Zhongshan held a meeting on July 20 to analyze the economic situation in the first half of the year. According to the unified accounting results of Guangdong, Zhongshan's GDP in the first half amounted to 181.138 billion yuan, up 5.5% year on year.

The added value of Zhongshan's primary sector, secondary sector and tertiary sector stood at 4.084 billion yuan, 89.409 billion yuan and 87.646 billion yuan respectively, up 5.3%, 6.2% and 4.8% year on year.

The gross output value of agriculture was 7.466 billion yuan, up 5.7% year on year. The added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size was 72.589 billion yuan, up 4.3% year on year. The added value of the service sector rose 4.8% year on year.

In the first half, Zhongshan's fixed-asset investment fell by 6.0% year on year. The industrial investment soared by 50.8% year on year, 7.7 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter. The investment in industrial technology transformation picked up by 25.1%, accounting for 12.3%. The investment in advanced manufacturing increased by 71.0% year on year, and the investment in high-tech manufacturing surged by 73.9% year on year. The infrastructure investment dropped by 13.3% year on year. The investment in real estate development decreased by 32.7% year on year.

In the first half, Zhongshan's total retail sales of consumer goods were up 5.2% year on year, 2.5 percentage points higher than in the first quarter. The retail sales of home appliances and audio-visual equipment, jewelry and pharmaceuticals increased 126.6%, 39.5% and 23.1% year on year respectively.

In the first half, the per capita disposable income of Zhongshan residents stood at 31,263 yuan, up 2.2% year on year, 1.8 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter.