4ICVdNj4NDU finance.huanqiu.com article Financial observation: multiple groups of data in May continue to release positive signals of economic operation /e3pmh1hmp/e3pmh1pvu <article><section data type="rtext"><p>Recently, the May data released in many fields showed that all walks of life have made solid progress, continuously releasing positive signals of economic operation, and accumulating energy for high-quality development</ p> <p>- The recovery of consumer demand continued to consolidate</p><p>Dong Lijuan, chief statistician of the Urban Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that in May, the national CPI fell seasonally from month to month, with the same year-on-year increase as last month, and the core CPI excluding food and energy prices rose 0.6% year-on-year</ p> <p>Zhang Xuewu, head of the Analysis and Forecast Division of the Price Monitoring Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, said: "From the price of eight categories of goods and services that constitute CPI, except for the price of food, transportation and communications, the price of the other six categories rose year-on-year, indicating that the current recovery of consumer demand continues to consolidate."</p><p>-- The momentum of foreign trade continues to improve</p><p>According to customs statistics, In the first five months of this year, China's total import and export value of goods trade was 17.5 trillion yuan, up 6.3% year on year</ p> <adv-loader __attr__inner="7004636" __attr__style="width: auto; position: relative;float: left;border: 1px solid #ebebeb; padding: 20px;overflow: hidden;margin: 10px 30px 40px 0; "></adv-loader> <p>Among them, the import and export of private enterprises reached 9.58 trillion yuan, up 11.5%, accounting for 54.7% of China's total foreign trade, 2.6 percentage points higher than the same period last year</ p> <p>Lv Daliang, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs, said that since this year, China's economic operation has continued to pick up and the momentum of foreign trade has continued to consolidate. In May, China's import and export increased by 8.6% year on year, and the monthly growth rate was further accelerated</ p> <p>- The logistics boom index continues to remain in the expansion range</p><p>The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing recently announced that the logistics boom index of China in May was 51.8%, which fell 0.6 percentage points from the previous month due to factors such as the concentrated release of upstream and downstream demand in the supply chain and weak demand momentum in some regions</ p> <p>"Although the logistics prosperity index fell slightly this month, it continued to remain in the expansion range. The business volume index, inventory turnover index, capital turnover index, and fixed asset investment completion index were in the boom range. The expected index of business activities of enterprises maintained a high boom level for four consecutive months, and the overall logistics operation was stable." He Hui, chief economist of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, pointed out</ p> <p>In addition, the total business index of postal express industry in May was 70.3%, up 1 percentage point month on month. The total business index of the road transport industry was 52.5%, up 0.2 percentage points month on month. According to the survey, it was mainly due to the acceleration of commodity turnover in the consumer field, the active stocking of chain stores and supermarkets, and the recovery of e-commerce trunk line transport business</ p> <p>- The SME development index is higher than that of the same period last year</p><p>According to the data of China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, the SME development index in May was 89.2, 0.2 points lower than that in April, and 88.9 points higher than that in the same period of 2023</ p> <p>Among the sub industry indexes, in May, the indexes of the real estate industry and the social service industry rose 0.1 points over the previous month. Among them, the order, sales, capital, labor and efficiency indexes of social service industry have increased, while the order, sales and financing indexes of real estate industry have improved</ p> <p>The China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises believes that, in the future, as various departments increase their support for the real economy, small and medium-sized enterprises will also receive more support and better development</ p> <p>- Accelerate the construction of modern railway infrastructure system</p><p>According to China National Railway Corporation, from January to May this year, the fixed asset investment of national railways was 228.47 billion yuan, up 10.8% year on year</ p> <p>The head of the Development and Reform Department of China Railway Group said that the Group will continue to improve the level of connectivity of railway infrastructure, enhance the overall function and efficiency of the railway network, promote the railway planning and construction in high quality, and make positive contributions to consolidate and enhance the economic recovery trend</ p></section></article> one trillion and seven hundred and eighteen billion three hundred and twenty-eight million seven hundred and nineteen thousand and one Editor in charge: Liu Yi <a href=" http://finance.people.com.cn/n1/2024/0614/c1004-40256460.html ">People's Daily Online</a> one trillion and seven hundred and eighteen billion three hundred and twenty-eight million seven hundred and nineteen thousand and one one one []