CCTV News: On February 17, the "News Broadcast" reported that my country's light industry economy performed strongly, agricultural production was steadily advancing, small and medium-sized enterprises received special support, the employment market was active, and charging facilities grew significantly... All industries were moving forward together, and my country's economic development was strong and vigorous.

my country's light industry economy has shown a good trend

In 2024, my country's light industry production grew rapidly, the scale of domestic and foreign trade markets has steadily expanded, and the industrial structure has continued to be optimized and upgraded, which has strongly supported the stable growth of the industrial economy.

The latest data from the China Light Industry Federation shows that in 2024, large-scale light industry enterprises achieved operating income of 23 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.0%; and achieved profit of 1.5 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%. Among the 91 major light industrial products counted by the National Bureau of Statistics, the output of 55 products has increased. Among them, thanks to the policy of exchanging consumer goods, the production of household washing machines, refrigerators and other products has grown rapidly.

As a series of policies to expand domestic demand and promote consumption have been put into effect, the vitality of the light industry market has gradually increased. In 2024, the retail sales of 11 categories of light industry commodities were nearly 8 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.0% year-on-year. Among them, household appliances, audio and video equipment, etc. have maintained a rapid growth trend for four consecutive months.

In addition, in the past year, the export scale of light industrial commodities has continued to expand, with the export volume of the entire industry increasing by 3.6% year-on-year. Among the 21 major industries, exports in 13 industries increased year-on-year, and foreign trade exports remained resilient.

Snatch the farming season. All localities are promoting spring agricultural production in an orderly manner

The plan for the year lies in spring. At present, spring field management and spring farming production in the country are gradually underway, striving to make a good start and a good start for the full year.

Wheat has entered the rebirth period one after another, and all major production areas seize the season and do a good job in the field management of wheat in spring. Henan organized agricultural technicians to go deep into the fields to ensure the implementation of production-increasing technology. In Dancheng County, Zhoukou, technicians guided growers to continuously apply green fertilizer to promote the transformation and upgrading of seedlings. More than 60 million mu of winter wheat in Shandong have gradually returned to green. In Guan County, Liaocheng, local farmers have organized farmers to use plant protection drones and other equipment to carry out pest control to help stabilize and increase grain production. More than 43 million acres of wheat in Anhui have entered a critical period of promoting weakness and turning to strength. This year, the local government has promoted the use of new equipment and technologies such as drones equipped with multi-spectral cameras to generate seedling monitoring maps in real time to provide a basis for water conservation, fertilizer production and increase production. In response to the situation of low precipitation since the beginning of winter, in recent days, reservoirs in many places in Jiangsu have opened gates to release water to ensure spring irrigation, provide technical guidance, and accurately fertilize and water-saving irrigation.

Do a good job in spring plowing preparations and lay a solid foundation for grain production in the new year. Early rice has begun to grow seedlings in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. This year, Guangdong has further promoted centralized seedling cultivation, and 70 new concentrated seedling cultivation centers have been invested in the province, and the production efficiency has been significantly improved. In the northwest, the agricultural departments in Gansu, Ningxia and other places actively allocate various agricultural supplies such as fertilizers, pesticides, seeds, etc., and make every effort to ensure the stable supply of spring farming agricultural supplies. Many places in Hunan have strengthened agricultural machinery services. Yuanjiang, located in Dongting Lake District, has organized a number of agricultural machinery maintenance service teams to guide farmers to maintain, debug and repair various agricultural machinery and equipment, and at the same time, it has introduced subsidy policies to help agricultural machinery exchange for old ones.

17 departments launched special service actions for small and medium-sized enterprises

17 departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly announced that my country will carry out a one-year service action for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on five aspects: policy benefiting enterprises, environmental revitalizing enterprises, innovation strengthening enterprises, talent development of enterprises, and law protection of enterprises to help enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency.

The 2025 Spring Breeze Action has held 22,000 recruitment activities

The reporter learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that since the 2025 Spring Breeze Action was launched in mid-January, a total of 22,000 recruitment activities have been held nationwide, with 15 million posts released, and a total of 370,000 migrant workers are transported by chartered trains in various places.

The number of charging infrastructure nationwide exceeded 13 million

The latest data shows that the number of charging infrastructure nationwide hits a new high. As of the end of January 2025, the cumulative number of charging infrastructure nationwide was 13.213 million, an increase of 49.1% year-on-year. The construction of charging infrastructure can meet the rapid development of new energy vehicles.