this year, departments at all levels in the province have conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eighth Provincial Party Committee, the provincial economic work conference and the provincial "two sessions", and achieved a good start in building a "pioneering area for scientific development and people's exchanges and cooperation between the two sides of the strait". According to preliminary accounting (not confirmed by national assessment), the province's GDP in the first quarter was 186.767 billion yuan, an increase of 13.5%, and the growth rate dropped by 1.2 percentage points over the same period of last year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 18.117 billion yuan, up by 3.5%; The added value of the secondary industry was 98.522 billion yuan, up by 17.8%; The added value of tertiary industry was 71.228 billion yuan, up by 11.1%.

first, agricultural production runs smoothly. In the first quarter, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the province was 31.48 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% over the same period of last year and a drop of 1.1 percentage point. The output values of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery were 7.118 billion yuan, 2.186 billion yuan, 11.779 billion yuan and 9.733 billion yuan respectively, up by 4.4%, 8.5%, 4.9% and 1.2% respectively. The output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery service industry was 1.764 billion yuan, up by 6.1%. The total afforestation area is 1.547 million mu; The total output of edible fungi was 315,211 tons, an increase of 16.3%; The output of meat, eggs and milk was 551,511 tons, an increase of 1.4%; The output of aquatic products was 1.2359 million tons, an increase of 3.3%.

second, the growth rate of industrial production has accelerated. In the first quarter, the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the province was 86.714 billion yuan, an increase of 21.1% over the same period of last year, and the growth rate was accelerated by 1.6 percentage points year-on-year. Among them, heavy industry increased by 22.8%, accelerating by 3.3 percentage points; Light industry grew by 17.3%, down by 2.3 percentage points. In terms of products, the output of steel and raw coal increased by 16.1% and 11.9% respectively; The output of canned food, cement, machine-made paper and paperboard increased by 27.5%, 21.8% and 11.5% respectively. The economic benefits continued to improve. From 1 to 2 months, the comprehensive index of economic benefits of industrial enterprises above designated size in the province was 167.88, an increase of 11.17 points over the same period of last year. The profit was 8.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.2%. In the first quarter, the sales rate of products of industrial enterprises above designated size was 97.42%, up 1.21 percentage points year-on-year.

third, the growth rate of investment in fixed assets dropped at a high level. In the first quarter, the investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 86.58 billion yuan, an increase of 31.3% over the same period of last year, and the growth rate dropped by 5.4 percentage points over the same period of last year. Among them, the investment in urban fixed assets was 77.57 billion yuan, up by 31.2%, down by 8.7 percentage points; Rural investment was 9 billion yuan, an increase of 32.2% and an increase of 17.7 percentage points. In terms of industries, investment in the primary industry, the secondary industry and the tertiary industry increased by 66.3%, 38.7% and 26.7% respectively. Investment in real estate development was 23.943 billion yuan, an increase of 21.2%. The vacant area of commercial housing was 2.42 million square meters, up 2.2% over the same period of last year, of which the vacant area of residential housing was 755,311 square meters, up 5.3%. The investment in fixed assets in Longyan, Sanming and Nanping increased by 47.6%, 43.3% and 42.4% respectively year-on-year, accounting for 1.9 percentage points higher than the same period of last year (21%).

fourth, the market sales remained strong. In the first quarter, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in the province reached 94.547 billion yuan, an increase of 21.2% over the same period of last year, with an increase of 3.2 percentage points over the same period of last year. The average monthly retail scale exceeds 31 billion yuan, reaching 31.516 billion yuan. In terms of urban and rural areas, the retail sales of cities reached 62.916 billion yuan, an increase of 23.2% or 3.3 percentage points. The retail sales in the rural market reached 31.64 billion yuan, up by 14.7% and 2.7 percentage points. In terms of industries, the retail sales of wholesale, retail, and accommodation and catering industries reached RMB 11.532 billion, RMB 71.929 billion, and RMB 11.616 billion, respectively, increasing by 1.1%, 21.5%, and 22.5%. Excluding the price factor, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in the province actually increased by 12.4% in the first quarter.

5. The price level has increased relatively. In the first quarter, the overall consumer price level in the province increased by 6.3% compared with the same period of last year, with an increase of 1.8 percentage points year-on-year, and the overall price level in March decreased by 1.2%. Among them, cities rose by 6.1% and rural areas rose by 6.7%; The price of consumer goods rose by 8.6%, and the price of service items fell by 1.4%. In terms of classification, there is a trend of "five rises and three falls": food, housing, medical care and personal goods, household equipment and maintenance services, tobacco and alcohol and supplies increased by 17.5%, 7.5%, 3.5%, 2.3% and 1.5% respectively, while clothing, entertainment, education, cultural goods and services, transportation and communication decreased by 6.5%, 6.1% and 1.3% respectively. The prices of agricultural means of production rose by 24.1% over the same period of last year, the ex-factory prices of industrial products rose by 3.3%, and the purchase prices of raw materials, fuel and power rose by 11.4%, with the growth rates increasing by 17.5, 3.1 and 6.8 percentage points respectively. In the first quarter, the housing sales prices in Fuzhou, Xiamen and Quanzhou increased by 7.2%, 6.5% and 5.6% respectively over the same period of last year. Compared with the same period of last year, Xiamen and Quanzhou dropped by 1.7 and 1.7 percentage points respectively, while Fuzhou was flat.

VI. Foreign trade and economic cooperation have developed well. In the first quarter, the province's total import and export volume was US$ 19.499 billion, an increase of 27.7% over the same period of last year, and the growth rate was 1.5 percentage points faster than the same period of last year. Among them, imports amounted to US$ 6.973 billion, an increase of 37.4% and an acceleration of 35.3 percentage points; Exports reached US$ 12.526 billion, up by 22.9% and accelerated by 4.1 percentage points. Import and export balance, with a trade surplus of $5.553 billion. According to the standard of capital verification and historical comparability, the actually utilized foreign direct investment was $1.513 billion and $2.482 billion, respectively, up by 31.1% and 19.3%.

VII. The income of urban and rural residents maintained growth. In the first quarter, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 5364.16 yuan, an increase of 14.1% over the same period of last year. After deducting the price factor, the real increase was 7.6%, which was 1.4 percentage points lower than the same period of last year. The per capita cash income of farmers was 1,658.52 yuan, up by 217.55 yuan year-on-year, up by 14.3%. After deducting the price factor, the actual increase was 7.1%, which was 1.2 percentage points higher than that of the same period of last year. The average wage of employees in the province is 5611 yuan, an increase of 11.3%.

VIII. Steady financial operation. In the first quarter, the province's total fiscal revenue was 41.46 billion yuan, an increase of 26.1% over the same period of last year. Among them, the local fiscal revenue was 22.328 billion yuan, an increase of 26.3%; The central government's revenue was 18.133 billion yuan, an increase of 25.6%. The province's fiscal expenditure was 19.169 billion yuan, an increase of 24.7%. By the end of March, the balance of local and foreign currency deposits of financial institutions in the province was 1,111,357 million yuan, an increase of 14.1%; The balance of local and foreign currency loans was 916.738 billion yuan, up by 21.3%.

The prominent contradictions and problems in current economic life are the heavy task of economic restructuring, the great pressure of energy conservation and emission reduction, and the excessive price increase. We should persist in taking Scientific Outlook on Development as the overall leader of economic and social development, conscientiously implement the work arrangements of the Central Committee, the provincial party committee and the provincial government, accelerate the adjustment of economic structure and the transformation of development mode, and realize sound and rapid development of the national economy.