Lishui's economy maintained a stable performance with new momentum from January to April this year, with its added value of industrial enterprises above designated size rose 10.9 percent year-on-year.

New growth drivers continued to strengthen, with value added in core digital economy manufacturing and equipment manufacturing up 19.4 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively — both outpacing overall industrial growth. In April alone, industrial value added rose 9.8 percent year-on-year.

Total retail sales of consumer goods reached 32.85 billion yuan ($4.85 billion), up 3.8 percent. Online consumption saw rapid growth, with retail sales via public networks by above-designated units hitting 3.21 billion yuan, a surge of 38.4 percent. In April, retail sales grew 3.6 percent to 5.69 billion yuan.

Fixed-asset investment edged down 0.5 percent. Infrastructure investment rose 3.0 percent, accounting for 38.8 percent of total investment; manufacturing investment increased 4.0 percent, making up 21.1 percent; while real estate development investment fell 15.1 percent.

Foreign trade remained resilient. Total goods imports and exports reached 15.12 billion yuan, up 1.8 percent, with exports soaring 10.4 percent to 14.01 billion yuan.

Private enterprises contributed 13.66 billion yuan in exports, up 12.5 percent, accounting for 97.5 percent of the city's total and driving 12.0 percentage points of export growth. Among key export items, mechanical and electrical products and auto parts jumped 27.0 percent and 55.0 percent, respectively.

In April, the consumer price index in urban areas rose 1.6 percent year-on-year, 0.6 percentage points higher than in March. From January to April, the consumer price index increased 0.8 percent year-on-year.