In the first quarter of 2024, Jilin ranked first among the 31 provinces with a growth rate of 6.5 percent, and has led the country in the first quarter for two consecutive years.  

Among them, the added value of the secondary industry in the first quarter increased by 9.5 percent year-on-year, 3.5 percentage points higher than the national average. 

Liaoning had a net inflow of 86,000 people in 2023, reversing the situation of net outflow of population for 11 consecutive years since 2012. 

In the first quarter of 2024, the province’s GDP was 696.12 billion yuan (US$ 97.46 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5.4 percent at comparable prices.  

Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 32.44 billion yuan (US$4.54 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5.3 percent; the added value of the secondary industry was 264.12 billion yuan (US$36.98 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5.9 percent; the added value of the tertiary industry was 399.57 billion yuan (US$55.94 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5 percent. 

In 2023, Liaoning’s GDP reached 3 trillion yuan (US$420 billion), and the growth rate exceeded the national average for the first time in 10 years. The growth rate of fixed asset investment and total retail sales of consumer goods exceeded the national average for the first time since 2013. 

Heilongjiang’s ice and snow tourism has become phenomenal. Based on the substantial increase in the number of tourists received and tourism income last year, these two indicators surged by 113.3 percent and 303.2 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, both setting historical records. 

In the first quarter of 2024, Heilongjiang achieved a gross regional product (GDP) of 306.72 billion yuan (US$42.94 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5.6 percent. The added value of the primary, secondary, and tertiary industries increased by 4.3 percent, 4 percent, and 6.6 percent, respectively. 

Liaoning and Jilin have seen a gratifying change in net population inflow, and the number of Heilongjiang college graduates who stayed in the province and came to the province for employment has reached the best level in the past five years. 

In the first quarter of 2024, a number of major projects in Northeast China were accelerated and fixed asset investment increased by 9.6 percent, 5.1 percentage points faster than the national average. 

18,495.9 million tons! In 2023, the three northeastern provinces and one region—Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Inner Mongolia—accounted for over a quarter of the country’s total grain production. The role of national food security as a ballast has been further strengthened, with commercial grain making up one-third, and exports constituting 40 percent of the national total. 

In 2023, high-tech enterprises in Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang grew by 16 percent, 15.36 percent, and 22.9 percent, respectively. 

In the first quarter of 2024, the GDP of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region was 560.4 billion yuan (US$81.2 billion), a year-on-year increase of 5.9 percent at constant prices.  

By sector, the primary industry added 17.7 billion yuan (US$2.6 billion), the secondary industry added 273.0 billion yuan (US$39.5 billion), and the tertiary industry added 269.7 billion yuan (US$39.2 billion), up 7.2 percent, 8.1 percent, 4.1 percent, respectively