High frequency data shows that investment in high-tech fields continued to rise in the first half of the year

BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- The National Development and Reform Commission's National Information Center has released multiple high-frequency data showing that in the first half of this year, China's economic resilience continued to strengthen, innovative development momentum accelerated transformation, and comprehensive quality and efficiency steadily increased.

The growth trend in the hot consumption sector is particularly strong. From January to June, the offline consumption payment amount increased by 2.7% year-on-year, with commodity consumption and service consumption increasing by 4.0% and 0.8% respectively; The demand for electronic products is hot, with a year-on-year growth of 9.5%; The consumption of transportation and catering related to culture and tourism has surged, with year-on-year growth of 6.1% and 4.9% respectively.

The investment heat in high-tech fields such as artificial intelligence continues to rise. From January to June, the capital investment in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and humanoid robots increased by 118.4% year-on-year, while the winning bid amount for digital infrastructure projects in computing power and other fields increased by 23.0% year-on-year.

The industrial development trend is stable, with new momentum and excellent quality. From January to June, the number of patent authorizations related to strategic emerging industries increased by 15.6% year-on-year, and the number of patent authorizations related to artificial intelligence increased by 34.8% year-on-year.