OREANDA-NEWS. In the first quarter, the main economic indicators of Anhui took lead in Central China.

In Q1, the growth rate of the country and C China slowed down dramatically and the growth rate of part of provinces in C China declined to below 10%.

It is introduced that annual growth rate of the actual outside-Anhui capital utilized is about 62.7% in recent 10 years and fixed asset investment 25%.

In Q1, the newly added above-scale enterprises across Anhui reached 2200, ranking 1st in C China and 2nd nationwide. By the end of February, the total number of industrial enterprises hit 14514, ranking 2nd in C China and 8th nationwide.

In Q1, the added value of SMEs of above-scale across Anhui reached 122.03 billion RMB, up 21.4%, contributing 80.9% to industrial increase of Anhui.

The above-scale private-run economy realized 125.11 billion RMB added value in Q1, up 19.4%, accounting for 63.1% of the whole province and contributing 76.5% to the industrial growth.