The Information Office of the Henan Provincial Government held a press conference on the 19th to introduce the economic and social development situation in Henan Province in the first half of 2025, explain measures to win the summer and autumn battle for economic development and ensure the completion of the annual target tasks, and answer questions from reporters. At the press conference, Ma Jian, Party Secretary and Director of the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, explained that since this year, Henan has focused on the “1+2+4+N” target task system, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting the province's economic and social development to maintain a good trend of steady, moderate and continuous improvement. In the first half of the year, the province's GDP grew 5.7% year-on-year, 0.4 percentage points higher than the country, ranking 2nd in the central region, 3rd place for major economic provinces and 6th place in the country. The ranking was 1, 1, and 2 places respectively. Fixed asset investment, social consumer goods Total retail sales increased by 8.4%, 5.1%, and 7.2% year-on-year, respectively, higher than the country's 2, 2.3, and 2.2 percentage points, respectively. They ranked 1st, 3rd, and 1st in the central region, and ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 1st among major economic provinces respectively. They achieved the “double over half” mission goal, strongly shouldered the responsibility of a major economic province, and mainly showed the characteristics of “three fast and two stable”.

The Information Office of the Henan Provincial Government held a press conference on the 19th to introduce the economic and social development situation in Henan Province in the first half of 2025, explain measures to win the summer and autumn battle for economic development and ensure the completion of the annual target tasks, and answer questions from reporters. At the press conference, Ma Jian, Party Secretary and Director of the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, explained that since this year, Henan has focused on the “1+2+4+N” target task system, focusing on stabilizing employment, stabilizing enterprises, stabilizing the market, and stabilizing expectations, and promoting the province's economic and social development to maintain a good trend of steady, moderate and continuous improvement. In the first half of the year, the province's GDP grew 5.7% year-on-year, 0.4 percentage points higher than the country, ranking 2nd in the central region, 3rd place for major economic provinces and 6th place in the country. The ranking was 1, 1, and 2 places respectively. Fixed asset investment, social consumer goods Total retail sales increased by 8.4%, 5.1%, and 7.2% year-on-year, respectively, higher than the country's 2, 2.3, and 2.2 percentage points, respectively. They ranked 1st, 3rd, and 1st in the central region, and ranked 2nd, 3rd, and 1st among major economic provinces respectively. They achieved the “double over half” mission goal, strongly shouldered the responsibility of a major economic province, and mainly showed the characteristics of “three fast and two stable”.