CCTV News:According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on January 9, in 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.2% year-on-year, which was the same as that of the previous year. Among them, the food supply is generally sufficient and the price has declined; Driven by policies such as "trade-in", consumer demand is strong, and the price of industrial consumer goods is the same as last year; Service consumption continued to recover and prices rose slightly. From the monthly data, in December 2024, China’s consumer market was generally stable, and CPI was flat, up 0.1% year-on-year.
In 2024, the decline of PPI of industrial producers narrowed by 0.8 percentage points over the previous year. The trend of different industries is divided. Driven by the rapid development of new energy and other industries, the prices of non-ferrous metals industries have increased significantly, while the prices of energy and some manufacturing industries have declined.
Re-lending supports scientific and technological innovation and equipment renewal, and the signing scale is nearly 1 trillion yuan.
According to the latest data released by the People’s Bank of China on January 9th, the effect of the re-lending policy of technological innovation and technological transformation is constantly emerging. By the end of 2024, banks have signed loan contracts with more than 5,000 technology enterprises with a total amount of 115 billion yuan, and issued loans of nearly 50 billion yuan, continuously enhancing the financing availability of small and medium-sized technology enterprises.
At the same time, financial support for large-scale equipment renewal has made positive progress, and loan signing has continued to grow. By the end of 2024, the bank had marketed and docked 22,000 equipment renewal projects pushed by relevant departments, basically achieving "full coverage" of financing docking; Banks and enterprises have signed loan contracts, and enterprises can withdraw more than 800 billion yuan at any time. By the end of last year, the weighted average interest rate of equipment renewal loans was 3%, and the actual financing cost was 1.5% after the central government subsidized interest, which effectively reduced the financing cost of equipment renewal.
Up to now, the contracted scale of refinancing to support scientific and technological innovation and equipment renewal is nearly 1 trillion yuan. In the next step, the People’s Bank of China will further optimize the refinancing process, expand the scale of equipment renewal loans, and stimulate business entities to release the demand for equipment renewal.
Many indicators of China’s civil aviation will continue to grow this year.
In 2025, China’s civil aviation is expected to complete the total transportation turnover of 161 billion tons kilometers, passenger traffic of 780 million passengers and cargo and mail traffic of 9.5 million tons, and the industry’s profitability will be further improved.
In the first three quarters of 2024, the number of medical assistance exceeded 228 million.
In the first three quarters of 2024, the number of medical assistance nationwide exceeded 228 million, and the accumulated amount of assistance reached 64.65 billion yuan. In recent years, China has continuously improved the medical assistance system to ensure that the recipients can obtain basic medical and health services. The medical assistance work implements classified policies, and through system guarantee and accurate assistance, the burden of medical treatment for people in need is effectively alleviated.
In 2024, China will provide 6.85 million new jobs for retired military personnel.
In 2024, China continuously expanded the employment channels and scale of retired military personnel. Throughout the year, various localities vigorously carried out special actions on employment services for retired military personnel, held more than 10,000 recruitment activities, and provided 6.85 million jobs. In the next step, the state will continue to optimize the resettlement methods for retired military personnel and coordinate and solve practical problems such as the employment of military families and the enrollment of their children.