国家统计局：1-2月份国民经济稳中有升

据国家统计局18日发布数据显示，1-2月份，我国生产需求稳中有升，就业物价总体稳定，发展质量不断改善，经济运行延续回升向好态势，起步平稳。

China's value-added industrial output - a gauge of activity in the manufacturing, mining and utilities sectors - grew by 7 percent in the January-February period from a year earlier after a 6.8 percent rise in December, figures released by the NBS showed.
国家统计局数据显示，1-2月份，全国规模以上工业增加值（衡量制造业、采矿业和公用事业等经济活动的指标）同比增长7.0%，增速比上年12月份加快0.2个百分点。

Retail sales, a key measurement of consumer spending, surged 5.5 percent year-on-year in the January-February period.
1-2月份，社会消费品零售额同比增长5.5%。

Fixed-asset investment - a gauge of expenditures on items including infrastructure, property, machinery and equipment - increased by 4.2 percent in the January-February period year-on-year, compared with a 3 percent rise for the whole year of 2023.
1-2月份，全国固定资产投资（不含农户）（衡量基础设施、房地产、机械和设备等项目支出的指标）同比增长4.2%，比上年全年加快1.2个百分点。

The surveyed urban jobless rate came in at 5.3 percent in February, according to the NBS.
2月份，全国城镇调查失业率为5.3%。

The NBS said the Chinese economy continued to recover in the first two months with stimulus policy measures taking effect gradually.
国家统计局表示，1-2月份，随着各项宏观政策发力显效，国民经济持续回升向好。

Meanwhile, the bureau warned of challenges from a more complicated and grimmer external environment, mounting uncertainties and insufficient demand, calling for further moves to strengthen China's economic recovery foundation.
但也要看到，外部环境复杂性、严峻性、不确定性上升，国内有效需求不足问题犹存，经济持续回升向好基础还需巩固。