Chen Wenling: There are three prominent features in the economic operation in the first half of the year.

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15/07/2026
The National Bureau of Statistics announced China's "report card" for the first half of the year on the 15th. Chen Wenling, a senior researcher at the China and the World Research Institute, said that the first half of the year had three prominent features in economic performance: first, a combination of repairing existing problems and creating new growth. Faced with a complex external environment, the steady repair of existing issues was not easy, and China has created significant new growth, especially in the development of new productive forces. Second, existing policies and new policies have overlapped, playing a significant role in economic recovery and growth. Third, external economic growth and internal optimization have progressed simultaneously. She said, "Overall, I have a high, positive evaluation of the economic situation in the first half of the year, and consider it to be promising and favorable."