The economy of Chongqing in the first half of the year is related to Liangjiang New area

On the afternoon of July 21, a press conference on Chongqing's economic operation in the first half of 2020 was held in the Information Office of the Municipal people's Government. The city's economic development showed a good trend of stabilizing.

Among them, digital economic value added, new infrastructure and other important data are closely related to Liangjiang New area.

The reporter learned from the meeting that in the first half of this year, the city's GDP reached 1.120983 trillion yuan, an increase of 0.8 percent over the same period last year.

Among them, the added value of the city's digital economy grew by more than 10%, and investment in information transmission and information technology services, mainly based on the construction of 5G, data centers and industrial Internet platforms, increased by 1.6 times compared with the same period last year.

The scene of the press conference on the economic operation of Chongqing in the first half of 2020

In response to a reporter's question, Luo Lin, deputy secretary general of the Chongqing Municipal Government and spokesman, said that epidemic prevention and control promoted the development and growth of industries such as digital economy and biomedicine, and new infrastructure such as 5G accelerated the digital transformation of traditional industries. The development trend of high-end, green, intelligent and integrated industries is more obvious.

Luo Lin, Deputy Secretary General and spokesman of Chongqing Municipal Government, released the data

As the main position, main battlefield and main engine of Chongqing's digital economy, Liangjiang New District aims to build the core area of the national digital economy and the new generation of artificial intelligence innovation and development experimental area, and promote the agglomeration of digital enterprises, the progress of new infrastructure and the display of intelligent applications.

Data show that the digital economy of Liangjiang New area accounts for more than 1x4 of the whole city.

In the first half of this year, the added value of the digital economy maintained double-digit growth. The Liangjiang Digital Economic Industrial Park added more than 400 new market entities, totaling nearly 5000, and the Liangjiang Cooperative Innovation Zone has a total of 24 scientific research institutes. Liangjiang New area also occupies an important place in the field of "new infrastructure".In the first half of this year, the operating income of the information transmission, software and information technology services in Liangjiang New area grew by 29.8%.

This hard-won achievement is due to the rapid action and focus of the new area.(Translated by Xi Xiaoxuan, Fathom Language Limited)