On April 22, the Information Office of Liaoning Provincial People’s Government held the fourteenth press conference of the series titled “Making Breakthroughs for Revitalization, and Striving for Decisive Achievements”, presenting Liaoning’s efforts to promote consumption, improve trade and investment cooperation quality, and actively attract business investments.
In the first quarter, the province’s total retail sales of consumer goods reached 253.06 billion yuan, marking a year-on-year increase of 6.7%, which is 2.1 percentage points higher than the national average of 4.6% and 2.7 percentage points higher than last year’s annual figure. Nine cities, including Shenyang, Dalian, Fushun, and Chaoyang, outperformed the national growth rate.
The total import and export value of goods trade in Liaoning in the first quarter stood at 184.8 billion yuan, up 2.5% year-on-year. This exceeded the national average growth rate (1.3%) by 1.2 percentage points and rose by 3 percentage points compared to the full-year performance in 2024.
In terms of investment promotion, Liaoning saw a 19.8% year-on-year increase in the first quarter. Specifically, actual domestic investment reached 348.14 billion yuan, an increase of 16.1% year-on-year; actual utilized foreign capital reached 2.79 billion US dollars, surging 178.3% year-on-year and accounting for 7.4% of the national total. Additionally, newly registered foreign-invested market entities reached 210, an increase of 14.1% year-on-year.
In the first quarter, the province organized over 830 enterprises to participate in five major domestic and international exhibitions, including the Canton Fair, the Hannover Messe, and the Frankfurt International Consumer Goods Fair.
Furthermore, Liaoning is accelerating the development of a corridor-driven trade development framework that integrates transport corridors, logistics hubs, and trade networks. In the first quarter, the province launched 135 China-Europe freight train trips, ranking first in Northeast China and among the top nationally. Additionally, five newly constructed international berths at Hengli Heavy Industry Group were approved for operation.
