport introduced on May 17th that since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Ministry of Transport has continuously strengthened the top-level design of standards, actively created a standard system suitable for accelerating the construction of a transportation power, and basically achieved "standards to follow" in all work.

According to statistics, by the end of 2023, there were 908 effective national standards, 3,145 industry standards and 2,405 local standards in transportation, which basically achieved "standards to follow" and laid a solid standard foundation for accelerating the construction of a transportation power.

In terms of supporting the construction of comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, a series of comprehensive transportation standards have been formulated and issued, which have supported the construction of 25 hub cities and more than 300 freight hub projects nationwide, and promoted the long-distance transportation of bulk goods and containers, as well as the development of iron-water combined transport and river-sea combined transport. In addition, the construction of the standard system has played an important role in promoting the upgrading of transportation equipment, helping the development of smart transportation and building the bottom line of traffic safety.

Xu Wenqiang, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Transport, said: "The series of mandatory standards for road traffic signs and markings have been applied to highways and urban roads for more than 5.35 million kilometers, and passed the ‘ Traffic language ’ The standardization of setting guides and regulates road users to use roads in an orderly manner, which improves the overall operating efficiency of the road network and ensures public safety and orderly travel. "

Civil Aviation Administration of China: Promoting the further resumption of international passenger flights

At the press conference held on May 17th, the Civil Aviation Administration of China stated that it would continue to focus on increasing the number of international passenger flights this year and make every effort to further resume international passenger flights.

According to the data of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, from May 6 to May 12, the Chinese and foreign aviation companies carried out a total of 5,493 scheduled international passenger flights (each round-trip flight is counted as one flight), recovering to about 73.1% in 2019, and passenger flights were opened to 70 countries.

Air China has opened to Beijing, Cuba since May 17th — Madrid — Havana route, twice a week; HNA plans to open to Shenzhen, Hungary from June 21st — Budapest route, twice a week; China Southern Airlines plans to open to Guangzhou, Hungary from June 27th — Budapest route, 4 times a week.

Qing Xu, deputy director of the Transportation Department of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, said that the Civil Aviation Administration will continue to do a good job in the examination, approval and guarantee of flights on international routes, coordinate and solve the problems and difficulties encountered by airlines in the process of resuming international flights in a timely manner, and enhance the accessibility and convenience of international air transport.

The control of persistent organic pollutants in China has achieved remarkable results.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the international entry into force of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. On May 17th, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued "Control of Persistent Organic Pollutants in China (2004— 2024), which fully demonstrated the achievements and experience of China in the past 20 years.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment said that through unremitting efforts, China has embarked on a road of persistent organic pollutants control that conforms to China’s national conditions and achieved remarkable results. 29 kinds of persistent organic pollutants were successfully eliminated, and hundreds of thousands of tons of persistent organic pollutants and environmental emissions were avoided every year. Complete the two convention objectives of 100% off-line of PCB-containing power equipment in use and 100% environmentally sound disposal of waste PCB-containing power equipment ahead of schedule. With the output or disposal of dioxin-related industries increasing significantly, the emission intensity of dioxin in flue gas of key industries decreased significantly, and the total amount of dioxin discharged into the atmosphere gradually decreased after reaching its peak in 2012, and the concentration of dioxin in the atmospheric environment showed a corresponding downward trend.