>China's CPI up in April
4月份CPI同比上漲2.1%

China's consumer price index, a main gauge of inflation, rose 2.1 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. On a monthly basis, the CPI inched up 0.4 percent partly due to the domestic resurgence of COVID-19 and the continuous rise of bulk commodity prices across the globe, noted Dong Lijuan, a senior statistician with the NBS.
國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局5月11日發(fā)布數(shù)據(jù)，4月份，全國居民消費(fèi)價(jià)格指數(shù)（CPI）同比上漲2.1%，環(huán)比上漲0.4%。國家統(tǒng)計(jì)局城市司高級(jí)統(tǒng)計(jì)師董莉娟表示，4月份，受國內(nèi)疫情及國際大宗商品價(jià)格持續(xù)上漲等因素影響，CPI溫和上漲。

Wednesday's data also showed China's producer price index, which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, went up 8 percent year-on-year in April.
當(dāng)天發(fā)布的數(shù)據(jù)還顯示，4月份，全國工業(yè)生產(chǎn)者出廠價(jià)格指數(shù)（PPI）同比上漲8%。

>China to expand foreign investment
兩部門擬修訂鼓勵(lì)外商投資產(chǎn)業(yè)目錄

China will further expand the industry catalog of sectors encouraging foreign investment, authorities said. The new list will add 238 more items, while up to 114 existing ones will be modified, according to a notice issued by China's National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Commerce. The increase is particularly relevant to items related to manufacturing, producer services and those in the central and western regions.
國家發(fā)改委、商務(wù)部近日公布《鼓勵(lì)外商投資產(chǎn)業(yè)目錄(2022年版)(征求意見稿)》，持續(xù)鼓勵(lì)外資投向制造業(yè)與生產(chǎn)性服務(wù)業(yè)，持續(xù)鼓勵(lì)外資投向中西部和東北地區(qū)?！豆膭?lì)外商投資產(chǎn)業(yè)目錄（2022年版）（征求意見稿）》與2020年版相比，增加238條，修改114條（主要是擴(kuò)展原條目涵蓋領(lǐng)域）。

Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland in terms of actual use expanded 25.6 percent year-on-year to 379.87 billion yuan in the first quarter.
商務(wù)部數(shù)據(jù)顯示，今年一季度全國實(shí)際使用外資3798.7億元人民幣，同比增長25.6%。

>China likely to meet annual growth target
專家：中國有望實(shí)現(xiàn)全年經(jīng)濟(jì)增長目標(biāo)

China will likely meet its annual growth target of around 5.5 percent this year with the help of the government's effective measures to control COVID-19 and stabilize market expectations, economists and experts said. Compared with other major economies, China reported higher GDP growth with lower inflation in the first quarter, demonstrating resilience despite downward pressures, said Wang Yiming, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges. Wang's views were echoed by Liu Qiao, dean of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. Considering the strong resilience of the economy and China's ample tools, Liu believes China has the confidence to meet its annual growth target in 2022.
經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家和專家表示，在政府采取有效措施控制疫情和穩(wěn)定市場預(yù)期的前提下，中國今年可能實(shí)現(xiàn)5.5%左右的年度增長目標(biāo)。中國國際經(jīng)濟(jì)交流中心副理事長王一鳴表示，與全球主要經(jīng)濟(jì)體相比，中國第一季度GDP增長更高，通脹更低，盡管面臨下行壓力，但顯示出強(qiáng)勁的經(jīng)濟(jì)韌性。王一鳴表示，由于小微企業(yè)等許多市場主體面臨著困難，壓力越來越大，應(yīng)作出更多努力，積極回應(yīng)這些主體的關(guān)切，穩(wěn)定市場預(yù)期，進(jìn)行更有力的宏觀經(jīng)濟(jì)政策調(diào)整，以穩(wěn)定經(jīng)濟(jì)。北京大學(xué)光華管理學(xué)院院長劉俏也認(rèn)同該觀點(diǎn)。考慮到中國經(jīng)濟(jì)的強(qiáng)勁韌性和充足的政策工具，他認(rèn)為中國有信心在2022年實(shí)現(xiàn)5.5%左右的年度增長目標(biāo)。

>82% of seniors fully vaccinated
我國60歲以上老年人群接種率不斷提升

More than 1.25 billion Chinese have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of Thursday, accounting for 88.74 percent of the country's total population, a Chinese health official said Friday. As of Thursday, about 3.35 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered across the Chinese mainland and nearly 757 million people had received a booster jab, Wu Liangyou, an official with the National Health Commission, said at a news conference.
國家衛(wèi)生健康委疾控局副局長吳良有5月6日在新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上說，截至5月5日，全國累計(jì)報(bào)告接種新冠病毒疫苗約33.5億劑次，已完成全程接種逾12.5億人，全程接種人數(shù)占全國總?cè)丝诘?8.74%。近7.57億人完成加強(qiáng)免疫接種。

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