National Bureau of Statistics: The value added of the service industry in the first quarter increased by 5.2% year-on-year.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the first quarter, the value added of the service industry increased by 5.2% year-on-year. Among them, the value added of leasing and business services, information transmission, software and information technology services, the financial industry, transportation, warehousing and postal services, and accommodation and catering industry increased by 12.2%, 10.6%, 6.5%, 4.3%, 4.3% respectively. In March, the national service industry production index increased by 5.0% year-on-year. Among them, the production indexes of information transmission, software and information technology services, leasing and business services, and the financial industry increased by 11.8%, 10.1%, 6.7% respectively. From January to February, the operating income of large-scale service industry enterprises increased by 7.4% year-on-year. In March, the business activity index of the service industry was 50.2%, up 0.5 percentage points from the previous month; the business activity expectation index of the service industry was 54.8%. Among them, industries such as railway transportation, telecommunications, broadcasting, television and satellite transmission services, monetary financial services, insurance, etc., had business activity indexes above 55.0%, indicating a relatively high level of prosperity.