In the first half of the year, Yunnan Province achieved a regional gross domestic product of 1.46 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, overall stable economic operation, and continuous improvement in development quality, "Guo Jinhua, member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference on the 1st. The picture shows the press conference on the economic performance of Yunnan Province in the first half of 2024 held in Kunming on August 1st. On the day of Luo Jie's photo, a press conference on the economic performance of Yunnan Province in the first half of 2024 was held in Kunming. Guo Jinhua introduced that overall, although the GDP growth rate in the first half of the year has declined compared to the first quarter, the province's consumption, investment, and industrial structure continue to optimize, employment, income, prices, and the overall social situation are generally stable, and the trend of industry, quality, reform, and opening up is becoming more and more apparent. Specifically, Yunnan's economic operation and work have shown seven characteristics, including the accelerated release of new energy dividends, the growth of resource economy, the gradual manifestation of the scale effect of park economy, the accelerated development of port economy, and the deepening of reform and innovation. It is worth mentioning that Yunnan's foreign trade imports and exports have continued to rebound, especially the export momentum of key products is good. The export of laptops and lithium-ion batteries increased by 121% and 337% respectively, and the export of agricultural products increased by 14.6%, especially tobacco, fresh cut flowers, and coffee, which ranked first in the country. With the accelerated development of port economy, the cross-border textile and consumer electronics industry chain has initially taken shape, and the "Guangdong Yunnan Lancang Mekong Line" international freight train has been successfully launched. The China Laos railway has increased its passenger and freight traffic by 16.2% and 14.7% respectively, making it more open. Guo Jinhua said that in the next step, Yunnan will focus on key industries to extend and strengthen the chain, the development of emerging industries, and the upgrading of traditional industries; Focusing on tourism upgrading, digital economy development, and strengthening the promotion of consumption and service industry development; Focus on project planning and reserve, preliminary work, construction commencement, innovative investment and financing models, and industrial investment, and make every effort to expand effective investment; Expand and strengthen plateau characteristic agriculture; Focusing on the industrial parks along the border, jointly building the "the Belt and Road" southbound international land and sea corridor, modern logistics industry, port construction, and the new era action to revitalize the border and enrich the people, we will focus on improving the level of opening up and other aspects, promote the steady and healthy development of the economy, and strive to complete the annual economic development goals and tasks. (New Society)