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    Beijing’s GDP up 6% in Q1

    ByTrulyNews

    Apr 21, 2024
    Beijing’s GDP up 6% in Q1
    Beijing’s GDP up 6% in Q1
    A view of Beijing’s CBD area on Aug 19, 2022. [Photo/VCG]

    BEIJING — Beijing’s gross domestic product (GDP) exceeded 1.05 trillion yuan ($148 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, up 6 percent year-on-year, local authorities have said.

    In the first three months of this year, the added value of the municipality’s primary industry totaled 1.5 billion yuan, up 3.2 percent year-on-year, while that of its secondary industry reached 131.04 billion yuan, up 7.3 percent year-on-year, according to a press conference on Thursday.

    The added value of Beijing’s tertiary industry grew 5.8 percent to 925.6 billion yuan.

    Beijing has set a GDP growth target of about 5 percent for 2024.